EDUCATION

ASUU strike unnecessary burden – Bishops

Daily Dispatch August 23, 2017

Catholic bishop on Tuesday rose from a two-day conference where they declared the on-going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as a burden and unnecessary. The bishops said the lecturers’ strike was incessant and had become a bigger burden to parents and their children.‎

EDUCATION

Ghost Workers: SUBEB Conducts Biometric Verification

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2017

The Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), on Tuesday, said it had begun the biometric verification of its staff to uncover ghost workers. The board’s spokesman, Mallam Wasilu Umar, made this disclosure in Dutse. Umar said the exercise would cover staff at the SUBEB headquarters in Dutse, as well as in the Local Government […]

EDUCATION

UBEC Set For National Basic Education Sector Plan

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2017

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said that it would have a National Basic Education Sector Plan by October to help in educational planning process. Dr Hamid Bobboyi, UBEC Executive Secretary, disclosed this at a media chat in Abuja on Monday. “For a long time we have had the under role planning process; the […]

EDUCATION

Niger govt spends N3bn in schools rehabilitation

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2017

The Niger State Government says it has spent N3 billion to rehabilitate nine secondary schools under the first phase of its Whole School Development Approach Programme. Hajiya Fatima Madugu, Commissioner for Education, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Minna, said that three schools were selected […]

EDUCATION

JAMB, VCs to decide cut-off mark this week

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, in conjunction with Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts of higher institutions in the country, will this week decide on the minimum cut-off mark for admission into the various higher institutions of learning. A source at the ongoing JAMB Policy Meeting/Workshop with stakeholders in Abuja said that the meeting might […]

EDUCATION

Boko Haram: FG approves N3billion to rehabilitate schools affected by the insurgent in North East- Bobboyi

Daily Dispatch August 22, 2017

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Education has approved N3billion to rehabilitate schools affected by the insurgent in North East. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, also disclosed that it would soon commence the building of world-class schools nationwide, to enhance quality education in