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How non-supervision promotes teachers’ indolence in Lagos riverine schools
Lagos is surrounded by water and there are pockets of islands scattered across the city. In some of these islands,…
Why we are on the streets
Lagos out-of-school children
Undue extortion, fear of failure, finance frustrate our education —Victims
FOR six…
Despite huge allocations, special schools in South-West cry for attention
Their stories are rarely told. And when they are told, it is often from the angle of pity, discrimination and…
PHOTOS: School children involved in child labour
With a figure of 10.5 million, Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in the world, according to…
INVESTIGATION: Inside Lagos school where pupils learn in inhuman conditions
(For six weeks, PREMIUM TIMES’ Oladeinde Olawoyin travelled to the riverine communities of Ese-ofin, Ojota and…
IN-DEPTH: Out of school children: Nigeria’s ticking time-bomb
Through the eyes of out of school children, this piece investigates the menace of out-of-school children in…
N76.12bn unaccessed UBEC fund stalls progress in basic education
TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE, who recently toured some public primary schools in Ondo State, which has the highest unaccessed…
Cash transfer: How missing N534.5m denied 7,127 Katsina girls basic education
Amina Mohammadu, a peasant farmer is a mother of four from Daba town in Kaita Local Government Area (LGA) of…
Special Report X-ray Learning and Plight of Children with Disabilities
Despite being denied access to learning in an inclusive environment with their able bodied peers, children with…
Students with Special Needs Desire Inclusive Education
Students with special needs want an all inclusive Education instead of being separated from their able bodied…
Left out: How official policies force special needs children out of Nigerian…
The Nigerian governments plan to give every child an education is hampered by poor monitoring, fund leakages and…