Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications company, said it had commissioned its seventh adopted school, Government Day Primary, as part of its corporate social responsibilities initiative, ‘Adopt-A-School’. Airtel in a statement on Tuesday, said the project was commissioned by the Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Shehu Abubakar, alongside other notable guests, on...
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The Lagos State Ministry of Education has granted permission for students in terminal classes to access Chrisland High School, Opebi, Ikeja, for physical learning ahead of their examinations due to begin soon. The Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, made this known in a statement on Monday, signed by...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin- The University of Benin has won the Africa Outstanding University Award of the Year for 2023 in Rwanda. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Lilian Salami, was also honoured as Africa Pillar of Education for her impact in education development on the continent. UNIBEN’s Public...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Child Rights Information Bureau (CRIB), of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture in collaboration with UNICEF on Thursday in Enugu Kick start a two-day Training of Trainers (TOT), on the Presentation of New Curriculum for Child Rights in tertiary institutions. The objective...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has directed candidates, who had registered for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) optional Mock-UTME scheduled for Thursday, 30th March, 2023, that their Notification Slips would be ready for printing from Thursday, 23rd March, 2023. According to the...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – Due to the poor performance of students in English Language and Mathematics, the National Senior Secondary Education Commission ( NSSEC) on Wednesday commenced a five- day training programme for teachers in the two core subjects in Ilorin, Kwara State. The 116 participants at the...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has unveiled a new technology, to ease access to quality data and insights into the country’s educational sector. The technology, known as Educational Statistics (EDUSTAT) platform, is another addition introduced by the council to the list of its technologie. The addition is in...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In commemoration of the 2023 World Poetry Day, UNICEF Borno State has organised a poetry competition for children affected by the conflict in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria. The Communication Officer, UNICEF, Borno State Office, Mrs. Folashade Adebayo, disclosed this in a statement made available to...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reopened the registration for the 2023 Direct entry registration starting from March 20th, 2023 to elapse of April 28th, 2023. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said in a statement on Monday, that the Board had...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – Out of the 148 Direct Entry (DE) candidates recently verified by the management of Bayero University Kano (BUK), only 6 were found to be genuine. By implication, 142 of the results were forged, according to the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Federal Ministry of Justice, in collaboration with Infotech Bridges Limited, held a sensitization advocacy program on drug abuse among youths in Dawakin Kudu LGA of Kano state. The program, which was held at National Institute of Transportation Technology (NITT) Dawakin...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, on Thursday unveiled a community Islamiyya school built by the state government. Named “Salmanul Farisi Islamic School, the two-story institution has 27 classrooms, a conference room and 6 offices. The school is located at Kofa Biyu, Gamboru Liberty...
Lagos State Governor, Bababjide Sanwo-Olu, has directed the State Ministry of Education to commence investigation into the case of a pupil who was reportedly sent out of school for using the poster of the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, to wrap books. The incident was reported to have...
Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), in Katsina State, has won N35.1 million research grant from the 2021 Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The spokesperson of the University, Malam Habibu Umar-Amin, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Katsina, said the intervention was for the TEDFund’s National Research...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has extended teachers’ retirement age by five years in the state. Governor Ayade stated this on Tuesday, when he received the executive members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) at an event held on Tuesday at the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The 2023 Mock-UTME earlier scheduled for Thursday,16th March, 2023, has been shifted to Thursday, 30th March, 2023. The shift in date is partly owing to the change in the date for the gubernatorial and state houses of assembly elections earlier scheduled to hold on...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – The University of Calabar (UNICAL) has announced March 20 as new resumption date for academic activities following the postponement of the Gubernatorial and state House of Assembly elections. The Registrar of the institution, Mr Gabriel Egbe, in a statement said the new date for...
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has declared in Osogbo on Friday that he was not stopping the establishment of University of Ilesa. The university was established by his predecessor, Alhaji Adegboyega Oyetola on March 31, 2022 when he upgraded the state’s College of Education, Ilesa, to a full-fledged university....
Contained in the Renewed Hope 2023 vision document of President-elect Bola Tinubu is his Education Agenda (contained on pages 40-43), with the motto: “Enlightened minds, an essential pillar of development”. I view this agenda as simply a screenshot of Tinubu’s intentions on education, an education compass, not a detailed...
The Adamawa government on Monday says it will sponsor 41,668 indigent students for the 2023 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examination Commission (NECO). The government would also sponsored indigent candidates of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB). The state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital...