Category: Education
All school managers were enjoined to enforce strict compliance with all subsisting protocols to curb the spread of COVID-19. The Lagos State Government has directed all public and private schools in the State to resume for the third term of the 2020/2021 academic session on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. According to a press release issued […]
The new format will complement the SMS method currently being used and would be available to candidates who are yet to send their NIN to the requested number. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the creation of a USSD code to further ease the registration process for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation […]
A renowned poet, Mr Odia Ofeimun has said schools are at the receiving end of the distress in the book business. Odia who was speaking on the World Book Day which holds today, told The PUNCH that the book world was in a bad stage in Nigeria. Today is the 25th edition of World Book Day with […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has postponed the 2021 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The exam, earlier scheduled to hold on Saturday, 30th April has been rescheduled to hold on Thursday, 20th May. Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs in a statement said the change of date was due to ongoing adjustments in […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered CBT Centres not to allow parents and guardians of candidates into the registration hall. JAMB spokesman in Ilorin Office, Hassan Lawal, said Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar issued the order. The development followed Oloyede’s inspection of some overcrowded registration centres in Kwara. JAMB stated that the […]
JAMB has announced that candidates for the UTME and Direct Entry will no longer be required to provide their email addresses at the point of registration. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry will no longer be required to provide their […]
National president of the Association of Tutorial and School Operators, Mr Oludotun Sodunke, has said that the country needs more tutorial centres to meet up with the huge number of students who apply for external examinations. He made this remark at the inauguration of the Lagos State Chapter of ATSO and presentation of the ASTOLAG […]
The management of Osun State University has clarified the reason it prohibited cooking in the school hostels across the six campuses. During a press briefing at the institution’s multi-purpose hall at the main campus, Osogbo, on Monday the Vice-Chancellor of the Osun State University, Professor Labode Popoola said the decision was for the safety of […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Tuesday said its 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates, earlier scheduled for May/June, may not hold. The Council’s Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the hint while announcing the release of results of the 2021 first series of the WASSCE […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Saturday announced the commencement of registration of candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry to tertiary education institutions in Nigeria. The decision came barely 48 hours after it had stopped the exercise over technical challenges of the National Identification Number. But a terse statement […]
Caleb University Imota, Lagos State, has received approval from the National Universities Commission to run four part-time programmes. The Information, Media and Publication Specialist of the university, Olawale Adekoya, in a statement said the part-time programmes approved by the NUC include, B.Sc. Economics; B.Sc. Political Science; B.Sc. International Relations; and B.Sc.Criminology and Security Studies. “The […]
Special Adviser on Education to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has said that the Lagos State government is set to rehabilitate Alternative High School for Girls, Agboju, Amuwo-Odofin and other similar schools across the State. Wahab who made this know during press briefing maintained that the proposed upgrade was aimed at attracting and […]
The most popular cryptocurrency, bitcoin, is now sitting comfortably above gold as the most valuable asset despite lacking a global recognition as an investment vehicle to grow wealth. For over eleven years, bitcoin had been attempting to unseat gold as investors’ most preferred and lucrative asset. Between 2009, when bitcoin was created and 2020, it […]
The Association of Non-academic Union of Education and Associated institutions of Akwa Ibom and Imo states chapters have told the federal government to include its members in the 65 years’ service extension and special salary scale that was recently approved for teachers. The groups also said that other benefits including extension to 40 years of […]
An unknown private school teacher in Edo State has allegedly escaped with N2 million meant for the enrolment of students for the forthcoming West African Examination Senior Secondary School Examinations (WASSCE). The incident was said to have occurred at Gilgal Private School, located at Iguobazuwa the headquarters of Ovia South-west Local Government Area of the […]
