Category: General News
Philippine: Schools will remain shut until coronavirus vaccine is available
May 27th. 2020 • General News

Philippine: Schools will remain shut until coronavirus vaccine is available

Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine president, has said that sending children back to school without the availability of coronavirus vaccine will be disastrous; hence he would not allow it. He made this k......

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El-Rufai: Enroll your child into Almajiri system and risk jail term
May 27th. 2020 • General News

El-Rufai: Enroll your child into Almajiri system and risk jail term

In strong words, the executive governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai has warned parents and clerics in Kaduna that whoever enrolls a child into Almajiri system will be prosecuted and jailed,......

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Femi Gbajabiamila: Nigerian children deserve quality education
May 27th. 2020 • General News

Femi Gbajabiamila: Nigerian children deserve quality education

Photo credit: Channels Speaking on matters regarding Children’s Day, observed annually on May 27, the Speaker of the House of Representatives noted that every Nigerian child deserves “all the nec......

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Cote d'Ivoire Re-Opens Schools after Several Weeks of COVID-19 Lockdown
May 25th. 2020 • General News

Cote d'Ivoire Re-Opens Schools after Several Weeks of COVID-19 Lockdown

Amidst the ravaging COVID-19 scourge, becoming one of the first African countries to do so as the continent keeps battling with the virus, just like the rest of the world.The students returned to scho......

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Anambra Proposes Inclusion of Coronavirus into School Curriculum
May 25th. 2020 • General News

Anambra Proposes Inclusion of Coronavirus into School Curriculum

Prof. Kate Azuka Omenugha, Anambra State Commissioner for Basic Education. Photo Credit: Orient DailyWhat would have been a two weeks holiday is now stretching for about two months, with students......

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FG: Six Newly Approved Colleges of Education will take off in October 2020
May 23rd. 2020 • General News

FG: Six Newly Approved Colleges of Education will take off in October 2020

The federal government has approved new colleges of education in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Confirming this, Ben Gooong, the spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of Education, said the new......

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Cambridge University: Lectures to be conducted online until 2021 summer
May 22nd. 2020 • General News

Cambridge University: Lectures to be conducted online until 2021 summer

Picture Credit- AFP - Students walk through Cambridge University in Cambridge, east of England Cambridge University has announced that due to coronavirus pandemic, its next academic year shall b......

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The National Universities Commission Enjoins Vice-Chancellors to Keep Universities Shut
May 12th. 2020 • General News

The National Universities Commission Enjoins Vice-Chancellors to Keep Universities Shut

Prof. Abubakar Rasheed. Picture Credit: NUC The regulatory body of Nigerian universities, The National Universities Commission (NUC) has instructed all the university Vice-Chancellors not to re-o......

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FG Resumes School Feeding Programme on Thursday May 14, 2020
May 11th. 2020 • General News

FG Resumes School Feeding Programme on Thursday May 14, 2020

The Honorable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs at the NHGSFP. Photo Credit: Federal Ministry of Information and Culture In fulfillment of President Buhari’s promise on March 29 to continue school......

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Africa’s Education Sector Badly Hit as 1.235 Billion Learners Globally are Forced to Remain at Home for Fear of COVID-19 Pandemic
May 11th. 2020 • General News

Africa’s Education Sector Badly Hit as 1.235 Billion Learners Globally are Forced to Remain at Home for Fear of COVID-19 Pandemic

The world has been terribly shaken by COVID19 pandemic. Every sector of human activities is in serious comatose. Of all the sectors, the education sector particularly has been hard hit by the effect o......

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