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The Universal Basic Education Commission Digital Resource Centre conducted a four-day workshop on Design Thinking, Robotics, and Artificial Intelligence (DTCRA) curriculum review and development of a Teachers’...

The Korean International Corporation Agency (KOICA) held its first Best Practice Conference of Smart Schools in Nigeria at the UBEC Digital Resource Center, Abuja. The two-day event featured an award...

The Universal Basic Education Commission held a five-day DRC Research Committee meeting organized to evaluate and enhance the scoring rubrics’ effectiveness in educational assessments at the Digital Resource...

The Universal Basic Education Commission held a three-day training workshop in collaboration with Ubongo Kids at the Digital Resource Center Kado-Kuchi, Abuja. The training activity aimed at empowering...

The UBEC Digital Resource Center embarked on a four-day Technical Support activity to improve and strengthen the teaching and learning processes in the Smart School system. The primary goal was to enhance...

The UBEC Digital Resource Centre organized a two-day meeting with SUBEB Directors responsible for overseeing Smart Schools in various operational states. The Smart School Initiative aims to integrate technology...

The Universal Basic Education Commission hosted the 7th edition of the International Association for Innovations in Educational Assessment (IAIIEA) at the Digital Resource Center, kado-Kuchi, Abuja. The...

The Universal Basic Education Commission held a three-day leadership training workshop for Vice Principals of UBE Model Smart Schools organized by the Digital Resource Center. The workshop was designed...

In its effort to harness and strengthen the boundless opportunities within the edtech sector, the Universal Basic Education Commission, in collaboration with the Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC)...

The National Teachers’ Institute (NTI) in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission conducted an intensive training workshop for UBEC Model Smart School Teachers. The three-day training...

In a bid to strengthen the smart education initiative and ensure its sustainability in Nigeria, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nigerian...

A handover meeting was held to discuss and finalize the establishment of an Innovation Hub at the UBEC Digital Resource Centre in Kado Kuchi, Abuja. The purpose of the meeting was to bring together all...

The Universal Basic Education Commission conducted a three-day training workshop on Digital Libraries and Education Resources Management at the Digital Resource Centre in Abuja. The workshop aimed to...

2nd-4th October 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission held a 3-day leadership training programme for Headteachers at the Digital Resource Center at Kado-kuchi, Abuja. The training programme...

12th – 13th September 2024 The UBEC Digital Resource Center conducted an interactive session with prospective administrators of smart schools for twelve newly completed UBE Model Smart Schools in the...

2nd October 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission through the Department of Teacher Development hosted the occasion of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Commission and the...

20th-21st September 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission in partnership with the Co-Creation Hub organized an Edtech Festival which brought together prominent individuals from the education,...

14th September 2024 The UBE Commission hosted a one-day Children’s Innovation Fair in collaboration with Kunda Kids at the UBEC Digital Resource Center, Kado-kuchi Abuja. The maiden innovation...

14th September 2024 The UBE Commission hosted a one-day Children’s Innovation Fair in collaboration with Kunda Kids at the UBEC Digital Resource Center, Kado-kuchi Abuja. The maiden innovation...

19th-23rd August 2024 The UBEC Digital Resource Center conducted a 5-day school-based Training on Instructional Design and Multimedia Content Development for teachers in Nigeria’s 14 functional...

14th August 2024 The Honourable Ministers of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman and Dr Tanko Sununu paid a scheduled inspection visit to the UBE Model Smart School located in Karshi, Abuja to assess the...

13th-17th August 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission conducted a 5-day Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop at the UBEC Digital Resource Centre, Abuja. The training aimed to enhance the competencies...

30th July 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission is gearing up to unveil twelve (12) new Model Smart Schools nationwide. This information was contained in a statement by the National Coordinator...

23rd July 2024 The UBEC Digital Resource Center participated in the second edition of the Nigeria Data Expo Conference (NDEC) held at ‘Yaradua Center, Abuja. The exhibition featured the UBEC DRC...

17th-19th July 2024 The Research Unit of the Universal Basic Education Commission’s Digital Resource Center (DRC) held a 3-day onboarding workshop for members of the Screening Committee for the DRC Research...

10th-11th July 2024 The UBEC Digital Resource Center held a two-day Workshop to train its Staff and some selected teachers from the operational Smart Schools on the concept and significance of establishing...

