He said, “UBEC act has been in place for nearly 20 years. From the time the law came into force till today, we have passed through several stages of developments; so one cannot hold on to one thing over the years.”

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has alleged bias in the organisation and hosting of the Nigeria Polytechnic Games, NIPOGA, threatening to disrupt it if the hosting right for the 2024 edition of the game is not reversed to the original plan.

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The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, has said the country needs additional 194,876 qualified teachers to fill the existing gaps in the basic education sector.

THE Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the non-teaching staff unions in the universities on Tuesday appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene on payment of the withheld four months salaries.

Chief Godwin Ubaka Okeke, a transport mogul and Chairman of GUO Motors Limited and co-founder of Godwin and Patricia Okeke Foundation, has said he built digital classrooms and dormitories for no fewer than 8,000 people with special needs in Anambra in order to give them a sense of belonging and enable them have access to quality education.

A Nigerian-Canadian lady, Dr Chika  Olijo, has won the George Frieur Award at the University of Calgary Cummings School of Post Graduate Medical Education, Alberta, Canada; as result of her outstanding performance in their residency programme.

The Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka has taken a bold step by beaming its research attention to providing biotherapeutic and biotechnological solutions to the myriads of biosciences and biomedical challenges confronting contemporary society.

THE meeting convened by the federal government over the threat by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, not to embark on strike ended in deadlock weekend, Vanguard has gathered.

“First is the issue of Students loan. There was a misrepresentation by JAMB. And they have since corrected it. You can confirm from JAMB. We have always registered with JAMB every semester after admission.”