After Protest For Better Working Condition, SSS Dismisses Staff At Schools

Not less that seventy one teaching staff of the Community Staff Schools in Abuja have been sacked following the demand for a pay raise and better working condition. Staff members  of the school which is run by the State Security Service (SSS), had held a protest for this cause. Although run like private institutions, the primary and secondary schools, situated in Asokoro, are owned by the SSS. In its memo dated November 2, 2020, the...

Stakeholders Decry Effect of EndSARS Protest On Education

Stakeholders in the education sector say they are worried about the effect of the #EndSARS protest on the sector, coming a few weeks after schools started resuming following months of inactivity. Some of them, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, expressed worry that the children were back home shortly after resumption from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) era. They said that the incessant closure of schools was hindering progress in...

Buhari Approves Re-appointment of Emaimo, Rector, College of Dental Technology

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Dr John Emaimo, as Rector, Federal College of Dental Technology and Therapy, Enugu State, with effect from Nov. 27. The approval is conveyed in a letter signed by the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora on behalf of President Buhari. Mamora said that the rector was found eligible for a second term based on his assessment and congratulated him. The minister urged Emaimo to continue...

Kano Govt Orders Private Schools To Cut Down 3rd Term School Fees

Kano State Government has call on the proprietors of private schools to reduce school fees by 25 and 30 per cent for the 2019/2020 Third Term academic session. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Sanusi Kiru, disclosed this in a statement signed by Aliyu Yusuf, the Public Relations Officer of the ministry, on Thursday in Kano. He noted that the ministry was considering cancellation of the Third Term session if the school proprietors remained adamant to...

Lagos Schools to Reopen on Monday

Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu as ordered the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools following the restoration of peace in the state. Folasade Adefisayo, the Lagos state commissioner for Education, made this known in a statement on Thursday. Adefisayo said that all schools in the state are to resume from Monday, November 2, 2020, while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1. She noted that following...

Lagos Announces Full Reopening of Markets

The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the full reopening of markets in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr. Wale Ahmed. The statement, which was made available to journalists by the Sanwo-Olu’s Senior Special Assistance on New Media, Gawat Jubril, stated that both the food and non-food markets can now open every day of the week....

COVID-19: Fintiri flag off Distributions of Instructional Materials to Adamawa Schools

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent As schools resumed amid COVID 19 pandemic,  Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has Friday flagged-off the distribution of  instructional materials . Speaking at the occasion, in Yola, Governor Fintiri noted that the distribution of instructional materials to schools across the state marks another milestone in the administration’s march towards educational renewal. Fintiri   reassured that the focus of his administration remains rehabilitation, construction, enhancing performance and learning, human capital development...

Fed poly Mubi Suspends Resumption Indefinitely Over #EndSARS Protest

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent The management of the Federal Polytechnic Mubi has suspended the resumption of full academic activities slated to commence from Monday October 26, 2020 till further notice. A statement by the deputy registrar of the institution, (academics), Medan A. Ndodi, made available to newsmen in Yola, Friday, said the decision was taken as a measure to safeguard the lives of its students in the wake of the #EndSARS protest. ” Staff...

COVID-19 Protocols: Education Commissioner Expresses Worry Over Non-Compliance

The Adamawa State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs. Wilbina Jackson has expressed dismay over non-compliance to COVID-19 protocols by some schools in the state, second week after resumption. Jackson while on visitation to schools for monitoring the level of compliance to safe guard the lives of students, expressed dismay over non-compliance to NCDC safety measures by some schools. “Despite series of meetings with stakeholders in the education sector, educating them on the...

PTDF Challenges PhD Scholars on Job Creation

Dr Bello Gusau, the Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), has urged the selected PHD scholars under its local scholarship scheme to focus on research work   for job creation in the sector. Gusau made the call at the opening of the documentation of Local Scholars Scheme (LSS) awardees in Abuja on Monday. He said currently, the number of selected scholars under the LSS was higher than the overseas scholarship programme, indicating that the LSS...

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