Funding Safe Schools Initiative: Will FME’s full control make any difference?
Following attacks on schools and the abduction of students and teachers, the need to look into the effectiveness or otherwise of the Safe Schools Initiative became imperative
Kebbi settles N456m WAEC fees – Commissioner
The Kebbi State Government has approved the payment of remaining balance of more than N456 million to West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for the 2022 West African School Certificate Examination (WASC). Dr Muhammadu Magawata-Aliero, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in the state, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital on […]
ASUU: Nigeria’s education sector in disarray; stop playing ostrich, end strike — FG told
A group, Campaign for Equal Rights and Opportunities for all Nigerians, CERON, has raised concern over the lingering strike by members of Academic Staff of Union of Universities, ASUU, and other associations in the public universities saying the development has left the Nigeria’s education sector in disarray.
LASPOTECH students incredibly spend four years on OND courses
Some students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH, now Lagos State University of Science and Technology, LASUSTECH, are made to spend four years for National Diploma, ND courses that should normally not exceed three years at most.
UTME screening: Varsities, others to make N3.3bn from candidates
Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and Innovative and Entrepreneurship Institutions, IEIs, in the country are set to make N3,336,388,000 from admission seekers through the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Post-UTME, to be conducted by the institutions for the candidates.
ASUU Strike: FG’s budgetary allocation to education lowest in 2022 — Report
Against the backdrop of the prevailing Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU strike, a report released by an advocacy group, Invictus Africa, on Tuesday, disclosed that the educational sector received its lowest budgetary allocation in 2022.
WAEC withholds 365,564 results
. •1.2m obtain five credits including English, Maths By Elizabeth Osayande THE results of 365,564 candidates who wrote this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, have been withheld by the Council over allegations of examination malpractices. The withheld results account for 22.83 percent of the […]
WAEC withholds 365,564 results; 1.22m obtain five credits including English, Maths
The results of 365,564 candidates who wrote this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, conducted by the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, have been withheld by the Council over allegations of examination malpractices.
How to check 2022 WAEC result on your phone via SMS, internet
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has announced the results for candidates who sat for the West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination this year 2022.
Strike: We can no longer enter into unimplementable agreements — FG
THE Federal Government has said it would no longer succumb to any form of blackmail and intimidation that will make it enter into agreement with unions that will be difficult to implement.
Strike: We will beg ASUU if…Parents tell Keyamo
Parents, under the aegis of the National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, have said they can only beg members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off their strike if the government considers the reports of the various committees set up to look into the matter and come out with its decisions
Why we won’t beg ASUU over strike, parents reply Keyamo
By Adesina Wahab Parents, on the platform of National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, have said they can only beg members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off their strike if government considers the reports of the various committees set up to look into the matter and come out with […]
Malami, in Kebbi, reiterates commitment to quality education
The Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, has reiterated his commitment to complementing the efforts of Federal and State Governments in providing higher quality education in Kebbi.
Keyamo to Parents: Beg ASUU to call off strike
Keyamo to Parents: Beg ASUU to call off strike
2022 UTME: Only 24,069 candidates apply to Colleges of Education out of 1,761,262
By Adesina Wahab DESPITE the efforts by the government to make teaching attractive to young Nigerians, applicants seeking admission into tertiary institutions where teachers are trained, are not showing interest in education courses, as they account for barely two per cent of those who sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by […]
700,000 Ukrainian students displaced, 2,000 schools destroyed in Russian/Ukrainian war — World Bank
… says $9bn needed to rebuild schools By Adesina Wahab Almost 700,000 students and over 25,000 educators have been displaced since the outbreak of the Russian/Ukrainian war, the World Bank has said. Also, over 2,000 education institutions have been damaged by bombing and shelling, and more than 200 of these have been completely destroyed. World Bank […]
