Governor Godwin Obaseki to share EdoBEST success story at World Bank 2023 Spring Meeting

Poster featuring Governor Godwin Obaseki

Edo only subnational invited to high-level panel The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, shared insights on the judicious use of public resources to ensure the success of the Edo State Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST) Programme at the 2023 World Bank Spring meeting. The panel session themed “The False Dichotomy between More & More […]

Edo State Holds Learning Assessment for Primary and Secondary Schools

Children in a classroom taking a test

The Edo state government in partnership with World Bank and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation organised the Edo State Learning Assessment Systems and Strategies (ELASS) for children in Primary 3, 6, JSS 3 and SS2. The Executive Chairman, Edo SUBEB, Ozavize Salami noted that the Learning Assessment is imperative in the development of literacy […]

International Women’s Day 2023

Five women, standing, crossed arms

International Women’s Day held annually on March 8th celebrates the achievements and contributions of inspiring girls and women across the Globe. The theme for this year’s celebration “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” aligns with the priority theme for the upcoming 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW-67), “Innovation and […]

The Economist recognises EdoBEST for solution in basic education

The Economist headline on education

Global media giant, The Economist, has recognised EdoBEST as a working model for basic education service delivery. In a 1,768-word feature article titled “Most children in poor countries are being failed by their schools,” the business newspaper opined that “the depth of its scripting and the whizziness of its tablets set the work in Edo […]