The Universal Basic Education Commission on Tuesday said it will unveil a new template for the disbursement of counterpart funding for Universal Basic Education. This is according to the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Aisha Garba. Garba spoke at the interactive workshop with the State Universal Basic Education Boards in Abuja. Garba noted that the Federal Government, through the Commission, …

The Federal Government has commended Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his consistent adherence to due process in the execution of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) intervention projects, describing him as a pacesetter in transparency and accountability. According to a statement by the press secretary of Kwara SUBEB, Atere Abiola on Wednesday, the North Central Zonal Director of UBEC, Elder …

A witness in the ongoing trial of former Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, told the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday that N1bn from the Universal Basic Education Commission Matching Grant was diverted to pay workers’ salaries and pensions in 2015—and was never repaid. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting the former governor on …

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) disclosed, on Monday, that it had partnered with the Council for Registration of Engineers in Nigeria (COREN to curb the rising cases of school building collapse in the country. The Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, spoke on Monday, during the training of staff of the commission’s department of physical planning, on enhancing …

The executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has said many states have not accessed the N45.7 billion matching grant to them for the implementation of Universal Basic Education (UBE) between 2020 and 2023. Bobboyi stated this yesterday when he received members of the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services at the …

The Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi said that the commission through its Digital Resource Centre is, “providing technical support for smooth operations of 11 Smart Schools which had commenced academic activities during the ongoing September 2023/2024 academic session nationwide.” The Smart Schools are located in Bauchi, Benue, Ekiti, Nasarawa, Niger, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina, Kwara, …

Concerned with the level of pupils enrolment and the menace of out-of-school children in public educational institutions, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abuja, in partnership with Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has concluded plans to commence an intensive five-week training for school administrators and head teachers in the state. According to the Executive Chairman of the Board, …

The Federal Government has lamented that massive investments in the nation’s basic education sector have not translated into desired results. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, said this on Tuesday while declaring open the 25th quarterly meeting of Universal Basic Education Commission Management with the Executive Chairmen of State Universal Basic Education Boards in Abuja. “The investment …

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the Delta State government to disclose details of how over N200 billion in education funds was spent under the administration of immediate past governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa. The funds were collected by Okowa’s government from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) between 2015 and 2019. On 17th July, Mr. Justice Daniel …

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has raised concern that more than N46.2 billion in matching grants is still lying un-accessed in spite of the poor state of many primary schools across the country. Presenting the 2022 capital budget implementation report at an oversight visit to the commission by the Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, in Abuja on …