WAEC releases private candidates’ WASSCE results

The results of the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for Private Candidates, 2019-Second Series was on Friday released by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). The examination...

Reforming education starts with appointing competent hands – Abdullahi-Iya

A vice-presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, Khadijah Abdullahi-Iya has challenged governments at all levels to appoint competent hands to manage the education sector if it wants better results.

Non-profit mobilises instructional materials to schools in Northern Nigeria

When public primary schools in some parts of Northern Nigeria resumed last September, a non-profit, Goal Aimers Initiative (GAI) distributed learning materials to them. GAI did this under its project...
Ofure Mary Ebhomielen with Habeebah Owolabi

Ladies emerge best in UI undergraduate, masters programmes

Two ladies have emerged best at the Bachelor's degree and master's degree levels respectively after each scoring 7.0 commutative grade point average (CGPA) at the University of Ibadan (UI).

Oyetola dedicates 10.53% of 2020 Osun budget to education

Governor Gboyega Oyetola has proposed N6.5 billion of the Osun State 2020 budget on the education ministry. That is 10.53% of the N119.5 billion budget. Mr...

UTME: Reps wants JAMB to halt integration with NIMC

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has directed the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to temporarily allow its candidates to sit for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) without National Identification Number...

MURIC faults NYSC for placing militarization above morality

A human rights group, Muslim Rights Concern has faulted the leadership of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for allegedly sacrificing morality on the altar of militarization. This...

Beware! LASU has no Benin Republic institutional affiliate

The authority of Lagos State University (LASU) has clarified to the public that it has Benin Republic based institutional affiliate. It issued this disclaimer after it received an enquiry...

University autonomy has made vice-chancellors ‘tyrants’ – SSANU

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said that university autonomy has made vice-chancellors tyrants. This is as he said that the near exclusion of non-academic staff from administrative positions of authority was...

29000 applicants jostle for 1500 teaching jobs in Ogun State

About 29,000 applicants are jostling for 1500 teaching jobs in Ogun State public schools. The government said it concluded the recruitment exercise on Saturday which was said to be...