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By Sodiq Adelakun The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has introduced a new requirement for Higher National Diploma (HND) holders, mandating them to present evidence of completing their one-year Industrial Training (IT) as part of their documentation for NYSC mobilisation. In addition to presenting their National Diploma (ND) and HND certificates or statements of results, ...
The Federal Government says it has no plan to slash scholarship students’ allowances as recently projected in the media. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, stated this during a meeting with the leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja on Friday. There was a report that the ministry, through the ...
Four officials of West African Examination Council (WAEC) were on Wednesday detained over their inability to answers questions raised by House of Representatives Committee on Basic Examination Bodies, during an investigative hearing. This followed a motion by a member of the committee, Rep.Uchenna Okonkwo, during the hearing in Abuja. The committee was piqued that the ...
The Ekiti State government has approved the payment of N29,400,000 as bursary awards to 196 indigenes of the state who are currently at the Nigeria Law School (Bar 1) for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions. This was announced in a statement released on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti by the secretary of the Ekiti Scholarship Board, ...
…Appoints new acting VC The governing council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka has sacked Professor Joseph Ikechebelu as Vice Chancellor after just two months in office. The council has appointed Professor Carol Umobi as the new Acting Vice Chancellor. “I am pleased to inform you that by the provisions of Section 4 of First Schedule, ...
The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital (ABUTH) branch, has commenced a five-day warning strike over the non-payment of salaries owed to some members. This was announced by NARD’s Vice-President, Ashiru Mikail, during a news conference on Monday in Zaria. “We gave the hospital management a one-week ultimatum to address ...
…Commissioner inspects examination centres By Sodiq Adelakun The Lagos State government has conducted a placement test for primary six pupils transitioning to junior secondary school, with a total of 204,413 pupils in attendance across 400 locations in the state. The Honourable Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Jamiu Tolani Alli-Balogun, inspected the examination centres ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Monday, announced that the result slips for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are now available for printing. The Board, in a statement signed by its Head of Public Relations, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the slips, which feature the candidates’ photographs and advanced security features, can be printed ...
The National Board for Technical Education has fully transitioned to a digital platform for all quality assurance processes, aligning with the Federal Government’s digital-driven policies and the demands of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. It said efective August 2024, there will be no more physical accreditation or other quality assurance activities in the institutions under its ...
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi As the Honourable Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Hyacinth Aondona Dajoh continue with his tour across nooks and crannies of Gboko local government area, the headquarters of the Tiv nation, the Chairman Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Benue State branch Comrade Levi Terna Akume has commended ...
By Matthew Denis There was rowdy session as stakeholders at the ongoing 2024 Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) policy meeting in Abuja have protested the new minimum admission age of 18 years, causing a disruption to the minister’s address. The stakeholders, comprising representatives from tertiary institutions across the country, loudly expressed their disapproval, prompting the ...
By Matthew Denis No fewer than three candidates scored 367 during the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and by that emerged as the highest scorers for the examination. This was revealed at the ongoing 2024 policy meeting by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday in Abuja. They are Olowu Joseph from Ondo State, ...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has vowed to enforce a law mandating admission age for entry into tertiary institutions as 18 years. Mamman was speaking at the 2024 Policy Meeting on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions, organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, in Abuja on Thursday. The meeting was put in place ...
Some students of University of Ibadan, on Wednesday, took to the street to protest against the recent hike in tuition fees and power supply rationing. Reports that the protesting students wore masks to hide their identities, with some blocking the main entrance to the school and others around the Senate Building. According to ...
The National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), has warned public and private schools across the country to adhere strictly to the guidelines of conducting public examination to avoid sanctions. The Executive Secretary of NSSEC, Dr Iyela Ajaji gave the warning while monitoring the ongoing National Examination Council (NECO) in Abuja on Wednesday. Ajayi ...
The Federal Government says there is no plan to hand over public universities to private investors. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made the clarification at the Second Quarterly Engagement of the ministry with Heads of units and Chief Executive Officers of parastatals and agencies under the ministry. The Academic Staff Union of Universities ...
No fewer than 13 candidates scored 01 as the National Examination Council released the 2024 common entrance examination results for Unity schools. The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu made this known during a press briefing on Tuesday about the outcome of the examinations. Recall that a total of 71,291 candidates participated in ...
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has again, emerged as the ‘Most Subscribed Institution’ by candidates in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Institutional Ranking for the 2022/2023 admission exercise. Mr Kunle Akogun, the Director of Corporate Affairs, UNILORIN, who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin on Tuesday, said the university was also ranked first in ...
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has clarified that the proposed schemes of service for polytechnics are strictly for federal polytechnics, excluding state polytechnics. This was made known by the Executive Secretary of NBTE, Professor Idris Bugaji, in Kaduna on Monday while addressing newsmen at the headquarters of NBTE. Bugaji explained that the schemes ...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for an immediate review of educational infrastructure in Nigeria following the devastating collapse of a school building in Jos, Plateau State. NANS President, Pedro C. Obi, in a statement on Monday, expressed condolences to the families affected by the tragedy and called for a thorough investigation ...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will no longer conduct aptitude tests for 2024 Direct Entry candidates. Instead, other placement criteria will be considered for Direct Entry admissions. This decision was made public by JAMB on Monday through a post on its official social media handle. According to the post, ...
By Titus Atondu, Makurdi The Benue State Bureau for Education Quality Assurance (BEQA) and the Benue State Urban Development Board (UDB) have collaborated to demolish substandard schools in the state by the end of the 2023/2024 academic session. This decision was made to restore excellence in the state's education sector and ensure the safety of ...
By: Austine Agbo Emmanuel, Kaduna The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, (ASUP) Zone A has rejected the new scheme of service, (SOS) introduced to Polytechnics by the National Board for Technical Education, (NBTE) This is as the Union said that the initiative is an intentional move by the Office of the Head of Civil Service ...
