EDUCATION

BREAKING: Kaduna education commissioner, Prof. Nok is dead.

Daily Dispatch November 21, 2017

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Jonathan Andrew Nok, is dead. Nok died at the age of 55.  As at the time of filing this report, circumstances leading his sudden death was still sketchy. He was born on 11 February 1962, hailed from Nok  Village in Jaba Local Government Area of

EDUCATION

UBEC to conduct assessment of learning nationwide-ES

Daily Dispatch November 20, 2017

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) on Monday said it was set to conduct a National Assessment of Learning Achievement in Basic Education (NALABE) across the federation and the FCT ‎Dr Hamid Bobboyi, UBEC Executive Secretary, who disclosed this during a media dialogue on the 2017 NALABE in Abuja, said the exercise would be held […]

EDUCATION

17 states fail to access N16.2 billion UBEC fund in 2017

Daily Dispatch November 20, 2017

Failure by some state governors to access the Universal Basic Education Commission’s (UBEC) intervention fund is threatening the future of millions of Nigerian school children. It was gathered that, of the N35.2b earmarked for the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, this year, 17 states have not picked their share of N16.2b. […]

EDUCATION

DEAD,RETIRED TEACHERS SAT FOR COMPETENCT TEST IN KADUNA

Daily Dispatch November 19, 2017

Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE), has revelated that dead and retired persons sat for the examination conducted by Kaduna State Government. The President of the body,Comrade Ibrahim Khalid, made the shocking revelation  at a press conference,held in Abeokuta where he  faulted the sincerity of the competency test conducted for primary school teachers in

EDUCATION

El-Rufa’i displayed carpenter, messenger’s scripts to deceive Nigerians – NUT

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2017

The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday said the scripts displayed by Kaduna State governor on the internet were those of a messengers and carpenters that the governor forcefully converted to teachers on his assumption of office. NUT Zaria chapter chairman, Yahaya Abbas, made this known in an interview with newsmen, saying that investigation […]

EDUCATION

SSANU decries proliferation of universities

Daily Dispatch November 16, 2017

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has decried the proliferation of universities across the country. The association at its just concluded 32nd National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, lamented that the same people that ran down public universities while in service were given licenses to […]