Education

Cross River targets top spot among educationally most developed states

Editorial TeamAugust 13, 202402 mins

The Government of Cross River State has announced its ambitious goal to elevate the state to the top tier of educationally developed states in Nigeria and shed its current status as an educationally disadvantaged state. Mr Esu Esu, the Executive Chairman of the Cross River Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), disclosed this on Tuesday during…

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How contract fraud, substandard projects negatively impact Basic Education in Cross River

Editorial TeamFebruary 2, 2024August 4, 2025027 mins

In May 2019, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) released the 2018 digest of basic statistics, for public and private schools in Nigeria. The data shows that there were nearly 4,151 classrooms in primary (1,697), Early Childhood Care Development and Education (ECCDE)/pre-primary (1,614), and junior secondary schools (840) in bad conditions in the state.