Edo State Governor Monday Okpebholo has approved the employment of 500 teachers for schools. This was made known yesterday by the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Emmanuel Iyamu, according to a statement by Okpebholo’s Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua. Iyamu said the recruitment would be done in batches. He noted government’s commitment to ensuring public schools had qualified teachers. Iyamu said …

Teachers, pupils and parents are upbeat as primary and secondary schools resume in most states on Monday. States where pupils will be resuming for second term after the Christmas and New Year break include Lagos, Ogun, Kano, Delta and Jigawa. The Kano State Government had earlier announced Sunday, 5 January 2025, as the resumption date for all boarding public and …

The Ondo State chapters of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools in Nigeria (ASUSN) and that of the Association of Nigerian Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPS) have endorsed the governorshio candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The election holds on Saturday. The groups made their position known at an event held at the …

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), on Saturday, said 23 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory have implemented the 65-year-old retirement age for teachers. The National President of the union, Titus Amba, stated in a report obtained by PUNCH in Abuja. In 2020, the then President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the retirement age of teachers had been …

In line with the directive of Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has recruited 5,500 teachers. Executive Chairman of the state SUBEB, Ozavize Salami, on Friday in Benin, the state capital, said the recruitment was to fill teachers gaps and boost teaching and learning in schools. She noted that the teachers who went …

The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (OYOSUBEB) has said it will, between 8 and 23 August, interview 8,197 candidates for recruitment as primary school teachers in the state. The 8,197 applicants scored 50 per cent in the computer-based assessment test earlier conducted by OYOSUBEB. In a statement on Wednesday, the OYOSUBEB Chairman, Dr Nureni Adeniran, said the interview sessions …

The European Union (EU) yesterday launched the second phase of its education programme – ‘Expand, Integrate and Strengthen Systems (EISS)’, to build the capacity of teachers in Nigeria. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, who spoke at the launch in Abuja, explained that the second phase, which focuses on teachers, complements the first phase, Education and …

The Oyo State government, on Tuesday, opened a portal for the recruitment of 7,000 teachers for the state’s public primary schools. The Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Adeniran, told newsmen that the job portal was scheduled to come alive at 6 pm on Tuesday. Adeniran said the recruitment was part of the state government’s …

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State on Saturday, declared a state of emergency on education in the state, with a promise to immediately employ 10, 000 teachers across the state. Governor Yusuf made this declaration at Open Arena, Kano Government House, Kano, as he emphasised that the era of educational negligence in the state is over. The governor said …

The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji has approved N138.7 million for the payment of car and housing loans to 448 teaching and non-teaching staff of the state Teaching Service Commission. This was disclosed in a statement from the Office of the Permanent Secretary, Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission, Mr. Mike Omolayo, made available to journalists in Ado Ekiti on …