Education
Concern over large number of school dropouts during wet season
Teachers and parents in Maiduguri are concerned about the large number of children who drop out of school during the wet season. Although there are mega schools in the capital […]
Education merely a pipe dream for most internally displaced persons
For internally displaced persons in the northeast of the country, getting an education is virtually impossible and remains a pipe dream for most. The area has been historically marginalised and […]
Students claim eight were killed and many injured in protest
Students claim eight were allegedly killed and many others were injured when police were called to quell a protest at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim College of Education in Maiduguri on […]
Empty tummy, empty head
The federal government in Nigeria is “repackaging” the country’s school-feeding programme, believing that no child can learn effectively on an empty stomach. It is hoped that the revised programme would […]
Only God can stop the kidnapping of female students and teachers
What is happening to education in the north of Nigeria is “worrisome, questionable and discouraging”. So said Umar Goni, a lecturer in the education faculty of the University of Maiduguri. […]
‘Uncontrollable’ children run amok
Children in Kirjiri are becoming more ‘uncontrollable’ by the day because they do not go to school – they cannot go because there is no school. The community in Kirjiri […]
First the nine-month academic strike, now postponement because of COVID-19
The postponement of the reopening of universities because of the coronavirus Covid-19 has left students in Maiduguri, Borno State, disappointed and frustrated. The postponement followed an Academic Staff Union nine-month […]
1,163 displaced children given a fresh chance in life
On the last day of his three-day visit to Damasak in Borno State, governor Babagana Umara Zulum supervised the enrolment of 1,163 internally displaced children into primary school. The children […]
New school, new hope
A group of women in Damboa has started building a school for uneducated married women. The chairman of Damboa Women’s Collaboration Council, Hauwa Chadko, told RNI that they had received […]
Strikes not fair, students tell union and government
Students are pleading with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the government to stop strikes at universities. Abba Ali kyari, a student said that children of the poor […]
