For Nigeria's poorest children, school is an impossible dream despite Millennium Development Goal to end illiteracy. Poverty shuts school gates Jummai Nkwo will not let her daughter Mary go to school. "I'd like her to go, but it's just too expensive and I need her. I'm a widow. We have to work to keep everyone in the family fed. So she goes every day with me to the bush to cut wood and then we take it to sell in Abuja." Mary, who is 12 but looks about seven, is plucking at the kitten embroidered on he
Posted on 2011-11-29 03:49:54
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Message on International Literacy Day
PRESS RELEASE
8th September 2011
CSACEFA STATEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY, 8 SEPTEMBER 2011:
Violent Conflict as a Major Threat to the Attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria.
The 2011 International Literacy Day, falling on Thursday, 8th September, is the second after the 6th International Conference on Literacy and Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) held in December 2009 in Belem, Brazil, where UNESCO member states adopted strategies for enhancing coherent action in promoting literacy for all. The chosen theme for this year’s literacy day is Literacy and Peac
Posted on 2011-11-28 03:44:45
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The Geography of Illiteracy
Distressing findings on literacy, numeracy and formal educational attainment among primary and secondary school-aged Nigerian children were presented on 16th May, 2011 in Abuja during the national launch of the Nigeria Digest of Education Statistics 2006-2010 and the 2010 Nigeria Education Data Survey (NEDS) Report witnessed by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.
The findings effectively constitute a scorecard on governance at the state level vis-a-vis the extent to which the life chances of the largest and most vulnerable segment of the populations in their jurisdictions (the under-17s) have been m
Posted on 2011-06-30 05:24:07
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CSACEFA WORRIED OVER MASS FAILURE, CALLS ON NIGERIANS TO ELECT CREDIBLE LEADERS IN THE APRIL POLLS
THE National Examination Council (NECO), on Monday, released the results of the June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), which showed another poor performance by candidates that sat for the examination. While a total of 1,143, 169 candidates registered for the examination, 1,132,357 actually sat for the examination.
A breakdown of the results showed that only 244,456 candidates passed English Language at credit level while 279,974 passed Mathematics.
Forty-three per cent of the number of candidates that sat for the examination passed at credit level in Biology, just as 29
Posted on 2011-06-30 05:22:45
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UK MPs speak up for education in Nigeria
Following a roundtable meeting on ‘Engaging the community in delivering education for all: the case of Nigeria’ held by the APPGs on Global Education for All and on Nigeria in December, three MPs have tabled parliamentary questions asking the government about their support to education in Nigeria.
Nigeria has the largest number of out of school children of any country in the world – over 8 million according to the latest figures. The UK Department for International Development currently provides support to education in Nigeria through the ‘Education Sector Support Programme in Nigeria’ (ESSPI
Posted on 2011-06-30 05:25:09
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