Nigeria plans to increase primary school enrollment from the current 46 per cent to 90 per cent by 2030. The country also plans to double the enrollment of females in schools and ensure secondary school education completion rate from 42 per cent to 80 per cent by 2030. The...
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Service Compact with all Nigerians (SERVICOM) has expressed concern about the lack of teachers, poor learning environment among other challenges as major setback in some Federal Unity Schools across the country. Mrs Nnenna Akajemeli, National Coordinator of SERVICOM, made this known when she presented the second phase of SERVICOM...
The Delta State Government has appealed to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to accredit some Computer Base Test (CBT) centres in the state for the 2023 JAMB examination. Mr Augustine Oghoro, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education made the appeal on Saturday after a meeting...
Some parents in Kuje Area Council of FCT have called on the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Kuje Area Council to reach a workable resolution to enable primary school pupils resume classes in the area. The parents, who made the call in separate interviews with the News...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has lauded telecommunication giant, MTN Nigeria for investing in education through the remodeling of science laboratories in the state. Uzodimma gave the commendation in Owerri, on Thursday, when he officially inaugurated science laboratories in Government Secondary School, Owerri, which were remodeled by the...
The second term bid of Gov. AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is now causing disquietness among the leadership of National Association of Kwara State Students (NAKSS). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the association had been engulfed in leadership...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says 90 per cent of indigent students of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) cannot afford to pay the new increased registration fees and charges by the institution. NANS made this known in a reaction to the new measure announced by the university’s Registrar,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Directors of Research and Development of Universities in the Northeast have held their maiden meeting at the Borno State University (BOSU) on Thursday . A statement issued and signed by Abba A. Massa, The Public Relations Officer, (Office of the Vice Chancellor), BOSU...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – A private institution, under the aegis of Famous Star Institute Of Management and Technology (FSIMT) Karu, in Nasarawa State, has offers scholarship to students for two years National Diploma programme. Addressing the students at the institution campus in Masaka during orientation, the Director of...
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Tuesday expressed regret at the estimated 250,000 out-of-school children in the state, saying the figure was worrisome and alarming. He urged parents, traditional rulers and community leaders to join hands with government to reverse the trend. Diri spoke during the inauguration of a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has on Monday approved the sum of N4,736,782,352.21 for the award of 219 research grants to successful participants under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) programme for the 2021 grant cycle. A statement issued by the Acting...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given an assurance of a hitch-free 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), as it concludes plans to kick start the process on Feb.14. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency...
The Management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has suspended the Students’ Union Executives and its activities indefinitely, over alleged protest by students in the early hours of Monday. The institution in a statement by its Registrar, Mrs Modupe Fawale, on Monday in Ibadan, also postponed the first semester examination intended...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the suspension of four students of the institution identified in a viral video and found culpable of partaking in an unlawful act of water ritual on a fellow female student. The announcement of the suspension is...
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, disclosed this during the 17th Convocation Ceremony and Conferment of First and Higher Degrees, and presentation of prizes in Ota. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a total of 1,934 students graduated this academic session from the institution, whose convocation was tagged...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), North East Region has described the sudden increase in students’ registration and school fees upward by 150% or 200% as a complete threat to students educational rights. The Vice President of NANS , Comrade Suleiman Muhammad Sarki, stated...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has unveiled 50 new textbooks published by Nigerian authors under the sponsorship of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Speaking at the public presentation of the textbooks on Thursday in Abuja, the minister said the publications would end...
Prof. Musa Yakubu, the Dean of Student Affairs, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), says the institute’s charges remains the least compared to other federal universities in Nigeria. Yakubu stated this while speaking with newsmen at the University on Wednesday to justify the adjustment in the institution’s school charges for students....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Wednesday visited Amity University, at Noida in New Delhi, India. Established in 2005, Amity University ranks amongst top Universities in the world according to a 2016 record. The University offers over 300 postgraduate and undergraduate courses with...
About 460 students benefited from the 2022 Dangote Scholarship Award Programme in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, on Wednesday. The Executive Director, Dangote Group, Mr Edwin Devakumar, said 443 secondary schools and 17 tertiary institutions benefited from the scholarship programme aimed at improving the quality of education in Ibeju-Lekki communities. According...