EDUCATION

Out-of-school children a huge national challenge that require vigorous action at addressing the menace- ES UBEC

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2018

The Executive Secretary Universal Basic Education Commission UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi has said that the Nigeria- out-of-school children challenge is a huge national challenge that requires little debate on numbers but more vigorous action at addressing the menace. Daily Dispatch had reported that

EDUCATION

TETFUND gives condition for local conference sponsorship

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2018

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), has said that from Jan. 2019, it would restrict the sponsorship of academic staff members of public tertiary institutions in Nigeria to local academic conferences. The Executive Secretary of the Fund, Dr Abdullahi Baffa, said in a letter he sent to Vice-Chancellors of the nation’s universities that the sponsorship […]

EDUCATION

Report: UBEC boss misled Nigerians on number of out-of-school children

Daily Dispatch October 9, 2018

How many out-of-school children does Nigeria really have? Are they 13.2million? An investigation by a Nigerian news platform has debunked the figure as incorrect and misleading. The incorrect figure was given by the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Ahmed Boboyi at a presentation made on his behalf by Bello Kaigara, the Director of […]

EDUCATION

JAMB offers 200, 000 first choice admissions

Daily Dispatch October 7, 2018

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said about 200,000 candidates have been offered admission into tertiary institutions, for the 2018/2019 academic session. The Head, Media and Information of the JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos, said that the admission took effect after […]

EDUCATION

UNDP donates school to Borno resettled community

Daily Dispatch October 7, 2018

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has inaugurated a primary school at Ngwom resettled community in Mara Local Government Area of Borno. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the project was inaugurated by the UNDP Administrator, Achim Steiner and UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock on Sunday at Ngwom community. The school was […]

EDUCATION

Buhari sad over unpaid teachers’ salaries

Daily Dispatch October 6, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari is sad that in spite of releases of bailout funds to mitigate the situation of unpaid salaries, teachers are still owed by many states. The bailouts he said was specifically to mitigate the situation of unpaid teachers and pensioners but “sadly, the issue of unpaid salaries remains’’. President Buhari assured teachers that […]