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Buhari Assents To Bill Raising Teachers Retirement Age To 65

President Muhammadu Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers Bill 2022 which raised retirement age of teachers in public schools from 60 to 65 years or 40 yearsRead More

Federal Government Increases Controversial School Feeding Programme To N100 Per Pupil

President Muhammadu Buhari
The Muhammadu Buhari-led Nigerian government says it has increased its National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme of N70 per day school feeding of a child in public primary school to N100.Read More

Outcry As Kano Public Schools Expose Students To Poor Learning In Decaying Classrooms

Kano Public Schools Expose Students To Poor Learning In Decaying Classrooms
In Madobi Local Government Area in Kano State where Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the former governor of the state comes from, public schools have fallen into dilapidation. One of such schoolsRead More

Report: Poor Salaries Driving Pass-mark Bribery In Public Schools

Bribery
Nigeria’s education sector is a rich context for bribe solicitation, bribe giving and extortion, resulting from poor levels of remuneration and failure of governments to pay salaries in publicly-funded schools,Read More

Lagos Govt Directs Closure Of Public, Private Schools

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home, following the tension generated by the #EndSARS protests. The Commissioner for Education, MrsRead More

Public, Private Schools To Resume October 5 In Niger

Niger State
The Niger State Ministry of Education has directed all public and private schools in the state to reopen for academic work on Monday, October 5th, 2020. The schools have beenRead More

Coronavirus: Niger Shuts Schools, Bans Gatherings

Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello
The Niger State Government has ordered the closure of public and private schools, as well as tertiary institutions within the state from Monday, March 23rd, 2020. In a statement releasedRead More