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Nigeria: Education Reform Key to National Transformation (AllAfrica.com)
Education sector reform is part of the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) geared towards the enthronement of social responsibility, quality service and placing the country on a pedestal of economic buoyancy, democratic ideals and global reckoning, the Federal Government has said.
Nigeria: FG Assumes Education Facilitation Role (AllAfrica.com)
The Federal Government’s role will change from the management of education to that of enabler and facilitator of the system, Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has said.
Bernanke: Education will narrow income gap (Provo Daily Herald)
WASHINGTON — Bolstering education and training — rather than erecting trade barriers — would help narrow the economic gap between low- and high-income workers, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday. In his most extensive remarks to date on economic inequality, Bernanke also issued a fresh warning for the United States to steer away from policies that seek to erect protectionist …