SPECIAL REPORT: Outdated Textbooks, Dearth of Materials Crippling Teaching in Public Primary Schools

EducationSpecial ReportSPECIAL REPORT: Outdated Textbooks, Dearth of Materials Crippling Teaching in Public Primary Schools

Beloved John (Staff Writer)October 14, 2021

By Beloved John, Staff Writer Musa’s only teaching material is the curriculum, a flat rectangular book, given to him by the headmaster of the government primary school he was employed to teach. The curriculum is the only material he could use to carry his duty. But to give life to his basic science lessons, the primary four class teacher would need a variety of instructional materials, which currently are unavailable to him. It’s been a...

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Gov. Fintiri Promotes School Headmaster for Preventing APC to Hold Congress

Award & RecognitionEducationPoliticsGov. Fintiri Promotes School Headmaster for Preventing APC to Hold Congress

PilotnewsOctober 12, 2021

YOLA — Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has directed for the immediate promotion of Mubi II Primary School Headmaster,  for denying access to the opposition All Progressive Congress ( APC ) to conduct local government Congress in the school. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that the APC National Caretaker Chairman and Gov. of Yobe state, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni, has announced that the September 5, 2021 local government congresses in Mubi North...

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Nigerian Scholars Discuss the State of Education as the World Celebrates Teachers

EducationNigeriaSpecial ReportNigerian Scholars Discuss the State of Education as the World Celebrates Teachers

Favour Ebubechukwu (Staff Writer)October 9, 2021

Oct. 5 is recognized internationally as World Teachers’ Day to observe the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of Teachers, around the world. This event was first celebrated in 1994. To further mark this event in the editorial context, our correspondent, Favour Ebube talked to two Nigerian-based scholars, Professor Simeon Dosunmu, a Professor of Sociology of Education, Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Lagos State University, and Dr....

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UNICEF Criticises Alleged Diversion of Learning Materials in Adamawa

CorruptionEducationUNICEF Criticises Alleged Diversion of Learning Materials in Adamawa

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

YOLA — The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has criticised the alleged diversion of children learning materials in Adamawa. Mr. Joel Isiah, UNICEF Consultant for education in Adamawa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yola, described the development as “sabotage”. “The UN organisation received credible information that UNICEF learning materials supplied and meant for vulnerable children were being sold in markets in the state. ” UNICEF is shocked by...

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Foundation Gives Scholarship to 30 Indigent Students in C’ River

EducationPhilanthropyFoundation Gives Scholarship to 30 Indigent Students in C’ River

PilotnewsOctober 5, 2021

CALABAR — Comrade Effanga Ita Scholarship Foundation has given scholarships to 30 indigent students in Cross River. Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Calabar, the originator of the foundation, Mr. Effanga Ita disclosed that the gesture started as a result of the number of out-of-school children he saw in the state. Ita said it was unfortunate that so much had been spent on education in the nation but those at the...

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50 Girls Train On Internet Communication Technology In Adamawa

EducationTelecommunication50 Girls Train On Internet Communication Technology In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 5, 2021

YOLA — Preparatory to the international day for the girl child being set aside by the United Nations on 11th October each year, the Adamawa State government with support from UNICEF has trained 50 girls selected from five schools on Internet Communication Technology (ICT). The local governments include; Fufore, Guyuk, Hong, Yola South and Yola North. The Day of the Girl Child will look into concerns of the girl child and also generate viable conversations around...

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Prof. Eya Advocates For Good Parenting In Curbing Child Abuse At Fr. Ugwuanyi Book Launch

EducationWellnessProf. Eya Advocates For Good Parenting In Curbing Child Abuse At Fr. Ugwuanyi Book Launch

Ije Ulasi (Regional Correspondent)October 1, 2021

ENUGU — An academic scholar, Prof. Regina Eya, has expressed the need for young people to be educated and exposed on the act of good parenting. Eya argued that educating young people on the act of parenting would go a long way in reducing the incidences of child abuse, which is prevalent in society. She made this submission in Enugu on Thursday during the presentation and launch of a book titled Psychological Interpretation of Child...

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2021 World Teachers Day: FG Unveils Activities for Celebration

EducationWorld News2021 World Teachers Day: FG Unveils Activities for Celebration

PilotnewsSeptember 28, 2021

ABUJA —  The Federal Government has unveiled the activities lined up to commemorate the 2021 edition of the World Teachers Day (WTD), scheduled to hold on Oct. 5. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu declared the lineup activities for the 2021 celebration at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Adamu was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba. He said that the 2021 theme designated by UNESCO elucidates how...

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Federal Government Bans SSS 1, 2 Students From Writing External Examinations

EducationNewsNigeriaFederal Government Bans SSS 1, 2 Students From Writing External Examinations

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)September 26, 2021

ABUJA — The Federal Ministry of Education in a circular issued to principals of the Federal Unity Schools, across the country has officially banned students in Senior Secondary School 1 and 2 from sitting for external exams in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, the National Examination Council, and National Business and Technical Examinations Board. The circular signed by Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, Director, Senior Secondary Education of the Ministry said the examinations are for...

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Hon. Somto Udeze Convenes Ogbaru Youth Parliament, Pledges Scholarship and Grant to Ogbaru Youths

EducationLocal GovernmentNewsHon. Somto Udeze Convenes Ogbaru Youth Parliament, Pledges Scholarship and Grant to Ogbaru Youths

Ebuka Onyekwelu (Staff Writer)September 26, 2021

OGBARU, (ANAMBRA) — The member representing Ogbaru 11 constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly Hon. Somto Udeze has unveiled Ogbaru Youth Parliament, as a non-partisan and creditable Youth forum whose focus is the wellbeing of Ogbaru youths. During the inaugural ceremony at Ogbaru yesterday, Saturday 25th September, Hon. Udeze assured that he will assist no fewer than twenty indigent Ogbaru students with N50,000 scholarship each, per annum, while ten youths in business will be...

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