Tag Archives: UBEC

The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa. CCIE, has pledged to boost collaboration with UBEC to drive digital literacy and tech access in Nigeria's basic education sector.

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The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, FCT Chapter, has sought the involvement of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in its debate programme, code-named, “Head to Head,” which aims at inculcating good morals in secondary schools students.

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In reaction to National Wire investigative story on – UBEC contract Scam: Why Out-Of-School Pupil Increase in Nigeria,  the Kano State Universal Education Board, KSUEB, has ordered the contractors handling the reported poorly executed projects back to site. Bashir Dahiru, KSUBEB, Director of Physical planning told National wire that the contractors handling the projects mentioned in the story have moved …

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20 years after the introduction of the Universal Basic Education Act, the commissions’ failure to implement the Act has pushed the number of out-of- school children from 6.6million to 13.5million. In his trip to Kano; a state noted for high number of out-of-school children, VICTOR EMERUWA, accompanied by a certified quantity surveyor, reports how UBEC funds is fleeced through execution …

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Folake Sokoya Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has called for a reduction in the counterpart fund payable by state governments as matching grant for the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) programme. The governor, who made the call while receiving members of the UBEC monitoring team led by its Deputy Director of Planning, Research and Statistics, Mr Osahon Igbinoba in …

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