In this special report, Omolabake Fasogbon writes about how the COVID-19 era has forced more girls out of school in Lagos and Ogun States, despite the already alarming figure of out-of-school girls in Nigeria With girls accounting for 60 per…
Nigeria may have almost certainly overcome the worst periods of COVID-19, but some of the effects of the global pandemic are still evident in our society. This special report supported by the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism proves that…
The online learning system introduced in parts of the country following the shutdown of schools in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is widening the gulf in education between children of the ‘haves’ and the ‘have not’, Daily Trust on…
Abubakar Abdulqudus appeared worried on his way to school in the early hours of Thursday, August 13. He is one of the Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS3) students writing the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), a prerequisite examination for promotion…
As if being a teacher is a curse, Tope Olaleye says she regrets being a teacher in a private school. The twenty-something-year-old has been left to ponder the future ever since schools were shut down by the Federal Government in…
The Federal Government recently announced the gradual reopening of schools with students in exit classes to resume first. Shut down of schools has had unfavorable impact on the education sector. As the epicentre of the Corona Virus pandemic in Nigeria,…
Gabriel Ogunjobi travels to the borderland between Nigeria and Benin Republic in Ogun State where brutal attacks on farmers by marauding herdsmen have caused untold tragedies. He reports on how COVID-19 realities are worsening a situation already too painful to…
The story reveals that access to education continues to be a challenge for many underprivileged children as the coronavirus pandemic continues to linger in Nigeria and many parts of the world.
The story raises concern on the exposure of children to the ill side of internet exposure, including cyberbulling, scam and pornography in the quest to continue education through online learning.
Like many Nigerian undergraduates, 22-year-old Tunde Kore is facing the challenge of unexpectedly switching to online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 300-level student of the Lagos State University said online classes are not meant for the poor, especially…
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