Tag: Commissioner for Education

Govt Bans Schools’ Kindergarten, Nursery Graduation Party

GBENGA ADEOTI ADEOTI

  ‘Why we did what we did,’ everything Imo Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Ikegwuoha, said   The Imo State Government has announced an immediate ban on graduation parties for kindergarten, nursery and Junior Secondary School pupils, saying the measure will reduce financial burdens on parents and redirect attention to the academic development of children. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Bernard Ikegwuoha, disclosed this in a memo addressed to parents, guardians and stakeholders in the state’s education sector. He also directed school proprietors to stop the annual change of textbooks,…

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JUST IN: Lagos Govt. Declares How, Why Dowen College’ll be Re-Opened

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Lagos State Government has said that Dowen College Lekki may be re-opened on xonditions. Platforms Africa reports that the college was shut down at the last quarter of 2021 over allegation of bullying that led to the death of a Junior Secondary School student of the schhol, Sylvester Oromoni. Announcing conditions that must be met before reopening the school, Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo, on Thursday, disclosed that the decision was based on the advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) to the Police that Oromoni’s death could…

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BREAKING: Ogun Shifts Primary, Secondary Schools’ Resumption To Jan 10

ADEOLA YUSUF

Government of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, has shifted the second term 2020/2021 academic session resumption day for its primary and secondary Schools to Monday, January 10, 2022. Platforms Africa reports that the state had earlier planned its schools’ resumption for January 3rd, 2022. A press release signed by Prof. Abayomi A ARIGBABU, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, sent to Platforms Africa, directed all public and private schols in the state to comply with the new date. READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: 510,000 N-Power Beneficiaries Suffer 3 months’ Salary Delay Mother, 2…

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