Education
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accused some operators of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres used for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) of aiding examination malpractices in their respective centres. The Registrar of the examination body, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, made the allegation on Thursday during a meeting with CBT centres operators, technical advisors, […]
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has started mobilizing its members against the federal government over planned imposition Integrated Personnel Payroll System (IPPIS). Leaders of the Union had summoned an emergency National Executive Council meeting of the Union where they agreed that the leadership of the Union at university levels should begin mobilisation of members […]
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that all candidates that wish to take the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) must have the National Identification Number (NIN). In a series of tweets, the examination board urged Prospective candidates to visit the nearest @nimc_ng office for their capturing. “The Board would ONLY register candidates […]
President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, on Thursday, said the upper chamber will work to reduce the number of out-of-school children across the country. Lawan made the comment after the Legislative Agenda for the ninth Senate was adopted. “Today, the education sector suffers a lot. The 11 million or 12 million children out of […]
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday enrolled one of his sons, Abubakar Al-Siddique, in a public school in the State. El-Rufai said he had enrolled his son at Kaduna Capital School in order to lead by example and also show his commitment to fixing the educational sector in the state. Sharing photos from when […]
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Monday, taught students of Government Pilot Senior Secondary School, Kofa Sauri, Katsina State. The Speaker taught the pupils on the dangers of drug abuse. This is part of his voluntary teaching exercise, which earlier commenced in his Surulere 1 Federal Constituency of Lagos State in 2017 […]
The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the results of the Senior School Certificate Examination for June/July 2019. A breakdown of the results released on Tuesday shows that 829,787 candidates representing 71.59℅ made five credits and above, including English Language and Mathematics. The number of candidates who made five credits and above, irrespective of English […]
The President has highlighted the importance of health and education to the well-being of the people and the development of the nation. He said his administration would maintain focus on them but would require the support of well-to-do individuals in Nigeria to achieve success in these areas. President Muhammadu Buhari lauded the attainment of three […]
Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) have commenced a five-day industrial action. This followed the directive of the Joint Action Committee of NASU and SSANU to all branch chairmen of the unions across the country. In a letter dated August 16 and jointly signed by […]
Speaker House of Representatives, FEMI GBAJABIAMILA, has urged governments at all levels to fashion out ways of transforming Nigeria’s educational system to strengthen the capacity of Nigerian youth. GBAJABIAMILA, in a message commemorating the International Youth Day, themed, ‘Transforming Education, said the essence of education was to proffer solutions to challenges confronting humanity. […]
