Nigeria: Act Hub Africa Offers Education Advice
With the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic becoming more evident across the world, Act Hub Africa has held its signature programme, ‘The Policy Dialogue’, focusing on combating the effect of the virus on education in Nigeria. Development Diaries gathered that the dialogue was organised to discuss issues concerning the increasing gap in education between urban […]
Nigeria: Lagos Launches Toll-Free Counselling Line
The Lagos State Government in its effort to bolster educational quality within the state has launched its toll-free counselling line and student’s worksheet to enable students receive homeschooling on English Language and Mathematics, with free access to counselling. Disclosing this during a webinar, the Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Education District 3, Dr Olufolayimika Ayandele, revealed […]
Nigeria: Access Bank Launches Access9ijakids
With numerous organisations funding and developing new technological solutions to help nations cope with the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Access Bank (AB), one of Nigeria’s leading financial institutions, has launched a 12-week e-learning initiative, Acess9ijakids, to help stimulate improvements in civic knowledge, financial literacy, and overall intelligence quotients among primary school children across Nigeria. AB is […]
Adam Opeloyeru Adds another Year
Programme Manager at Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative and former Programme Officer at Aid for Rural Education Access Initiative (AREAi), Adam Opeloyeru, was a year older on 05 May. He took to his Twitter account, saying, ‘I’m +1 today. Please, kindly say a prayer for me’. Adam is a community development evangelist, statistician, social and […]
Nigeria: TETFund Secures Partnership with MSU
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), charged with the mandate to improve the quality and maintenance of standards in higher educational institutions across Nigeria, has secured an agreement with Morgan State University (MSU), Maryland, USA, to embark on a collaboration that will enable student exchanges between Nigerian tertiary institutions and MSU. The five-year agreement which was […]