Speaker of the House of the Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has pledged to sponsor a bill in the House for the takeover of unity schools by their board of trustees to
Once considered as some of the best schools in Nigeria, unity schools, over the years, have glided from glory to mere public schools, write Iyabo Lawal (Lagos), Lawrence Njoku (Enugu),
The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, FCT chapter has denied imposing and collecting illegal fee of N1,500 from secondary school students in the territory. Malam Audi Usman, the Secretary,
The House of Representatives has decried the falling standard of education in Nigeria, asking that the Federal Government allocates more funds to the sector. At the plenary on Tuesday, the
By John Ojoagbene In this year alone according to the report by UNICEF, “there has been 20 attacks on schools in Nigeria with more than 1, 400 children abducted and
By John Ojoagbene It is one thing to have rights as a child written down in gold, but it is another thing for the child, the sole beneficiary of the
(CNN) At least one million Nigerian children could miss school this year as the new term begins amid a rise in mass school kidnappings and insecurity, the United Nations children’s
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said education, especially for women, has a multiplier effect. This is as he said leaders owe their people the duty to educate them. Osinbajo said
As crises invade a particular area non-stop, it is usually in one’s best interest to flee that particular location to a more peaceful or at least considerably safer place, in
By Ritkimwa Istifanus and Benedicta Apeh Literacy means being able to read and write. The literacy skills of reading and writing is very important in the development of human lives
