Tag: Basic education

“Tinubu to return 10.5m out-of-school children to school” – Minister

Aminu Imam

…Says FG to grant financial autonomy to universities The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has hinted that President Bola Tinubu was determined to reduce the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria to the barest minimum by increasing funding for the education sector by 25%. The Minister, made this revelation as he declared open the 2021 and 2022 Nigeria Annual Education Conference (NAEC), with the theme: “Implementation of Education 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Nigeria”, which held in Abuja on Monday. Prof. Mamman also revealed that his administration as…

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Basic education: Nigeria may not achieve global agenda by 2030, UNICEF laments

Aminu Imam

The United Nations Children’s Funds, (UNICEF), in collaboration with the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office in Nigeria, has stated that despite the progress made, Nigeria is not likely to achieve the global agenda of universal inclusive and equitable quality basic education for all school-age children by 2030 if the current very low public investment in the education sector remains the same. At a media dialogue on girls’ education, which was held on Wednesday, in Katsina, a Communication Specialist at the UNICEF Field Office, Muntaƙa Muntaƙa, disclosed that the Students Learning…

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