News and updates on education systems, policies, institutions, and learning trends globally.
President Bola Tinubu has promised to address the infrastructure deficit in universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. The president made the promise during the combined convocation ceremony for the 6th, 7th, and 8th sets of graduates of the Federal University of Lafia yesterday. The issue of decaying structures and poor infrastructure has been…
The anticipated 2024 Staff Promotion Examination by the National Examinations Council (NECO) has been indefinitely deferred, eliciting widespread reactions. Initially slated for the 14th and 15th of February 2024 in Minna, Niger State, the examination faced dissent from staff members mandated to participate. NECO had instructed eligible staff to convene at its headquarters from January…
Niger State government has announced the introduction of Fridays for skills acquisition for pupils, students at basic level in public schools. The government disclosed that Fridays will henceforth be used for skills acquisition for both pupils and students at the basic level of education in public schools across the state. The state Commissioner for Education,…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) said the scheme has stopped posting corps members to states deemed unsafe as a result of the worsening security conditions in the country. The Minister of Youth, Jamila Ibrahim disclosed this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. Recall that several corps members have been abducted in some…
In a groundbreaking initiative, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) is poised to revolutionize its academic curriculum, aligning it with the dynamic demands of the contemporary job market. The institution, under the visionary leadership of Rector Dr Ibraheem Abdul, is set to integrate cutting-edge technologies, specifically Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics, into the educational framework. Dr…
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, said the ministry will work within the ambits of the law to facilitate the full implementation of the presidential directive on the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) as it affects tertiary institutions in the country.” Mamman expressed his commitment during a meeting with the leadership of the…
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A University of Calabar (UNICAL) lecturer with a specialty in Elementary Education in the Department of Curriculum Studies, Prof. Mrs. Rita Cyril Ndifon, has advised married couples not to be deterred by storms that hit their marriages, but remain steadfast, love their spouses and stand firm by them regardless of tribulations. Ndifon gave the advice…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has certified 747 Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres for the 2024 UTME exercise scheduled to begin on Monday. The board made this know in a Bulletin issued in Abuja by the Board’s Public Communication Advisor(PAC), Dr Fabian Benjamin. The board had shortlisted 907 CBT centres for accreditation, but…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo, on Thursday urged new Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of the aviation agencies to prioritise transparency, efficiency and collaboration. Keyamo gave the advice in Abuja at the inauguration and induction for the newly appointed CEOs and Directors of the aviation agencies. According to the Minister ,…
The Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman Tahir, Tuesday restated the Federal Government’s commitment to equip the youths with sustainable life skills across the country. The minister said this during an inspection tour on the ongoing construction of a vocational training centre in Yola, Adamawa State. According to him, President Bola Tinubu’s administration is desirous of…
Some critical stakeholders in the education sector have described the failure of some state governments to access about N68 billion grant from the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, as criminal. According to them, the basic education sector is bedeviled with a number of problems which such an amount can help solve to some extent. As…
The Governing Council of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, has approved the appointments of Mr. Peter Okunniga as Registrar and Mr. Ganiyu Aminu as Bursar. The appointments, announced on Thursday in Okitipupa by Mr. Paul Adeagbo, the institution’s Deputy Director of Protocol and Public Relations, fill positions previously held…
“As a matter of urgency, we call on the Federal Government, State Governments, and the 774 Local Governments to adopt remedial measures to ensure the immediate registration of the 20.2 million out-of-school children in schools”. The above statement was made by a human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, on Thursday. In his statement titled: ‘Refusal…
The people of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara State, on Monday, called on the federal government to rename the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) after the founder of the Alimi Dynasty, Sheikh Alimi ibn Solihu ibn Janta. The people also requested the Kwara State government to direct all heads of government offices, captain of industries and chairmen…
Graduating in the First Class category from a university anywhere in the world is not easy to achieve. It means the person must have A passes in all his/ her courses and have 4.50 and above in the Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA. But some undergraduates are so endowed that they break the barrier by…
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Ghana’s premier chartered university, Valley View University, Oyibi, Accra Ghana has conferred honorary doctorate degree on Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun state for delivering on good governance in the last one year. The vice chancellor, Prof William Koomsion at the university 30th convocation yesterday said the university reviewed the Governor’s antecedent as a businessman and…
At the 35th convocation of the Rivers State University, Dr. Ehie Edison, a factional Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly, was among the graduates. Dr. Edison received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Law, a remarkable accomplishment in his academic career. The Governor of Rivers State, as well as the University’s Visitor, (Sim…
Marcus Oreoluwa Akinmade, a first class graduate of Lagos State University (LASU), has emerged the Overall Best Qualifying Candidate in Nigeria at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) May 2023 Diet Examination. Akinmade, who graduated from the Department of Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences, cleared all five examination papers at one sitting, achieving…
A 200-level student of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ibadan has been apprehended by the university’s security personnel for allegedly raping a 100-level female colleague within the campus. The incident occurred while the victim, a fresher, was reading alongside other students in preparation for an upcoming exam. When power went out in…
In a bid to ensure the security and timely delivery of examination materials to its numerous examination centres nationwide, the Federal Government has inaugurated 70 operational vehicles for the National Examination Council (NECO). The commissioning of the NECO Scanning Centre, equipped with state-of-the-art optical mark reader (OMR) technology and cutting-edge software, was also part of…
Nasarawa State governor, Abdullahi Sule, has promised to establish a full-fledged university of engineering before the end of his tenure. The governor made the promise during the matriculation of pioneer students of the Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK)’s faculty of engineering in Gudi, his country home. He said the transformation of the faculty of engineering…
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…Bring them back to us alive -Mother AKWA Ibom state parents whose children were kidnapped along Zamfara Highway 17 August 2023 while traveling to Sokoto State Orientation Camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme have again appealed to the Federal and Akwa Ibom state governments to assist release of the victims. Some of…
Students of the University of Calabar( UNICAL) have taken to the street in protest against the hike of tuition fee by over 100 percent. The Management of the University of Calabar (Unical) had over the weekend held a meeting when the decision to increase tuition fees was reached. In the statement by the University’s PRO,…
For indulging in sundry crimes, range from academic frauds to other anti-social behaviours, impinging negatively on the image of the institution, the authorities of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) in Akwa Ibom State have slammed sanctions, which included outright expulsion, rustication and indefinite suspension, on no fewer than 26 erring students. Our correspondent gathered from…
The Senate has passed a bill to establish the Nigeria Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State. The bill, sponsored by Bamidele Opeyemi representing Ekiti Central, when assented to by the President Bola Tinubu will, identify the technological problems and needs of the maritime industry, and find solutions. The former President Muhammadu Buhari had rejected the…
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, have expressed their readiness to comply with the strike action directed by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC. Making this known to journalists on Tuesday, the OAU ASUU Chairman, Prof Anthony Odiwe said the Union had directed…
The Director of SERVICOM at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Professor Patrick Egaga was on Sunday night took away by unidentified gunmen at the University staff quarters. Prof. Egaga who is a professor at the Department of Special Education at the University was said to have been kidnapped at his residence. The gunmen numbering over…
