Girls Who Drop Out of School Deserve Second Chance – UBEC
The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Aisha Garba has said girls who were forced to discontinue their education because of difficult circumstances should not be written off but given another chance. Garba said such girls, including young mothers and those whose education had been disrupted by conflict, displacement or other […]
UBEC Tasks States on Access, Utilisation of N332bn Basic Education Funds
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has raised the alarm over the slow utilisation of billions of naira meant to improve basic education, directing states to urgently access over ₦65 billion in counterpart funds and deploy about ₦267 billion in previously released intervention funds. Executive Secretary of UBEC, Aisha Garba, said the huge funds still […]
How we will revamp basic education in Nigeria–Al Makura
Newly appointed Chairman Governing Board of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Senator Umaru Tanko Al-Makura has vowed to revamp basic education in Nigeria during his tenure. Al-Makura, a former Governor of Nasarawa State who made the pledge when he officially assumed duties at the Headquarters of the Commission in Abuja, promised to use his wealth […]