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How to check bullying in schools — Educationists

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Some educationists say a multi-faceted approach involving collaboration between schools, teachers, parents and students is crucial in combating bullying in schools. They made their views known in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday, in reaction to a

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Inside Delta’s mushroom schools where perverse deeds abound

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2023 0

…Sexual indecency booms …SS2 students impregnates own teacher By Nosa Àkeñzua A morally scary new ‘fad’ in some secondary schools in Delta State has left residents of the oil-rich South-South state shocked and in an uproar. Reports said not a few students and school operators are involved in the immorality of engaging in what a […]

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FCTA schools record low turnout of students on resumption

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2023 0

BY UKPONO UKPONG As schoold resume for the 2nd term of 2022/2023 academic session, low turnout of students have been recorded across most of the schools in the nation’s capital, Abuja, especially in the Kwali Area Council of Abuja, the FCT. This was witnessed yesterday during the routine inspection tour to both private and public […]

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Insecurity: Schools in FCT are safe, Education Secretariat assures parents

Ihesiulo Grace 6 May 2021 0

Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja The Education Secretariat of Federal Capital Territory Administration has again reiterated it’s commitment to ensuring the safety of it’s teeming school age students in the various schools within the Federal Capital Territory. Addressing a press briefing in Abuja, the Acting Director, Education, Mallam Leramoh Abdulrazaq, said it was

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All Chinese schools now have access to Internet

Ihesiulo Grace 11 April 2021 0

All Chinese schools now have full access to the Internet, and 95.2 percent of them are equipped with multi-media classrooms, according to a senior official with China’s Ministry of Education (MOE). The country has been constantly accelerating informationization of teaching, and sees it as underpinning the modernization of education, said Zhong Denghua, vice minister

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Oyo announces shift in Common Entrance placement exams dates

Ihesiulo Grace 18 August 2020 0

Oyo State Government has announced a shift in the date for Common Entrance examination into its Schools of Science from August 19 to September 1, 2020.  READ ALSO: Oyo State Cancels 3rd Term, Approves Guide For Resumption Of Schools The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, said in a statement on Tuesday […]

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Let schools remain closed

Ihesiulo Grace 10 July 2020 0

Nations, like individuals and corporations, are living in times they make painful decisions because of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of such decisions that Nigeria made on Wednesday was that schools should remain closed. The schools have been shut down since March due to the outbreak of the virus. But since then, the debate has been […]

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Don’t reopen schools now, ASUU President urges govt

Ihesiulo Grace 29 June 2020 0

Sango-Ota (Ogun) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday kicked against the reopening of schools by the Federal Government due to the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the country. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU National President, spoke in Ota, Ogun. According to him, the Federal Government needed to address the challenges of education sector

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COVID-19: FG gives conditions for reopening schools

Ihesiulo Grace 16 June 2020 0

Bwari (FCT) – The Federal Government has advised institutions of learning to put in place preventive measures against COVID-19 before announcing re-opening dates. The Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu, gave the advice at the 2020 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions on Tuesday in Abuja. The meeting was organised by the Joint Admissions […]

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COVID-19: Don advises FG on how to reopen schools

Ihesiulo Grace 10 June 2020 0

Ilorin – A Professor of Educational Management, Sidikat Ijaiya, has cautioned the Federal Government to ensure that proper assessment of all schools was done before reopening the institutions. She said this should be completed ahead resumption of students to schools to prevent the schools from becoming epicentres of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ijaiye, a former Deputy […]

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We’ve not announced date for reopening of schools – FG

Ihesiulo Grace 28 May 2020 0

…Lists conditions for reopening of schools, considers sectionalising classes …Urges states, private schools owners to plan ahead on how to ensure safety for students The Federal Government has said that it has not announced any date for the reopening of schools across the country. Speaking at the resumed Daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force […]

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Senator Sekibo suggests to replace demolished rivers hotels with schools

Ihesiulo Grace 18 May 2020 0

Chairman, senate committee on navy, Senator George Sekibo, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Rivers east has thrown his weight behind the decision of the Rivers state government to build school on the site of a demolished hotel in the state. According to Sekibo, the government reserved every right to convert confiscated property to public use. Speaking […]

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BREAKING: Federal govt warns against resumption of schools

Ihesiulo Grace 11 May 2020 0

The Federal Government has warned against resumption of any school at any level, saying all schools remained closed. Acting on the government’s directive, National Universities Commission, NUC, has warned vice chancellors against reopening universities for any activities. The government, in a circular dated Friday, May 8, 2020, to heads of commissions and regulatory bodies

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Italy’s schools to stay closed until September, prime minister says

Ihesiulo Grace 26 April 2020 0

Schools in Italy will remain closed through the summer holidays and reopen in September, the prime minister said in an interview published on Sunday. Italy has been under lockdown for longer than any other Western nation, with the epidemic hitting its industrialized north hard. There have been more than 26,000 deaths and nearly 200,000 cases. […]

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COVID-19: Parents should keep their children, wards indoors – Hon Umeh

Ihesiulo Grace 29 March 2020 0

The member representing Aguata 1 Constituency in Anambra State House of Assembly and Chairman House committee on Health, Dr. Cater Umeh, at the weekend, called on parents to confine their children at home now the schools have shut down. Hon Umeh, who observed that some parents took their children and wards to markets to assist […]

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Gombe to revoke licences of schools flouting closure order

Ihesiulo Grace 26 March 2020 0

The Gombe state government has threatened to withdraw the operational licence of any school that fails to comply with the directive to shut down schools to contain the coronavirus pandemic. Commissioner for Education, Dr. Habu Dahiru, gave the warning when he spoke to newsmen on Wednesday in Gombe. According to him, Gov. Inuwa Yahaya’s decision […]

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Gombe closes schools over spread of COVID-19

Ihesiulo Grace 23 March 2020 0

The Gombe state government has ordered the closure of all schools to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the state. Governor Inuwa Yahaya said this while speaking during a radio and television broadcast on COVID-19 in Gombe on Monday. He said the closure will take immediate effect from Tuesday March 24. “In accordance with […]

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COVID-19: Kebbi Govt. orders closure of schools

Ihesiulo Grace 21 March 2020 0

Birnin Kebbi – The Kebbi State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all primary and secondary schools in the state for the safety of their pupils and students. It said that this was due to the detection of people who had contacted the coronavirus in parts of the country. The Commissioner for Basic and […]

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COVID-19: Ganduje orders closure of schools

Ihesiulo Grace 20 March 2020 0

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has directed the closure of public and private schools across the state as part of precautionary measures against the threat posed by the coronavirus.  A statement signed by the Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Kiru explained that the indefinite vacation becomes effective from March 23 and directed parents to

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Covid-19: Niger closes public, private schools

Ihesiulo Grace 19 March 2020 0

The Niger state government has directed the closure of public and private schools as well as tertiary institutions across the state for 30 days from March 23 as part of efforts to check the spread of the coronavirus disease. A statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane on Thursday in […]