News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Despite Oil Windfall, South-South States Miss 26 Percent Education Funding Benchmark in 2026 Budgets
The findings stand in stark contrast to the situation in the South-east region, where states with comparatively lower revenues have made stronger commitments to education spending.Despite being major ...
News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Seriake Dickson: How Bayelsa’s Education Reformer Became One of Nigeria’s Most Influential Senators
Born 28 January 1966 in Toru-Orua, Bayelsa State, Seriake Dickson has served as a lawyer, a Representative, a Governor, and is currently the Senator for Bayelsa West, known for transforming education ...
News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Restoring confidence in public education: How Bayelsa is tackling root causes of out-of-school children
As Commissioners of Education from across the country gather for the Nigerian Governors Forum program State-Level Solutions to Foundational Learning and Out-of-School Children, one truth must guide ...
News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Bayelsa mulls higher education ministry
The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has promised to look at the recommendation on the creation of a Ministry of Higher Education for the state.He made the promise after the Visitation ...
News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Bayelsa public primary schools remain shut over 10 months salary arrear
Reports say teachers in Bayelsa have engaged in intermittent strikes since 2013 over issues of salaries and under-funding of primary education. Investigation by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday ...
News Nigeria » Bayelsa » Education: Diri’s 6 years of silent, impactful revolution in Bayelsa
By Daniel Alabrah On February 13, 2020, less than 24 hours before the scheduled inauguration of a new governor in Bayelsa State, a five-man panel of the Supreme Court of Nigeria delivered a verdict ...
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