26th-28th June 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission’s Digital Resource Centre conducted a 3-day training on the utilization of Multimedia Studio Equipment to develop the capacity and enhance...

10th-11th June 2024 A two-day Field test activity was conducted in readiness for the Synchronous Phase of the Teacher Internship Scheme (TIS) Training Programme. The exercise involved Focus Group Discussions...

5th-7th June 2024 The UBEC Digital Resource Center embarked on an Inspection Visit to some of the newly completed UBE Model Smart Schools as a preliminary step towards ascertaining the state of readiness...

30th May 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission’s Digital Resource Center was fomally commissioned by the Honourable Minister for Education, Professor Tahir Mamman on 30th May 2024 The August...

22nd May 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission held a press conference organized by Edufirst.ng in collaboration with the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) to officially announce the...

13th-17th May 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission Digital Resource Center conducted a Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) exercise for the 14 operational UBE Model Smart Schools slot...

6th May 2024 The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) is taking significant strides in supporting smart education in Nigeria. The KOICA Country Director, Mr. Son Sungil presented slot gacor...

The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, has committed to supporting the Niger State Government in a bid to transform five of its Model Science Schools into...

25th April 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission organized a 3-day event in collaboration with Blue Sapphire Hub to commemorate the International Day for Girls in ICT held at the UBEC Digital...

18th – 19th April 2024 The Digital Resource Center, UBEC held a 2-day meeting to deliberate on strategies for introducing and implementing educational TV and remote learning in Nigeria. The meeting...

15-16th April 2024 The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in collaboration with UBEC DRC held a 2-day workshop for administrators of the six KOICA-supported model smart schools. The workshop...

15th April-10th May 2024 The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) through their implementing management consultants Eduniety Lab Consortium trained selected teachers from the six KOICA-supported...

3rd-6th April 2024 A 4-day Design, Thinking, Coding, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (DTCRA) Implementation workshop was held for selected teachers of 14 operational UBE Model Smart Schools teachers...

3rd-6th April 2024 A 4-day Design, Thinking, Coding, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (DTCRA) Implementation workshop was held for selected teachers of 14 operational UBE Model Smart Schools teachers...

26th-27th March 2024 In furtherance of activities towards activating the research unit of the DRC UBEC, a two-day workshop on research proposal screening and execution modalities was organized to galvanize...

20-22nd March 2024 The Universal Basic Education Commission’s Digital Resource Center organized a face-to-face termly review meeting that was held in all fourteen operational UBE Model Smart Schools...

18th-20th March 2024 Quality assurance officers from UBEC and SUBEB participated in a 3-day training workshop held at the UBEC Digital Resource Center, Abuja. The objective of the training was to provide...

14th March 2024 A team of officials from the Japanese International Corporation Agency (JICA) held a meeting with the Digital Resource Center, UBEC to explore areas of partnership and support. During...

4th-8th March 2024 A 5-day training program on Smart Education and Blended Learning was conducted for teachers of 109 Effective Schools (formerly known as E-learning Centers) at the Digital Resource...

26th February-1st March 2024 The Digital Resource Center, UBEC held a 5-day training workshop for selected smart teachers on core foundational instructional design and multimedia content development....

21st-23rd February 2024 A three-day workshop was held to thoroughly assess and critique all digital content developed by Cinfores and Flexisaf, to ensure that they meet the required standards. As part...

19th-21st February 2024 The Digital Resource Center, UBEC organized a two-day leadership training programme for the administrators of eight operational Smart Schools in the country. The activity covered...

9th February, 2023 The Digital Resource Center (DRC) of the Universal Basic Education Commission held a 2-Day slot gacor hari ini Interactive Session with prospective principals of the Model Smart Schools...

8th-9th February 2024 The Digital Resource Center UBEC organized a two-day workshop to collaborate with the Co-Creation Hub on setting up the DRC Teachers’ Lounge. The Executive Secretary of UBEC in...

5TH February 2024 In furtherance of the collaborative partnership between the Universal Basic Education Commission and the World Bank, the Regional Director of the Human Resources division of the International...

23rd-25th January 2024 The Digital Resource Center, UBEC attended the 2024 edition of the Eko-Konnect Users Conference in Lagos held at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Ikeja. The Head of the Technical Services...

23rd-25th January 2024 The Digital Resource Center UBEC is seeking to collaborate with Imisi 3D to set up and run augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) laboratories at the Centre. The National...

