Children from linguistic minorities should be taught in their own mother tongue, said the UN independent expert on minority issues, presenting his latest report on Wednesday to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. According to Fernand de Varennes, this is not only necessary for inclusive, quality education but also to respect the human rights of all […]

The Lagos State Government has expressed its readiness to conduct the Y2020 Book Review Exercise. This is part of efforts towards ensuring that students are exposed to books that are in consonance with the national minimum standard, as benchmarked in the National Curriculum and Lagos State Unified Schemes of Work. In an official statement by […]

The National Youth Service Corps has warned Prospective Corps Members with fake credentials to stay off its Orientation Camps across the country as the Scheme gets set for the 2020 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course. It added that anyone caught, especially graduates from the universities in West African sub-region with the intent to undermine the integrity […]

The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) says it will include Gender Based Violence (GBV) and sexual reproductive health rights in its Family Life and HIV/AIDS Education (FLHE) curriculum. Its Executive Secretary, Prof. Ismail Junaidu, disclosed this during a planning and writing workshop for the review of FLHE curriculum in Mararaba Nasarawa State. The […]

The Minister for Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, has called for the support of the Girl-Child education to enhance a sustainable society free of criminality. According to PRNigeria, Tallen made this call at an Annual Conference in Abuja, themed ’21st century Nigerian Girl Child, societal norms and traditional parenting’ organised by the Association of Nigerian […]

The Director-General, Lagos State Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Mrs. Abiola Seriki-Ayeni has re-emphasised the importance of hygiene in schools and homes in the State as a preventive measure against the outbreak of Coronavirus infection. Seriki-Ayeni said that the Office of Education Quality Assurance is responsible for ensuring and upholding standards in schools below […]

The Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr. Lanre Mojola has reiterated government’s commitment to the safety of lives of students and lecturers in public and tertiary institutions across the State. Speaking at a workshop for field officers on school safety survey organised by the Commission, in collaboration with the Lagos Bureau of Statistics (LBS) and […]

Kano state government has unveiled plan to recruit about 7,000 primary and secondary school teachers to enable it perfect its recently introduced free and compulsory education policy, the state’s Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Sunusi Sa’id Kiru has said. He stated in Kano during the 73rd anniversary reunion of Women Teachers College Old Students Association (WOTCOSA) […]