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The Federal Government’s plan to reform Nigeria’s technical education curriculum has been welcomed with caution by education and economic experts, who stressed that the initiative’s success will depend more on implementation than on policy design. Last week, the Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, announced that the revised curriculum seeks to ease overload, strengthen …

The Development Research and Project Centre (dRPC) has awarded a ₦5 million grant to the Rising Hope Girls’ Educational Foundation (RHGE) to establish digital laboratories in ten underserved communities within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The initiative is designed to narrow the digital divide and expand access to educational technology for young girls in communities …

Education experts have called for reforms in Nigeria’s school curricula to embed environmental sustainability knowledge and foster eco-friendly practices among students. The call was made at the Green School Activation Summit, hosted by the Advance Initiative for International Development (AIIDEV) at the Centre for Sustainable Development (CEDEV), University of Ibadan, Oyo State. The summit also …

The Kwara State Education Trust Fund (Kwara-ETF) has awarded full secondary school scholarships to 12 brilliant pupils from public schools—its first set of beneficiaries since the Fund’s establishment. The development was described by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as a “dream come true” for him and the people of Kwara, less than two years after the initiative …

Students from 20 schools across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) made history on Saturday as they interacted with Dr. Zena Cardman, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The event, organised by the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) in Abuja, marked the first time such …

Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, a former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), has introduced a new approach to advancing Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education. The method, called the Model-And-Surpass Pedagogy (MSP), was officially launched at the 2025 international conference of the International Research Group (IRG), co-hosted with the Commonwealth Association of …

The Federal Government has unveiled a series of reforms to transform Nigeria’s education sector in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope agenda. Launched since his inauguration in May 2023, the reforms are designed to address infrastructure gaps, reduce dropout rates, and bridge skills mismatches. Coordinated by the Federal Ministry of Education and its agencies, …

Education remains one of the most powerful tools for addressing social injustice in Africa, as it provides individuals with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to challenge inequality and create opportunities for themselves and their communities. Across the continent, social injustices often manifest in the form of poverty, gender discrimination, ethnic marginalisation, and unequal access to …

The National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) has concluded a two-week technical skills training program for 100 secondary school students from the Federal Capital Territory. The initiative, which took place at the Industrial Training Fund facility in Abuja, offered hands-on training in Plaster of Paris design, tiling, plumbing, painting and decoration, solar panel installation, CCTV …