11th-31st January 2024 The Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) conducted a 21-day training of 23 selected guiding teachers from the 6 KOICA-supported States. The teachers were drawn from...

10th-12th January 2024 The Digital Resource Center, UBEC held a workshop to enhance the training courses on ICT and Blended Learning developed for participants in the Teacher Internship Scheme (TIS)....

18th-22nd December 2023 The Digital Resource Centre, UBEC embarked on a 3-day retreat in Kano State to strengthen the delivery of its core mandate and achieve optimal effectiveness in the implementation...

13th- 15th December 2023 As part of efforts to integrate Design Thinking, Coding, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (DTCRA) into the academic programmes of UBE Model Smart Schools, the Commission...

11th December 2023 The meeting was convened to discuss collaborating with the Nigeria-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) and Skool Media Nigeria in co-hosting the 2024 Edtech Conference at the Digital...

27th November-1st December 2023 The Digital Resource Center, UBEC embarked on a technical support exercise designed to enhance the capacity of Smart School Teachers through constructive feedback and...

23rd-24th November 2023 UBEC through its Digital Resource Center held a Workshop aimed at fostering partnerships with Edtech startups to bring about innovation in basic education delivery and introduce...

10th November 2023 The Honourable Minister of State for Education, Alhaji Yusuf Tanko Sununu, accompanied by directors from the Federal Ministry of Education, recently visited the newly completed Digital...

30th October-3rd November 2023 The Digital Resource Center, UBEC, conducted a five-day Workshop to design a veritable Digital Training Course Programme for TIS participants to adequately equip them for...

26th October 2023 The one-day meeting with the Chairpersons of 15 State Universal Basic Education Boards where academic activities were scheduled to commence in the 2023/2024 academic session was held...

24th October 2023 The UBE Commission hosted an exhibition to showcase its newly constructed Digital Resource Center Complex located in Kado-Kuchi, FCT, Abuja. The event was well attended by the Chairpersons...

18th-19th October 2023 A 2-day workshop themed ‘Setting the research agenda and methodology for UBEC Digital Resource Center: issues and prospects’ was held at the Digital Resource Center, UBEC. The...

14TH OCTOBER 2023 The UBEC Digital Resource Centre (DRC) recently initiated a constructive dialogue with Step Up Nigeria, a prominent NGO dedicated to anti-corruption education and civic engagement within...

14TH OCTOBER 2023 The UBEC DRC team visited the Sesame Square Foundation to seek collaboration in the ECCDE component of basic education to elevate the quality of ECCDE programmes in UBEC Smart Schools...

11th October 2023 The Digital Resource Center, UBEC, conducted a workshop to train DRC support staff on specific skills required in content gathering and collation of internet resources for utilization...

4TH -5TH OCTOBER 2023 In a bid to strengthen its educational technology agenda and foster collaborative relationships with industry leaders, the Commission actively participated in the Nigerian British...

28th September 2023 The DRC organized a one-day meeting to serve as a prelude for the start of operations in the 109 e-learning centers in the September 2023/2024 academic session. The meeting was attended...

18th-29th September 2023 Thirteen UBE Model Smart Schools located in Adamawa, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Ekiti, Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Nasarawa, Niger, Osun, and Oyo states have fulfilled the requirements...

14th-15th September 2023 The 2-day meeting focused on the discussion and review of the structure and operation of the Learning Management System and School Management System in the smart schools to address...

11th-12th September 2023 The 2-day training workshop was organized to equip the Resource Persons with the requisite competencies and cascade the same down to the smart schoolteachers. Given the crucial...

9th September 2023 The UBEC DRC held a two-day meeting with Blended Learning Experts to discuss and explore various aspects of blended learning methodologies ahead of the proposed school-based training...

6th-8th September 2023 The UBEC e-Learning Centers play a vital role in providing quality education to learners in remote areas and ensuring access to educational resources. In cognizance of this crucial...

28th August 2023 The meeting was held to verify that all project sites were fully prepared for the supply and installation of studio equipment and to provide a clear and concise timetable for the upcoming...

17th August 2023 A meeting was held between the DRC and Galaxy Backbone to assess the organization’s readiness to provide Internet connectivity and ensure the preparedness of its Data Server. The...

7th August 2023 Headteachers, Heads of ECCDE, and ICT Managers play a critical role in the success of basic education, particularly in smart schools. Thus, it is imperative to have highly skilled professionals...

