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English By Ifiok Ettang Share on Facebook Print this page Sorry, but your browser cannot support embedded video of this type, you can download this video to view it offline. Download File JOS, NIGERIA    - A girls’ education rights group, the Malala Fund, says most of Nigerias out-of-school children during the pandemic are girls, and that the gap with boys is widening.     Joy Pam, 13, has had to wash the plates, cook th...

By EricJames Ochigbo Abuja, Dec. 9, 2020 A Bill for an Act to amend the Compulsory, Free, Universal Basic Education Act on Wednesday, passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill which sought to expand the scope of compulsory free basic education in Nigeria to include, Senior Secondary Education level, was sponsored by |

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 10 December 2020 THE Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, unwittingly provided an unpleasant insight into the lopsided governance template in Nigeria when he gave a damning verdict on illiteracy and conditions of living among children in the rural areas. It is not only in education provision that the rural areas are short-changed; every other development indicator is grim. At the root of poverty lies the deprivation of people’s access to necessities such as ...