Top UBEC, UNICEF officials with some school children during the ceremony on Thursday. By Anietie Akpan Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pst. Umo Bassey Eno, has reaffirmed his administration’s determination to ensure that no child in the State is left out of school as education is a life changer. The Governor who said this during the…
Officials and participants at the training Programme. By Anietie Akpan The Federal Government has so far trained over 30,000 unskilled and unemployed people in the first phase of the Renewed Hope Empowerment Initiative (RHEI) which kick-started last year December. The Director General, National Directorate of Employment, H. E Silas Ali Agara disclosed this n a…
Delegates at the workshop. By Anietie Akpan Public Schools in Nigeria suffer as over N250 billion idle Universal Basic Education (UBE) funds have remained unused by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) due to cumbersome work plan. In view of this, the UBEC is holding an interactive workshop for revised Basic Education Action Plan (BEAP)…
Dr. Michael Nku Abuo, Founder of CRISPON. By Ita Williams, Calabar It was a night of celebration, reflection, and recognition as Dr. Michael Nku Abuo, Director General of the Cross River Political Network (CRISPON), combined his 40th birthday with the launch of five books that took him 15 years to write. The event, held on…
The inaugural lecturer, Prof. Stanislaus Orjighjigh Iyorza (left), receiving a memento from the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, Prof. Tony Eyang who represented the Vice Chancellor. By Anietie Akpan A university don has urged the Federal Government to make local dialect a compulsory subject for gaining University admission. While delivering the 142nd inaugural lecture of the…
Some of the donated items. By Anietie Akpan In a heartwarming act of generosity, Mr. John Bassey, a former pupil of St. Patrick Primary School, Iboko-Offot, Abak Road, Uyo, has donated a range of essential educational materials to his alma mater. Mr Bassey who is happy with Governor Umo Eno on his education reforms programme,…