2021 UTME: Mock examination slips ready for printing – JAMB
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:11 May 2021
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says that mock examination slips for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now be printed out in preparation for the exercise. JAMB made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made it available to the News
How states, schools plan to prevent kidnappers
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:11 May 2021
From engaging hunters, to building fences and intelligence sharing, governments and schools at various levels are taking precautions to check the rising wave of abductions of teachers and students across the country. Since last December when over 300 pupils of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State were kidnapped,
Why mental arithmetic should be part of curriculum, by NMC boss
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:11 May 2021
Former Director, National Mathematical Centre (NMC), Prof Adewale Solarin has disclosed that the Abacus system of mental calculation will soon be introduced into the Nigerian primary and secondary school curriculum. Solarin, who is Head, Education and ICT Directorate, Growth and Development Foundation (GDF), spoke at the closing ceremony of Abacus
May 2021 Silent Generals: Conversations with Just Ibe
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:4 May 2021
The Silent Generals is a platform for touching lives through personal stories, sharing life stories that will serve as encouragement to many people; especially the younger generation. It’s a platform where we share real life stories of real individuals; people whose triumphs others can see but don’t know the hurdles
News update: SGF: Attacks on schools put pressure on educational system
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:4 May 2021
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, has said incessant attacks on schools especially in the North East has put pressure on the country’s fragile educational system. Mustapha, who was a special guest at a peace walk against incessant invasion and kidnapping of students, organised by the
Minister: Full crisis looms in education sector over abductions
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:4 May 2021
Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has warned that with an estimated 13 million children currently out of school in Nigeria which represents 20% of globally, the country now faces the danger of a full education crisis. She further warned that “we sit in the precipice
News Update: USAID urges strict spending of education funds
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:4 May 2021
The United States Agency International Development, USAID, has said that there was need for development partners to work together with the government at all levels and professional bodies as well as civil society organisations, CSOs, to ensure that donor resources for educational sector are spent wisely and transparently. The USAID
ABOLAJI SHONUBI SCHOLARSHIP BENEFICIARIES
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:29 Apr 2021
Meet the current beneficiaries of Abolaji Shonubi Scholarship Fund for the year 2021, who were fully enrolled into JSS 1 at February 2021. Two exceptional and promising young girls! Young school levers that were unable to resume school like their mates as a result of certain challenges. The Abolaji Shonubi
ABOLAJI SHONUBI SCHOLARSHIP FUND: Memories and Legacies that last
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:29 Apr 2021
“The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone but the things you do for others remain as your legacy.” Kalu Ndukwe Kalu The Abolaji Shonubi Scholarship is a personalized scholarship under the Flickers of Hope Scholarship Fund that is building a lasting legacy. The Scholarship fund
Unending attacks on schoolchildren despite Safe School Initiative
Posted By:Flickers of Hope
Posted On:27 Apr 2021
In the wake of kidnapping of over 300 schoolchildren from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, Head, Education Desk, IYABO LAWAL, examines what happened to the Safe School Initiative launched in 2014, which reportedly attracted millions of dollars from donors. On December 11, more than 300 schoolboys from Government
