By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has officially announced the commencement of sales for the 2025 Direct Entry (DE) application documents, set to begin on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. In statement on Monday in Abuja by the Spokesman of the board, Dr Fabian...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri– Borno State Commissioner of Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Engr. Lawan Abba Wakilbe, has praised Governor Babagana Umara Zulum for significantly improving the standard and quality of education in the state. Represented by Dr. Abba Galtimari, Director of Schools Management, Wakilbe commended the governor’s unwavering...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has said it is taking steps to boost transnational education in Nigeria by partnering with British institutions. This is even as it announced that it would reallocate the savings from its suspended overseas scholarship programme to fund in-house...
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has released the results of its Nov./Dec. 2024 certificate examinations, with 67.56 per cent of candidates obtaining five credits and above. Acting Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of the board, Dr Nnasia Asanga, announced the results on Monday in Benin. He said that...
Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Mr Sonny Echono, has urged both federal and state governments to grant full autonomy to universities. Echono made the call on Saturday during a convocation lecture titled, ‘University Autonomy and the Challenge of Quality Tertiary Education in Nigeria,’ held at...
Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Dr Danlami Hayyo, has said the administration has spent N200 billion on education from 2023 to date. Hayyo disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, at the opening of a two-day innovation and entrepreneurship education training for Vice Principals (Academic) in...
Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has said it would close the 2023/2024 student loan application cycle on Feb. 21. Managing Director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Monday, said the 2024/2025 application cycle would commence on Feb. 22. Sawyerr said that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Daimlas Corporation, a global leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovation, to establish a comprehensive AI ecosystem across Nigerian universities. The groundbreaking collaboration aims to empower academic institutions with cutting-edge AI resources,...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has promised to engage stakeholders over the proposed 12-year basic education structure. Alausa disclosed this during a news conference in Abuja on Friday. The minister had earlier presented a proposal aimed at transitioning to 12 years of compulsory education within the existing...
The Federal Government has proposed a 12-year basic education model but has denied scrapping Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary School (SSS). This is according to a statement by the Director of Press of the Federal Ministry of Education Folashade Boriowo. Boriowo said the Minister of Education Tunji...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced significant leadership changes at several federal universities, including the University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) now known as Yakubu Gowon University. President Tinubu in a statement on Thursday by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, said these changes are effective immediately....
Some intending candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at Abule Egba part of Lagos State spent up to six hours on Monday attempting to be registered. UTME is conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the...
) The World Bank has announced that it has earmarked 1.2 billion dollars for investment in girls’ education across 18 states. The states include; Borno, Ekiti, Kebbi, Kaduna, Plateau, Katsina, Kano, Adamawa, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Bauchi, Jigawa, Yobe, Kwara, Gombe, Sokoto and Zamfara. The World Bank Country Director, Mr...
…appeals to President Tinubu to intervene Determined to continue with its advocacy aimed at improving the quality of infrastructure in public universities across the country for enhanced teaching and leaning, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Education Advancement Initiative (EAI), has called for immediate release of 600 billion Naira this year...
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has approved the recruitment of 3,000 teachers to be deployed to Junior and Senior Secondary schools across the state. The state Project Coordinator, Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), Malam Ali Gar, stated this on Thursday during a sensitisation meeting on Girls...
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi, has approved the appointment of Professor Ukertor Gabriel Moti as director, Abuja Leadership Centre (ALC), a TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Leadership and Public Governance. The appointment, which is for an initial period of two years, was conveyed in a...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – In a pivotal initiative aimed at improving education in the Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State, the member representing the Pankshin/Kanke/Kanam (PKK) Federal Constituency, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Adamu Gagdi, has donated a newly constructed and fully furnished three-classroom block to his alma mater,...
By Nnamdi Ojiego Professor Wasiu Lanre Adeyemo is the Chief Medical Director, CMD, of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. In this interview, the Professor of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery speaks on his vision to transform LUTH from a tertiary to a quaternary health facility; the permanent cure for sickle...
A Nigerian graduate, who failed the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) 17 times, Dr Emmanuel Ahmadu, has called on the Federal Government to reconsider its policy stopping students below 18 years of age from sitting for ‘O’ Level examination. Ahmadu, a mental health advocate in the U.S.,...
A university lecturer, Dr Stella Aririguzuh, has said banning under-18 students from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will lead to capital flight. Aririguzuh, who is the Head, Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University at Ota in Ogun, stated this on Wednesday while speaking with...