Tag: Pupils

‘Three out of 4 Nigerian pupils unable to read, write’ – UNICEF

Aminu Imam

Three-quarter of pupils in Nigerian primary schools lack adequate literacy and numeracy, according to a UNICEF assessment report. The global agency’s Chief of Education in Nigeria, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, disclosed this yesterday, at the opening of the seminar, which was held at the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy seminar in Maiduguri, Borno State. According to her, “Nigeria has a severe learning crisis with three out of four children being unable to read or to solve a simple math problem. This not only hobbles children’s opportunity to learn higher order skills but is…

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Pupils to be taught in mother tongue, as FEC approves national language policy for primary education

Aminu Imam

The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has approved a National Language Policy for use in all primary schools across the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this known to State House correspondents at the end of the Council meeting in Abuja yesterday, which was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to the Minister, the decision is only in principle for now, because it will require a lot of work to implement it. He further revealed that the Council approved a consultancy services agreement between Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,…

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