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January 21, 2021
The Federal Ministry of Education says it will constitute a national committee on the harmonisation of schools and examination calendar following the disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, made this known at the 2020 Annual Ministerial briefing in Abuja on Thursday.
Adamu said that there was a need for the harmonisation so that schools, learners, teachers and examination bodies would be on the same page.
According to him, following the outbreak of COVID-19 by the end of 2019, the first step taken as a nation was to close down all the teaching and learning facilities nationwide in March 2020.
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How Zamfara State is spearheading a renaissance in the North How Zamfara State is spearheading a renaissance in the North
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Today, we welcome a Guest Columnist in the person of Sesugh Akume, a public policy analyst and businessman, who is offering his personal reflections on how Zamfara State is making progress in healing the wounds of a broken people.
Until recently, Zamfara was one of the most depressing states in Nigeria. Everything coming from there was bad news for the past two decades, until Bello Matawalle was elected Governor in 2019 by a sheer act of providence.
Zamfara tops in virtually all the underdevelopment indices in Nigeria, where 91 per cent of the population live in extreme poverty. Zamfara fared spectacularly poorly in the education sector. Even in a situation where the pass mark was drastically lowered for Zamfara pupils, very few were enrolled for the National Common Entrance Examination. In 2018, the pass mark for entrance into the Unity Schools for Ab
Making right school choices for children to impact their future success
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The decisions that parents make on behalf of their children during their early lives can impact their career path and future. A delighted parent has expressed her satisfaction for the decision she made years ago regarding her children’s education.
This is coming on the heels of her daughter, Miss Anuoluwapelumi Dawodu, emerging as the best performing female pupil at Bridge International Academies at Awoyaya in the recent common entrance examination, by scoring an impressive 186 marks out of 200. Bridge is well known in Lagos for providing exceptional education in underserved communities.