Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Muhammed, has approved the teaching of phonics to improve the reading skills of pupils in basic schools. This means that early reading will be taught by linking sounds with letters that represent them, to…
Respite is coming the way of pupils of Anguwan Rogo Primary School of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State as it is getting six more classrooms to accommodate its nearly 4,000 pupils population. Benue/Plateau Trust reports that six…
Stakeholders in Gombe State have faulted a directive by the Executive Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mr Babaji Babadidi, to public school teachers to enroll their children in public schools. The executive chairman had said his directive would…
Education under the federal and state governments is mainly financed from domestic revenues as well as grants, allocations and philanthropists contributions but with dwindling revenues, authorities have resorted to approving billions of naira in borrowing to fund the sector. About…
Authorities in Benue State have said that effective teacher training initiatives play a huge role in building capacity of school leaders and teachers as well as providing the minimum academic qualifications required for teaching in primary and secondary schools. The…
Mohammed Shekwo and his friends were playing within the school compound by 1pm, still during school hours. There were about six other boys with tattered clothes, barefooted and pouring sand on themselves as they shouted in their local language. A…
Vendors engaged in the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Niger State have been accused of hiring third-party cooks. Daily Trust learnt that there are seven items in the menu offered to pupils daily: jollof rice and beef…
he National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Bauchi State is said to be enmeshed in racketeering that is giving room for non-compliance with the menu based on farm produce locally grown by smallholder farmers to provide pupils nutritious meals.…
The National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP), with a target of reaching 12 million pupils, is feeding over 9.5 million pupils in 30 states, with each state having its list of homegrown foods supplied for the programme. However, the menu…
Our correspondent in Gombe visits the once prestigious Government Comprehensive Secondary School, Dadin Kowa, where years of neglect have left the students no option but to share accommodation with bats while afraid of hoodlums. Read more:
