EDUCATION

No child will be denied of quality education for greed of any individual – Obaseki assures

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2019

 ABIODUN JIMOH, BENIN CITY Unperturbed at the greed of any individual blackmailing him to share the state’s limited resources, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that he will not deny any child in the state quality education. Governor Obaseki stated this during a courtesy

EDUCATION

Know 5 Nigerian States yet to access Paris Club counterpart fund

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2019

Five Nigerian States are yet to access the Paris Club counterparts fund for basic education in full, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said on Tuesday. The states are: Anambra, Edo, Ekiti, Nasarawa, Kano and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Bobboyi disclosed this when he issued a comprehensive list of states […]

EDUCATION

Makinde bans illegal fees collection in pry, secondary schools.

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2019

The Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde has placed a ban on illegal fee collections in all Primary and Secondary schools owned by the state government. A circular released by the Head of Service of Oyo State, Mrs. Amidat Ololade Agboola which was directed to Permanent Secretaries, and heads of Education related agencies confirmed […]

EDUCATION

Nabasu hails Presidential Amnesty Programme for restoring peace in NigerDelta

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2019

By Ene Ikpa The National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) an Agency of the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Office of the Coordinator Presidential Amnesty Programme on the Niger Delta Region to improve the security of the region. At the Signing ceremony on Tuesday in Abuja, […]

EDUCATION

Fake and unqualified teachers abound in Nigerian education sector – Expert

Daily Dispatch June 28, 2019

An education expert and partner, Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE), Mr. David Afolayan has identified a wide gap between resources and capacity in the education sector. To bridge the gap, he reasoned, all stakeholders must be united on the imperative of training and retraining of personnel in the industry as, according […]

EDUCATION

How JAMB nabbed 19-year-old who falsified result – Prof Oloyede

Daily Dispatch June 24, 2019

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday evening paraded one Adah Eche, a 19-year-old admission seeker who allegedly falsified his Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. Prof.Is-haq Oloyede, JAMB’s Registrar, paraded the suspect before newsmen at the board’s Headquarters in Bwari, Abuja. Oloyede said that the suspect, who sat for the