Year: 2025

By Patricia Ogbeche The Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Senator (Prof.) Stephen Odey, has reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Supervisors of Education across the 18 local government areas of the state. The Commissioner made this known when he received Supervisors of Education on a courtesy visit to […]

The Cross River State Government has commenced an enforcement exercise to shut down all illegal and unapproved schools operating across the state. The Taskforce, inaugurated earlier this month by the Commissioner for Education, Senator Professor Stephen Odey, following the approval of the State Executive Council, began full-scale operations in the Calabar, Ikom, and Ogoja Educational […]

October 20, 2025 The Cross River State Ministry of Education has commenced an enforcement exercise to shut down all illegal and unapproved schools operating across the state. The Taskforce, which was inaugurated earlier this month by the Commissioner for Education, Senator Professor Stephen Odey, began full-scale operations in the Calabar, Ikom, and Ogoja Educational Zones. […]

By Patricia Ogbeche The Cross River State Ministry of Education has commenced the closure of illegal schools across the state, in line with the new reforms introduced in the education sector and following the inauguration of the Taskforce on Illegal Schools earlier this month, on October 8, 2025. The Taskforce team began enforcement in Calabar […]

On behalf of the Management and Staff of the Ministry of Education, we join millions of Cross Riverians and well-wishers across the nation to heartily felicitate with His Excellency, Senator (Prince) Bassey Edet Otu, on the joyous occasion of his 66th birthday. Your Excellency, your visionary leadership, humility, and unwavering commitment to the development and […]

By Patricia Ogbeche (Information Officer) On behalf of the Management and Staff of the Ministry of Education, we join millions of Cross Riverians and well-wishers across the nation to heartily felicitate with His Excellency, Senator (Prince) Bassey Edet Otu, on the joyous occasion of his 66th birthday. Your Excellency, your visionary leadership, humility, and unwavering […]

The Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Senator Professor Stephen Odey, on Wednesday attended the Investment and Business Conference organized by the Cross River State Diaspora Commission in collaboration with GUCCAD. The event, themed “Invest Cross River,” was held at Gigi’s Royale, Bishop Avenue, Calabar. The conference brought together investors from the diaspora and across […]

The Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Senator Professor Stephen Odey, on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, represented His Excellency, Governor Bassey Otu, at the First National Sociological Conference held at Pristine Villa, Calabar. The event, organized by the Department of Sociology, University of Calabar, had as its theme “The Sociology of a New Nigeria.” It […]