In the past, school holidays came with lots of expectations from both students and parents as they provide an opportunity for students to take a break, recharge, visit distant relatives and friends, and in some cases assist parents in the…
Winners in educational competitions in Nigeria have been poorly rewarded, compared with those in entertainment competitions. Entertainment competitions receive more coverage, attention, and sponsorship while participants of educational contests languish in misery. As the Big Brother Naija reality TV show,…
To ameliorate the effect of poverty on the educational progress of Kano school children, the Kano State Government introduced a sponsorship scheme to pay for the senior secondary school certificate examination of students that secure at least five credits in…
Across the country, the number of out-of-school children is increasing, majorly due to insecurity, poor facilities, poverty, and other factors. Daily Trust visited schools in some states and now reports. Apart from challenges in public schools that have been there…
The series of abductions of students in some states in Northern Nigeria is threatening the future of millions of children in the region, stakeholders told the Daily Trust on Monday. Boko Haram fighters, bandits, and other miscreants have found schools in some…
… 53,042 sacked in 8 years One of the problems that appear to have defied solutions in the Nigerian education system is the shortage of qualified teachers. While the basic schools are struggling to meet up the needs of their…
The Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University invites applications for the Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award, to be awarded in Spring 2021. In filling out the application below, please be succinct but specific and answer every question.…
Dan Shayi is a community in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State, some 40 kilometers away from the state capital. From the bad access roads to a lone health facility built some two years ago with only one…
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education sector has been one of the worst hits with 1.9 billion children globally unable to attend school. Amidst the pandemics, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, shut universities in the…
There is increased concern over the abuse of social media in Nigeria with various stakeholders saying it is partly responsible for recurrent civil disobedience occasioned by fake news. Experts on Wednesday said that through their handheld phones, millions of citizens…
