Augustine Odey

The Cross River State Ministry of Education has on Tuesday, December 2, 2025 announced the completion of printing for the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) certificates, assuring parents, schools, and stakeholders that the documents are now ready for collection. Speaking during a briefing with education stakeholders, including representatives of National Association Proprietors of Private […]

The Yache Community in Abuja on Saturday, November 15, 2025, hosted a grand reception in honour of the Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Senator Professor Stephen Odey, to celebrate his elevation to the prestigious rank of Professor. The well-attended ceremony was organized to promote peace, love, unity, growth, and the overall development of the […]

The Cross River State Government has approved the statewide implementation of STEAM Clubs and the Quizarly Digital Learning Ecosystem across all secondary schools both public and private making the state a trailblazer in educational innovation in Nigeria. The approval followed a high-level presentation by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Students Advocacy, Dr. AbasiOfiok […]

The Cross River State Government, in collaboration with the World Bank’s Project HOPE Education, has concluded a three-day intensive training workshop aimed at bridging learning gaps in English and Mathematics across primary schools in the state. The workshop, themed “Enhancing Pedagogical Practices for Effective Teaching and Learning of English and Mathematics in Primary Schools,” was […]

The Cross River State Government has intensified its ongoing education reform with the closure of additional illegal schools across the 18 Local Government Areas of the State. The enforcement exercise, led by the State Ministry of Education, forms part of efforts to sanitize the education sector and ensure that only duly approved schools operate in […]

In continuation of the ongoing statewide sanitization of the education sector, the Cross River State Ministry of Education Taskforce on the Closure of Illegal Schools has sealed off several unapproved schools operating without the mandatory Approval to Operate (ATO) across the state. The Commissioner for Education, Senator Professor Stephen Odey, reiterated the State Government’s unwavering […]

The Cross River State Commissioner for Education, Senator Professor Stephen Odey, has reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening collaboration between the Ministry of Education and Supervisors for Education across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state. He made this known on Tuesday when he received the Supervisors on a courtesy visit to the Ministry of […]

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 […]