The Enugu State Government has revealed plans to establish 260 SMART schools in the 260 wards of the state; the SMART schools would be categorized into crèche, nursery, primary, and junior secondary schools. Dr. Peter Ndubuis Mbah, Governor of Enugu State made this known during the celebration of the 63rd Independence Day Anniversary of Nigeria, held on Sunday, at the Michael Okpara Square, Enugu. In his message delivered by the Deputy Governor, Ifeanyi Ossai, stated, “For...

The management of Olivia University, Bujumbura (OUB), Burundi, East Africa, has begun scouting for students in Anambra State for courses in medicine/surgery, nursing, pharmacy and others. To this end, it has announced plans to award scholarship to Nigerians who would want to study those courses in the university. These were disclosed on Saturday by the Vice Chancellor of the University, Rev. Fr. Prof Josephat Obi-Oguejiofor, during an interactive session with relevant stakeholders and intending students...

The Governor of Anambra State, Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo, during his visit to several government-owned schools, has declared a groundbreaking offer of free education for all public school students from nursery to Junior Secondary School Three (JSS 3). This significant decision was met with jubilation among students, parents, and educators across the state. Anambra State has been known for academic excellence and Mr Governor is poised to improve educational system in the state, provide needed...

In order to absorb all of out-of-school children in Nigeria, the country require an additional 20,000 schools and 907,769 classrooms. Ben Goong, Director, Press of the Federal Ministry of Education disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission UBEC, Hammed Boboyi, gave the statistics while briefing the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman. According to the statement, the Executive Secretary identified Infrastructural gaps, and inadequate Manpower as...