The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), the country’s premier Film Trade Association Body, has announced good news for cinema lovers on the occasion of the International Cinema Day. Opeyemi Ajayi, the chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN), said in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos that cinema lovers would enjoy discounted […]
Makerere University is Africa’s fifth-best university and the high-quality in East Africa, in accordance to the cutting-edge World University rankings by means of Times Higher Education. The ranking places Makerere together with Mansoura University in Egypt, the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and the Durban University of Technology in South Africa, among others in the same […]
Students in Nigeria on Wednesday took to the streets of Abuja, the capital to demand the reopening of their schools, since closed as parts of efforts to contain the further spread of coronavirus. “We demand the reopening of our schools, because the schools educational sector is the number one sector of any progressive nation, one […]
The new cohort of university college students ought to pay Sh48,000 in lessons fees, three instances the cutting-edge Sh16,000 if a inspiration by means of vice chancellors is adopted. The prices amplify is intended to plug income holes created through the de facto abolition of the privately sponsored students programme in 2015 and cowl for […]
School Bells are Ringing Again Back to class, for last-year Nigerian students as the Federal Ministry of Education declared the partial opening of secondary-schools across the country from August 4th. The decision comes after a 5-month suspension in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and all schools are to adhere to strict sanitary regulations. Abigail […]
Prof. Kate Omenugha, Anambra Commissioner for Education stated that 1,000 infrared thermometers would be distributed in preparations for the possible reopening of colleges in the state. Omenugha informed newsmen in Awka on Sunday that the pass was accepted through the State Executive Council. The thermometers would be disbursed to public fundamental and secondary faculties in […]
The Federal Government has approved what it called “safe reopening” of schools nationwide in the next phase of the gradual easing of lockdown ordered to curtail further spread of COVID-19. However, only graduating students will resume. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this at the ongoing daily briefing of […]
The authorities of the Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin have discovered about 2,000 fake National Certificate of Education purportedly issued in the name of the institution. Some of the certificates were tendered as genuine in government agencies and establishments for employment, The PUNCH was told. The Provost of the College, Prof. Yusuf AbdulRaheem, who […]
The Ministry of Education has said Cabinet is sitting on Monday to discuss conditions that the Ministry of Health and the Covid-19 taskforce have given for reopening schools. While receiving a donation of 4,000 litres of mosquito repelling paint on Friday, Mr John Chrysostom Muyingo, the State Minister in charge of Higher Education, said the […]
South Africa reopened schools for pupils in certain grades after two and a half months of home-schooling to limit the spread of coronavirus. On Monday, about 95 per cent of schools had reopened. The government had originally intended to reopen schools on June 1 but postponed this to June 8 after finding out that most […]
The Education ministry has been directed to prepare for reopening of schools beginning September subsequently hinting on the postponement of KCPE and KCSE exams. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday said the reopening will be gradual but remained silent on the fate of the exams. However, President Kenyatta further directed a new school calendar be made […]
More than two months after suspension of classes due to the coronavirus in Cameroon, primary and secondary school students returned to school on Monday. The government is facing criticism for weak measures to combat spread of the virus in one of the most affected countries in sub-Saharan Africa. With masks on, students returned to school […]
Some parents in South Africa held up placards to protest outside a school in Cape Town on Monday. They are demanding the educational institutions remain closed amid the coronavirus pandemic. Reopening of schools has been delayed by a week to allow school administrators to prepare. The basic education ministry said the reopening was delayed in […]
The Western Cape will open its doors to learners today contrary to Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga’s decision last night that they only report back on June 8. The Department of Basic Education (DBE) issued a statement last night that only 80% of schools were ready to receive learners. The statement followed the 11th-hour cancellation […]
Angie Motshekga is facing an uphill battle to make her ‘back to school’ plan stick, after unions and educational activists cranked up the pressure on the embattled education minister. Earlier this month, Motshekga revealed that children in Grade 7 and Grade 12 would be told to return to their classrooms on Monday 1 June, leading […]
South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga has detailed some of her department’s plans to provide personal protective equipment to learners. Motshekga announced last week that the country’s schools would reopen for Grade 7 and Grade 12 students on June 1, 2020. Responding in a parliamentary Question and Answer session yesterday, Motshekga said that […]
Increase in jihadist attacks in Burkina Faso since 2017 has led to the closure of more than 2,000 schools, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday. Citing the Ministry of Education, the report says 2,500 schools have been closed, depriving nearly 350,000 students access to education. At least 222 education workers have been […]
Private school owners in the country under the aegis of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, have called on the Federal Government to embark on a gradual reopening of schools in the country, beginning with students in terminal classes such as primary 6, Junior Secondary School Class Three and Senior Secondary School […]
