•Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State The Benue Education Quality Assurance and Examinations Board (BEQAEB) has sealed Orenda and Opal Schools over alleged victimisation of learners and violation of government’s textbook policy. This follows a reported attack on the board’s officials by the proprietor, reports Daily Trust. Executive Secretary...
At least 400 high schools have been closed across France as student protests over poor learning conditions, teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms. The protests, which began in the Paris region last week, escalated into violent clashes with police, reports Reuters. Across France, students have been blocking school entrances, setting fire...
•Flooding in Lagos. More than 8,000 communities and 4,500 schools across 15 states are at risk of flooding between September 19 and 25, according to the latest National Flood Advisory issued by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency. The agency warned that rising river levels could trigger flooding in vulnerable communities, exposing schools...
•Troops Security agencies have heightened surveillance around schools, NYSC orientation camps, places of worship and other vulnerable locations following intelligence indicating plans by terrorists to launch coordinated attacks across the country. The Nigeria Police Force, in a security alert circulated to its formations nationwide, warned of ...
•School children and policemen Federal and state governments are beefing up security in schools across the country as the 2026/27 session commences on Monday. The move is meant to protect students, teachers and property from possible attack by terrorists, reports The Nation. The Federal Ministry of Education said yesterday that the relevant se...
Proprietors of private primary and secondary schools have defended increases of up to 30 per cent in school fees ahead of the resumption of schools for the 2026/2027 academic session on Monday. The school owners attributed the increase to rising operational costs, including fuel, transportation, rent, infrastructure, textbooks and teachers’ sa...
•Woman wearing smart glasses Norway’s capital, Oslo, said today it had banned smart glasses in schools, saying the move was aimed at preventing children from becoming “extras in Meta’s data collection”. The ban applies throughout the entire school day and at all levels of education, the municipality said in a statement. “We politicians must ha...
The Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) has dragged the Federal Government and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) before the Federal High Court in Ibadan over the legality of the council’s Textbook Ranking Framework. The suit, No. FHC/IB/CS/117/26, also lists the Minister of Education and the Attorney-General o...
•The rescued victims Academic activities have yet to resume in schools in the Esinele, Yawota and Ahoro-Esinele communities of Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, despite the successful rescue of the 44 abducted teachers, students and pupils. Although schools in other parts of the locality, including Ahoro Dada and Ikoyi-Ile, have reope...
•Sunday Igboho and Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State Following recent kidnapping of over forty pupils, a principal, and vice principal in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as ‘Sunday Igboho’ and Founder of Iru Ekun Security Network, has written to the Oyo State government, requesting comprehensi...
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