EDUCATION

UNICEF warns Nigeria over alarming rate of out-of-school children

Daily Dispatch October 23, 2018

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that the growing rate of out of school children in Nigeria is alarming and is posing a threat to the future of the country. The agency raised the alarm on Monday during a media dialogue in Kano, organized by the Child Right Information

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ASUSS: Lagos schools still require 10,000 teachers

Daily Dispatch October 22, 2018

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools of Nigeria, ASUSS, Alh. Alabi Labaika Kazeem, has said that over 10,000 teachers are still required in schools in Lagos State alone. The ASUSS president also called on government at both the Federal and state levels to employ more qualified teachers to fill the existing […]

EDUCATION

UNILORIN invents bullet-proof gadget

Daily Dispatch October 20, 2018

The management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) yesterday said it had invented a bullet-proof gadget. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, declared this to reporters in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, as part of activities to herald the school’s 34th convocation ceremony. He said the Nigerian Army had tested and accepted […]

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Abeokuta school pupils clearing public refuse dump

Daily Dispatch October 19, 2018

Pupils of Odeda Local Government (OLG) Primary School, Obantoko in Odeda Local Government area of Ogun State, on Thursday, were seen engaging in self-clearing exercise of the public refuse dump at the front of their school (along the Old Abeokuta-Ibadan road) in order to check epidemic outbreak. A school teacher who challenged this photographer for […]

EDUCATION

NEC asks FG, States to allocate 15% of budgets to education

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2018

The National Economic Council (NEC) has asked the Federal and state governments to allocate 15 per cent of their budgets to education. This was part of the resolutions reached during the Council’s meeting held on Thursday inside the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State who briefed reporters […]

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10% of school age girls out of schools in Kebbi – NGO

Daily Dispatch October 18, 2018

The High Level Women Advocates (HILWA),  a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) in Kebbi, says on Thursday that 10 per cent of schools age girls are still out of the schools in the state. The state Chairperson of HILWA, Hajiya Maimuna Bala, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that unless urgent interventions were made, most of these girls […]