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Bauchi children learn sitting on wooden planks despite N10 million FG allocation

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Children in the Gizaki community at Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Northeast Nigeria have continued to learn sitting on the wooden planks as the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is yet to supply desks to the primary school despite N10 million that has been allocated to school furniture. This is even as the …

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COVID – 19 impact: Parents Pull Kids Out of School

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Parents suffering the COVID-19 impact are finding it very difficult to cope with the economic challenges brought by the pandemic, hence pulled their children out of school. Sure Start school has said parents of their pupils who were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have pulled out their kids from the school because they could not …

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Bauchi Primary 6 Pupils Can’t Write 1-10 in Figure UBEC Uncovers

Bauchi Primary 6 Pupils Can’t Write 1-10 in Figure UBEC Uncovers

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The Universal Basic Education Board (UBEC) has uncovered that the primary six pupils’ in Bauchi State cannot write 1-10 in figures, a discovery made during their official visit to some schools in the state. Mr. Abubakar Surunbai Ph.D., chairman of Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board visited some of the primary schools in the state …

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Despite N2 billion, Edo community school in deplorable condition

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Despite the sum of N2 billion spent by the Edo State government on Basic Education, Apana community Secondary School is in a dilapidated condition. The Edo State Government in her 2020 budget allocated the sum of N2, 000,000,000.00 to the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation programme (Edo BEST) under the Ministry of Education. This is …

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Despite N238.346 billion education expenditure, no school in Ogun community

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Oloke Ali community in the Ajebandele area of Ogun State has no government public school despite the sum of N238.346 billion the state government had expended on education in three years. Because there is no government school in the area, the community has only one terrible dilapidated private school that serves as the only source …

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Despite N149.64 billion Kaduna school not fixed

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Kaduna community school is yet to be fixed while students learn in a dilapidated environment despite over N149.64 billion the Kaduna state government allocated to education in three years. Children of Kahugu, a community with over 40, 000 residents in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna state continue to learn under a deplorable condition as …

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Akwa Ibom lawmaker reacts to MAWA story, says hold UBEC responsible

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Mr. Onofiok Luke, a lawmaker from Akwa Ibom has reacted to the MAWA FOUNDATION story that shows how the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) spent N100 million to construct two blocks of classrooms as his constituency project. In an email sent to MAWA by Mr. Aniekan Udofia, his media aide, the Akwa Ibom lawmaker exonerated …

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Special Report: COVID-19 Hits Private School Teachers Hardest

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In Nigeria, private schools make up a huge contribution to education while over 40 percent of students are enrolled in private schools. In this special report supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), MAWA FOUNDATION took a look at how COVID-19 is impacting private schools and their teachers. From interviews conducted by …

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2021 budget: Kogi govt approves N300k for COE Ankpa textbooks & teaching materials purchase, N4.087 billion for state house of Assembly

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Kogi government in her 2021 budget approved the sum of N300k for State College of Education Ankpa, purchase of textbooks & teaching materials while approving N4.087 billion for State House of Assembly. MAWA FOUNDATION study of the Kogi state 2021 approved budget published on her state website, shows that the state in her 2021 appropriation …

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