Tahir Mamman
18 Feb
I am motivated and compelled by a personal drive as well as thoughts for the common good to put these few words together in reaction to your recent proposal of a 12-year basic education format for our dear country Nigeria.
8 Feb
The Federal Government has postponed the rollout of the revised basic education curriculum to September 2025. This is even as it said the introduction of compulsory 12 years of uninterrupted basic education would involve the phasing out of Basic Education Certificate
8 Feb
Concerned by the parlous and worrisome state of education in the country, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu last year vowed to turn around the sector and make it fit for purpose.
2 Jan
As attention shifts to 2025, the Federal Government has assured that it is poised to undertake a comprehensive review of the secondary school curriculum, which has remained unchanged since its introduction in 2011.
11 Nov
Reports the other day, stating that a former deputy vice-chancellor and acting vice-chancellor who has only two years of professorial experience is among those to be screened by a Governing Council to be the vice chancellor of the University of Abuja
6 Nov
Federal Government has reversed its decision to set an 18-year age limit for admission seekers in tertiary institutions. The government had set the benchmark of tertiary education admission at 16 years.
23 Oct
Reactions have trailed the sack of the immediate past Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman. Nigerians who took to social media to celebrate the minister's dismissal described it as a greater piece of good news. They hinged their anger on the age restriction on university admission announced by the former Minister. For the Leader, Centre…
21 Oct
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman and his Power counterpart, Adebayo Adelabu, will on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, join other key stakeholders to speak on the electricity crisis rocking the nation's educational institutions.
16 Oct
In what could be described as policy inconsistency, the Nigerian Government has again inaugurated a committee to renegotiate the 2009 agreements it had with university-based unions.
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The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, has announced that the Federal Government is considering options to address the 18-year age limit for university admissions. Speaking at the Ministerial Session of the 68th National Council on Education meeting in Abuja, Prof. Mamman explained that the Federal Government acknowledges that there are students who may be…
11 Oct
The Federal Government has proposed the acquisition of two vocational skills for primary school pupils. If this proposal sails through, it would be mandatory for primary school leavers to acquire two skills before graduation.
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