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 …

Teachers and lecturers in various institutions of learning across the country are now required to sign the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Code of Conduct form. The action is part of measures to check the alarming rate of sexual-related violence in learning institutions across the country. According to the standard operating procedure for the prosecution of perpetrators of school-related …

The eight rescued kidnap victims who have been receiving medical attention at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado Ekiti, the state capital, were on Sunday discharged after a week in the facility. The victims, including five school children and three staff of The Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, who were kidnapped along the Emure-Eporo Road, on their …

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has refuted claims by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) that it was asking people holding its certificates to rewrite professional qualifying examinations. In a statement in Abuja yesterday, the registrar of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye dismissed the claims which were contained in a letter by the senate president of NANS, Akinteye …

Kidnappers of five pupils of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, and four staff members have demanded N100m ransom for the release of the nine victims who were taken away on Monday. The principal of the secondary section of the school, Boje Olanireti, confirmed the ransom demand, in an interview with NEWSMEN on Tuesday. The abduction epidemic has continued …

Oyo State Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, on Monday, described the level of compliance of Teachers and Students in resumption to the second term school calendar in the state as impressive. The commissioner stated this while monitoring the resumption of the schools for the second term academic activities in Ibadan metropolis, warned principals and teachers to …

The Kebbi State Government has commenced the training of 2,400 primary schoolteachers in the use of English language, Mathematics, and pedagogical skills. Declaring the training open at the Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Governor Nasir Idris said his administration was determined to revolutionalise the state’s education sector. He urged teachers, parents, and other stakeholders to join hands with his …