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 …

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, said, on Wednesday, that 75 per cent of the primary schools in his state are battling a shortage of teachers while 90 per cent of the schools are dilapidated. Fubara said he became aware of the deplorable state of the primary schools in the state when a firm, New Global, in its bid to partner …

Ondo State Government has approved the recruitment of 2,000 teachers into the state civil service as part of its efforts to reposition the education sector. The state governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, made this known on Friday at the inauguration of the late Rosa Jane Pelly legacy project at Fiwasaye Girls’ Grammar School, Akure, the state capital. Aiyedatiwa, who was represented …