•A little child using smartphone indoors Teachers have raised concerns in a new survey over a growing trend of young pupils trying to tap or swipe the pages of books as though they were using smartphones. The concerns emerged from a survey conducted by early years charity Kindred Squared, which polled more than 1,000 primary […]
•Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna and the released schoolchildren The Bishop of Kontagora Diocese and Proprietor of St. Mary’s Private Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna, has confirmed the release of abducted schoolchildren and their teachers. According to the Bishop, Governor Umaru Bago personally called him to convey the ...
More than one week after gunmen kidnapped dozens of schoolchildren from St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools, Papiri, in Niger State, 265 teachers and children are still unaccounted for. The Catholic Bishop of Kontagora, Bulus Yohanna, stated this today during an interview on Channels Television. Bishop Yohanna said the figures co...
•Pupils in one of the classrooms Parents of pupils at the Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School in Paikon-Basa community, Gurdi ward of Abaji Area Council, have decried the dilapidated state of the school, which they say is already discouraging the pupils from learning. The parents also lamented the situation where only three staff me...
Teachers’ salaries vary dramatically across countries, with some offering not only impressive paychecks but also perks such as housing, health insurance, and even tax-free income. Below are ten countries where teachers are among the best compensated in the world. 1. India India has become a surprisingly rewarding destination for teachers, espe...
•Nigerian doctors Nigeria’s unstructured reward system is the current focus of a heated public debate. The issue of fair compensation for diverse and critical activities has been simmering over time. The federal government has unwittingly instigated another round of dissonance after the Super Falcons’ glorious triumph at the 2024 WAFCON. Afric...
•Tinubu and Nigeria’s Super Falcons The cash price splashed on Nigeria’s women national football team, the Super Falcons, is enough to take care of the monthly wage bill of about 16,000 doctors, 66,000 teachers and over 78,000 lowest ranked officers of the Police Force, checks have shown. Following their triumph at the just-concluded 2024 WAFC...
•Governor Alex Otti of Abia State The Abia State Government has announced plans to implement stricter disciplinary measures against absenteeism and misconduct by public school teachers, including the introduction of a biometric attendance system. Chairman of the Abia State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB), Lydia Onuoha, made this known...
•Tinubu and Saint Lucia Prime Minister Philip Pierre Nigeria is set to deploy skilled professionals, including teachers, doctors, and agriculturalists, to Saint Lucia and other Caribbean nations under a newly signed Technical Manpower Assistance (TMA) Agreement. In a statement released yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on Infor...
•FCT minister, Nyesom Wike The joint union of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) and National Association of Health Workers Union (NAHWU) has called on its members across the six area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to start preparing for a three-day mass peaceful protest, be...

