The Edo State Government has announced an indefinite delay in the reopening of all schools in the state due to the recent increase in fuel prices. In a memo issued on Saturday, signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Ojo Akin-Longe, the government stated that the resumption date originally set for September … Read more
Lagos Schools reopen for the third term today, Monday, April 25 Shun All Forms Of Social Vices – Ministry Advises Students EDITOR’S PICK: 2023: Sanwo-Olu Directs Appointees Seeking Elective Offices To Resign 2023: Lagos GAC Endorses Sanwo-Olu For Second Term LAWMA Facilitates Discussions On Environmental Law With Stakeholders EKO HOT BLOG reports that The Lagos State … Read more
The Lagos State Government is not happy that three days after the official resumption of schools for a new term, some private schools are still on holiday, while attendance has not peaked in those which have resumed. The Director-General, Office of Education Quality Assurance, OEQA, Mrs Abiola Seriki-Ayeni, who led a team to monitor compliance … Read more
Benue Gives Record Of Students Test After Resumption Benue State Government on Tuesday says no student has contracted the covid-19 virus, following the test conducted on returning students. Commissioner for Education, Prof. Dennis Ityavyar who made this known, added that the state government and management of schools were working round the clock and had also … Read more
Schools should refrain from asking students or parents to undergo COVID-19 test The federal government says there’s no need for students returning to school to run the COVID-19 test to ascertain their status before joining their contemporaries. The spokesman for Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, made the disclosure in an interview with NAN in … Read more
Olatunji Isreal Eko Hot Blog We were not consulted – Prof Julius Ihonvbere Special cleaning crews with sufficient sanitizers must be deployed to the classrooms The House of Representatives has faulted the Federal Government for giving schools the go-ahead to resume on Monday despite the increasing cases of COVID-19. The House said government officials did … Read more
As part of the measure to check the spread of the COVID-19 infection in the country as schools set to resume on January 18, The federal government has prohibited visiting days, assembly and congestion in classes and hostels. Ekohotblog reports that the directive was contained in a communiqué issue on Thursday by director of press … Read more
The Lagos state government says schools in the state can resume academic activities for the second term 2020/2021 academic session from January 18. According to a statement on Monday by Folasade Adefisayo, commissioner for education, all public and private schools below tertiary level in Lagos should be reopened on the date, advising the authorities to … Read more
– Lagos State Ministry of Education through the Office of Education Quality Assurance has a two-day training programme that would ensure safe reopening of schools below tertiary level. – The Director-General of the Office in her address at the event urged the schools to have qualitative safety plans that would help protect the students when … Read more
The Oyo State government, on Monday, has announced that the 2020/2021 academic session of the primary and secondary will resume on Monday, September 21, 2020. This was contained in a press statement by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olasunkanmi Olaleye. The statement was titled, “Oyo govt releases calendar for school resumption” Olaleye stated … Read more
The attention of the leadership of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Joint Campus Committee, Lagos Axis led by Comrade Ogunsanya Rasheed has been called to the set back on the anticipated reopening of Lagos State owned tertiary institution. The statement was issued and signed by Com. Rasheed Ogunsanya, Chairman, NANS, Lagos JCC, to EkoHotblog, … Read more
Minister of Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has said that no conclusion has been made towards the resumption of universities in the country, Nigeria. He made this known while speaking at a press briefing organized by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. According to him, the feedbacks from different schools have informed their level of … Read more
The Ondo State Government has commenced the fumigation of its schools across the 18 local government areas of the state as part of safety measures ahead of the partial resumption of schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Akin Asaniyan, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, disclosed this on Sunday in … Read more
Ogun government has directed all secondary school teachers in the state to resume on Monday, August 3 ahead of the West African Senior Secondary Schools Examination (WASSCE) scheduled for Aug. 17. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo, disclosed this in Abeokuta. She said that the aim was … Read more
– Worship centers in Ogun State to reopen on August 14 – Governor Abiodun disclosed this on Wednesday while briefing journalists – He urged Muslim faithfuls to pray in their homes Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that worship centers will be reopened, tentatively on August 14. The Governor also said that all exit … Read more
– The Federal Government has stated that NABTEB would begin on Sept 21 with NECO commencing on Oct 5 – The Minister of State for Education disclosed this after a two-day meeting with Chief Executives of the Examination bodies. – Ministry equally disclosed that the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into unity Schools Holds on … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to sack the two ministers heading the Nigerian Ministry Of Education, Adamu Adamu and Emeka Nwajiuba. This advice was given by the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, saying the two men are very clueless about their jobs and didn’t know what they were doing. The group slammed the Education Minister … Read more
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has reacted to the abrupt U-turn made by the federal government on the resumption of schools across the country, and its earlier announcement of dates for the commencement of the 2020 May/June diet of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The regional examination body said it is … Read more
Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has authorized all workers in the state to begin work on Monday, May 4. The workers had been ordered by the state government about a month ago to stay at home as a criterion to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof Solo Chukwulobelu, on … Read more
The Lagos State Government (LASG) has said that all public and private schools in the state must resume for the first term of the 2019/2020 academic session on Monday, Sept. 9, 2019. The is contained in a statement released on Friday by Mr Kayode Sutton of the the Public Affairs department in the state’s Ministry … Read more