Growing concerns over academic underachievement of students and the need to send high quality teachers into classrooms in Gombe State have led to the establishment of a Teacher Training Centre (TTC) in Kwami Local Government Area of the state. Governor…
Students with disabilities are said to be receiving inadequate learning support during the COVID-19 lockdown due to lack of inclusive learning environment. Students with special needs, parents, teachers and interest groups are also reportedly left out in the COVID-19 lockdown…
Nigerians have condemned the cuts in budgetary allocations to critical sectors in the federal government’s revised 2020 budget proposal. The ministries of health, education, science and technology and agriculture are among the worst hit by capital expenditure reductions. Read more:…
The University of Witwatersrand (Wits) in Johannesburg has called for application for a free online journalism training.. The course would take place for a period of seven weeks and it would be titled “Media Freedom and Freedom of Expression in…
Over 30 investigative stories were published in 2019, all supported with several infographics. Below are some of the impact of some stories. Plateau electricity project abandoned for 20 years: After this report was published, a Good Samaritan donated a…
With the gradual lifting of lockdown measures, civil servants and teachers have been directed to report to work in Anambra State even as students remain at home and the government is said to be working towards a framework for safe…
The sanitation condition of basic schools in many areas poses a serious public health concern because millions of pupils do not have access to tolerable facilities to answer the call of nature. Absence of decent toilets is believed to be…
A typical day at Government Secondary School Sabon Tasha where there are no desks .Renovation contract awarded since 2017 – State government It has become routine for students to walk into class rooms with wrappers, mats and polythene bags at…
Quality assurance units in education departments at federal and state levels have laid down basic infrastructure, including sanitation facilities, safe classrooms, water, electricity and laboratories that all schools must have. Though the regulations apply to every school, most public schools…
Infrastructural decay in secondary schools in Zamfara state has put authorities on edge as they begun moves towards addressing the challenges. The problems include dilapidated students’ dormitories, classrooms and many other facilities that aid teaching and learning in the schools.…
