By EZEKIEL OBI, ABUJA – Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates can now generate profile codes themselves and save such for use when registration commences. JAMB in its Weekly Bulletin issued on Monday in Abuja, said the development is part of measures...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Following the introduction of the Interactive e-Brochure and e-Syllabus System (IBASS), by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the agency on Monday, commenced training of all administrative staff of tertiary institutions to keep them abreast of the workings of the policy. The training...
Education propels growth and industrialisation. Education lays the foundation for virtually all forms of human development that repel poverty. However, in spite of the obvious contributions of education to growth and development, many African countries lag behind in the implementation of education components of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Government has commended the recruitment of 3,000 teachers for the public schools in the state. The Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Ali Musa, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, encouraged all interested and eligible candidates to...
The Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo Town, on Friday explained that it honoured Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers; Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State for their high distinctions and uncommon accomplishments. The institution made the explanation at the 14th Convocation Ceremony of...
Stakeholders in the education sector have been urged to take collective responsibility to rid the country of bad habits of wanting to cut corners during examinations. The Registrar, National Examination Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, made the appeal at a One-Day Sensitisation Workshop on Examination Malpractice in Abuja on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Services, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere has accused school authorities in the country of conniving with Examination officers to help candidates cheat in examination. Ihonvbere who disclosed this at a National Sensitisation workshop on Examination Malpractice in Nigeria...
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By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – A private university based in the Federal Capital Territory, Philomath University, has named a road project within the university campus to immortalise the late mother of the FCT Minister of State, Hajiya Zainab Sidi Ali, for her contribution to the development of learning and...
No fewer than nine secondary school students will partake in the Company of the Year (COY) competition organised by the Junior Achievement (JA) Africa, a non-governmental organisation. The JA Africa, Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Simi Nwogwugwu, said at a news conference on Wednesday in Lagos that the competition would...
The Management of Auchi polytechnic, Edo, says it had expelled 40 students over result falsification and deficiency at the point of entry into some programmes at the institution. A news bulletin of the Information and Public Relations Unit of the institution on Wednesday, signed by Adebola Ogunboyowa, said the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC), says it has no hand in the appointment of Vice-Chancellor for tertiary institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, who disclosed this at an interactive section with the press on Wednesday in Abuja, said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has rejected the systematic disengagement of government from funding of Public Universities through the proposed introduction of education loan which has proven to be a monumental failure in Nigeria and some other countries where it was introduced....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – For Nigeria to achieve the desired progress as a knowledge-based economy, there must be a deliberate effort at bringing Research and Development to the center stage through relevant policy implementation. The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc Sonny Echono gave the...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Professor Florence Obi has said that the University Open Distance Learning will take off next academic session. Prof. Obi stated this during a town hall meeting at the International Conference Centre to Mark her 2nd...
The Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, has said that speaking and writing English is a major challenge to many Nigerian graduates. Anieke spoke when officials of the National Universities Commission (NUC) visited the university on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – The Chairman, Association of Registrars of Nigerian Universities (ARNU) Dr. Abubakar Mamuda, has said the frequent industrial action by four unions in the university systems is a major set back for tertiary institutions in the country. Dr. Mamuda stated this at the 17th retreat...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has called on examination and assessment agencies in the country to adopt ICT in tackling the menace of examination malpractices and build multi- dimensional approach to address the menace. Malam Adamu made the call in Lagos State, while...
Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has called on the Federal Government to release the seven months unpaid salaries of its members. The Union’s Chairman, Dr Chinedu Ihejirika, stated this in a communique he co-signed with its secretary, Dr Etienne...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AEFUNAI), Ebonyi chapter, says it will cover grounds lost to the eight-month called off in October. The union, therefore, appealed to stakeholders to prevail upon the Federal Government to “avoid engaging in any activity that could plunge...