The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has released the results of the 2025 June/July National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical Certificate (NTC) examinations, recording improved performance in Mathematics. Registrar and Chief Executive, Dr Mohammed Aminu Mohammed, announced the results in Abuja on Thursday. He said 92,875 candidates registered for the examinations across
The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has announced that 18 colleges of education will begin running both the Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) and degree programmes from the 2025/2026 academic session. Executive Secretary of the NCCE, Prof Paulinus Chijioke, said the initiative follows the amendment of the 1989 Act establishing the colleges, with
The Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Prof Paulinus Chijioke, has assured that the dignity of teachers in Nigeria will soon be restored with ongoing reforms in the teacher education sector. Chijioke, who spoke in Abuja, said the recent approval of a dual mandate for selected colleges of education to
Buckwyld Media Network, in collaboration with Entertainment & Creative Partners (ECP), has unveiled a new advocacy campaign, Educate 2 Empower (E2E), to confront Nigeria’s girl-child education crisis. At the heart of the initiative is a documentary titled Adda: Empowered by Education, which tells the story of Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, Nigeria’s first female President of the
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has released the 2025 June/July National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical Certificate (NTC) examination results, recording significant improvements in Mathematics performance. Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NABTEB, Dr. Mohammed Mohammed, announced the results at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He said 85,805 candidates
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has launched a drive to reduce the number of out-of-school children and increase enrolment across Nigeria. The announcement was made during a South regional enrolment drive in Uyo. Executive Secretary Aisha Garba, represented by her Special Assistant, Ibrahim Gold, stated that UBEC is committed to ensuring that all school-age
Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Education has stopped new admissions into the Higher National Diploma (HND) in Pharmaceutical or Pharmacy Technology. The decision, announced on August 28 by Prof. Idris Bugaje, Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), aims to align pharmaceutical training with global standards. While current HND students will be allowed
Health and education stakeholders have renewed calls for the review of Nigeria’s 2006 National School Health Policy (NSHP), citing its inability to address present-day health challenges facing schoolchildren. The demand was made at a roundtable on revising the NSHP, organised in Enugu by the Protect Urban School Children’s Health (PUSH) project, led by the Health
Michael Egboh, the Country Director of the Chemonics Global Health Supply Chain-Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Project in Nigeria, has called on the Nigerian government to prioritise investments in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) as a pathway to accelerating national development. The international development professional and public health advocate spoke on Monday in Abuja at
The Federal Government and education providers have been urged by the National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education (NMEC) to adopt mother-tongue learning in non-formal education. The Commission warns that continued reliance on foreign languages is limiting progress in reducing illiteracy. Speaking at a stakeholders’ meeting in Kano to mark International Literacy Day,
