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 …

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo, on Wednesday, assented to a bill on a new retirement age of 65 or 40 for teachers in the state employ. The retirement age for teachers before now was either 35 years of service or 60 years of age. Speaking after signing the bill into law, Uzodimma said the new law would encourage teachers in …

A total of 1.2 million students, 5,000 teachers,150 education officials and 5,400 community members are to benefit from the new European Union’s funded education and empowerment intervention programme in three states. The states are Kano, Sokoto and Jigawa. The programme is aimed at increasing the number of girls and boys benefiting from safe, inclusive, relevant learning and skills development opportunities …