Over 70 blind candidates sit for 2023 UTME in Kano
No fewer than 88 candidates who were visually impaired on Thursday sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Kano. The exercise was conducted at the Bayero University Kano (BUK) Center, under the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG). JEOG is a programme designed to provide the opportunity to people living with disabilities, particularly blindness, […]
Edo Education Week: We’re grooming our children for a knowledge-based economy – Obaseki
… ‘Edo to become best place to live, work by 2050’ The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government through its various reforms in the state is preparing Edo children for opportunities in the emerging knowledge-based economy in the state. The governor, who said this at the opening ceremony of the […]
Save the Children International Nigeria calls upon governments, partners and stakeholders to end childhood death from vaccine-preventable diseases.
About 1 in 10 children in Nigeria die before their 5th birthday The under-5 mortality rate of children born in the poorest households (133 per 1000) was nearly three times the under-5 mortality rate for children born in the richest households (47 per 1000) Only 36% of children aged 12- 23 months received all recommended […]