Tag: EDUCATION

ÆŠangote pledges $700m education fund

Aminu Imam
Dangote pledges

Chairman of the ÆŠangote Group, Aliko ÆŠangote has said that his foundation would invest $700 million (roughly ₦1.016 tr) in education over the next 10 years. At the 2025 Doha Forum in Doha, Qatar on Sunday, the business magnate committed to supporting over 155,000 Nigerians who will be drawn across secondary schools and universities in the country. ÆŠangote, during a panel session that featured Bill Gates and Sheikha Al-Mayassa, discussed how innovation, philanthropy, and cultural investment are reshaping opportunity across Africa and beyond. He said the investment is poised to…

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FG announces updated curriculum for Basic, Secondary, Tertiary education

Aminu Imam
FG announces

The Federal Government has unveiled revised curricula for basic, senior secondary, and technical education, setting new subject limits to ease content overload and improve learning outcomes. Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Sai’d Ahmad, who announced the development on behalf of the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, said the review was undertaken in collaboration with the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC), UBEC, NSSEC, NBTE, and other key stakeholders. The new framework, which takes effect from the 2025/2026 academic session, seeks to strike a balance between…

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Nigeria’s silent crisis: Why schools are struggling to hire teachers

Aminu Imam
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By Habib Tijani Despite a surplus of education graduates, Nigeria faces an alarming shortage of teachers. Stakeholders blame poor renumeration of teachers, politicization of the recruitment system and a loss of respect for the profession as the root causeof the crisis in Nigerian education system. Schools across Nigeria are groaning under the weight of a growing crisis—an acute shortage of qualified teachers. While thousands of young Nigerians graduate from colleges of education and universities each year, the number of employed teachers in public schools remains woefully inadequate. Recent data from…

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On That Violence Against The Nigerian Lecturer

Aminu Imam
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Comrade Muniretu Isah This is to strongly condemn the appalling display of violence by a female student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, against her male lecturer, who incidentally, is old enough to be her father. Recall that a lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, met a female student on a walkway from the lecture room to his office, creating a TikTok video content. He tapped the student with “Excuse me”. The student responded with an insult for interrupting her content creation. Surprised by the response, he turned back to be…

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NDA 76RC intake Cadets get resumption date

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Cadets of Nigeria Defence Academy, Kaduna.

The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), has fixed Monday, Aug. 26 for the resumption of new cadets of 76 Regular Combatant Course (RC). The academy’s Public Relations Officer, Major Mohammed Maidawa, made the announcement in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Maidawa said there should be strict adherence to the resumption date. He said, “NDA wishes to inform the public of an important update regarding the resumption date for the successful candidates admitted into the 76 Regular Combatant Course. “In a previous notification, it was stated that the resumption dates for 76RC…

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Cotonou Degree: Don’t be sad, they just helping us

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Professor Abdulmalek Amoka. I was reflecting on this Cotonou 6-week to 1-year degree program and I began to wonder why we are making so much noise about it. The good thing about the degree is that you need not travel there or write any examination. You just register and it will be couriered to you. Nigerians said degrees are useless and that “who e help”. They said we should go and learn welding and carpentry instead of going for a degree (skills rather than a degree).  Now, we are…

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New-Liberalism and Cotonou Degree Alternative

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

By; Dr Kabiru Danladi Lawanti The whole Cotonou degree is criminal and all those involved need to be fished out and punished. Some people might see us as harsh or maybe insensitive for saying this.  There are things we cannot say in public, but one needs not to be a prophet of doom to predict that Nigeria cannot withstand this onslaught and will eventually crash.  Our desperate quest for certification through whatever means led us to this situation. Parents are desperate to have their kids in the university, some even…

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Terrorism, poorly regulated economy threat to food security – Expert

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

A Medical Imaging Scientist, Dr Livinus Abonyi, has identified terrorism and poorly regulated economy as major threats to the realisation of food security in the country. Abonyi said this on Monday in an interview in Lagos as the World Food Day (WFD) is celebrated globally. The theme of this year’s celebration is, “Water is life, Water is food. Leave no one behind.” The theme aims to highlight the critical role of water for life and water as the foundation of our food. Abonyi, a Lecturer at the Lagos State College…

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ABU Zaria decries staff shortage, urges lift of employment embargo

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has decried the shortage of academic staff in some of the institution’s faculties, attributing it to the deployment of Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPIS). Professor Kabiru Bala, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on the sidelines of the 2023 induction ceremony for 67 inducted doctors from the institution. Bala, represented by Professor Danladi Ameh, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics), said the university was in need of more academic staff, not only in the College of Medical Sciences but…

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FG prepares to give students’ loan in September

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Federal Government says it is working out modalities to begin students’ loan between September and October 2023. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, David Adejo, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday while addressing newsmen on the bill signed by President Bola Tinubu. President Tinubu on Monday signed into law the Student Loan Bill in fulfillment of a promise he made during his campaign. The student loan bill sponsored by the Speaker of the 9th House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, provides for interest-free loans to indigent Nigerian students. Adejo…

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