3rd-4th August 2023 The two-day activity was aimed at scrutinizing the outcomes of the recently concluded Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning activity to adequately prepare for the September 2023/2024...

21st-22nd July 2023 The Ubion Consortium Korean team, the consultants for the Smart School Programme led by Prof. Dae Joon Hwang paid a scheduled visit to the Model Smart School in Tarda Kano State....

22nd June 2023 The Executive Secretary of the UBE Commission, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, represented by the Director of Internal Audit, Alh Rilwan Jaafar paid a visit to the UBE Model smart school in Tarda, Kano...

8th-11th August 2023 The training course was specifically designed for principals, ICT managers, head teachers, and heads of ECCDE (Early Childhood Care and Development Education). The course aimed to...

5th-9th June 2023 Through its Digital Resource Centre, the Universal Basic Education Commission provided a five-day technical support activity for the UBE Model Smart School in Ilorin, Kwara State. A...

30th May 2023 The Digital Resource Center held a meeting with the Department of Academic Services to chart a course for the commencement of operations of its e-learning programme by September 2023. The...

5th-6th August 2023 The 2-day activity was organized to ascertain the availability status of scoping and sequencing in all subjects and levels as well as to develop a new syllabus from the existing curriculum...

3rd May 2023 The DRC met with the Center for the Study of Economies in Africa (CSEA) which is an independent non-profit organization established in 2008 by Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, former economic coordinating...

2nd-6th May 2023 UBEC through the DRC trained 19 Smart school personnel in Kwara and 20 in Kano States. The training was designed to adequately equip the smart school personnel with the requisite skills...

28th March 2023 The Universal Basic Education Commission through its Digital Resource Center (DRC) organized a 5-day training workshop for newly deployed Principals, Headteachers, Heads of Early Childhood...

27th March 2023 In a bid to recruit the most competent individuals as headteachers, heads of ECCDE and ICT managers for the smart schools across Nigeria, UBEC invited the prospective candidates from...

27th March 2023 In a bid to recruit the most competent individuals as headteachers, heads of ECCDE and ICT managers for the smart schools across Nigeria, UBEC invited the prospective candidates from...

15th March, 2023 The Universal Basic Education Commission in collaboration with the Joint Matriculation and Examination Board (JAMB) conducted a proficiency examination for prospective teachers for the...

9th February, 2023 The Digital Resource Center (DRC) of the Universal Basic Education Commission held a 2-Day Interactive Session with prospective principals of the Model Smart Schools on Wednesday...

7th February, 2023 A team of Korean experts from UBION Consortium, the KOICA project management consultants for the smart schools’ project in Nigeria recently paid a courtesy visit to the Executive...

1st February, 2023 The Executive Secretary, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, in the company of the National Coordinator, Digital Resource center, UBEC, Prof. Bashir Galadanci, led a team of officers to Lafia, Nasarawa...

7th – 11th November, 2022 The Digital Resource Center, UBEC organized a 5-day workshop to generate guidelines for the development of Blended Learning (BL) lesson plans based on an earlier developed...

31st October – 1st November, 2022 A 2-day meeting was held between the DRC, UBEC and all SUBEB Directors in charge of Smart Schools programme in the 36 states and the FCT to discuss issues related...

1st August, 2022 South Korea is set to assist Nigeria in the development of smart schools projects and increase the capacity of teachers in the development and use of ICT content. According to a Memorandum...

18th – 22nd July, 2022 A 5-day critiquing workshop was conducted by the Digital Resource Center, UBEC at the Newton Park Hotel, Wuse Zone 4, Abuja. The activity brought together experts on Blended...

27th – 29th June, 2022 The Digital Resource Center (DRC) organized a 3-day workshop on blended learning for the UBE Smart schools and E-learning Programmes held on 27th-29th June, 2022, at Tahir...

5th – 11th June, 2022 A 5-day start-up workshop for the development of E-contents for smart schools and E-learning programmes was held in Abuja. Participants during the activity consisted of subject...

30th May – 3rd June, 2022 A 5-Day Workshop For The Development Of Course Outline And Course Contents For The Training Of Education Managers, Teachers, Technical Support Personnel And Other Stakeholders...

21st – 24th March, 2022 The Universal Basic Education Commission through its Digital Resource Center (DRC) conducted a 3-Day content gathering exercise at Koraf Hotel, Dawaki, Abuja. Participants...