By Adesina Wahab The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has called on the Federal Government to tackle insecurity and the high inflationary trend in the country, saying Nigerians are groaning in pain from the impacts of the two on their lives. The union stated this in a communique issued at the end of its […]

Some stakeholders in the education sector have expressed the need for parents to allow their children to be emotionally and otherwise mature before rushing them to start primary education or even proceeding to university or other tertiary institutions. In chats with Vanguard at different fora, the stakeholders, including the Lagos State Government, the Nigeria Union […]

By Elizabeth Osayande With 14 per cent pass and 86 per cent failure at the just-concluded 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, divergent views have been expressed by stakeholders as to what led to the poor performance by the candidates. While some said it was a […]

By Elizabeth Osayande The Administrator, Vivian-Fowler Memorial College for Girls, Lagos, Mrs. Olufunke Fowler-Amba, has expressed delight over the students of her school being the only girls among Nigeria’s representatives at the just-concluded Virtual Robotics Competition for Students. The girls are aged between 11 and 15. The students are Harriet Ariyo and Laila Eneche, who […]

THE Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on Wednesday, accused the Federal Government of appointing five unqualified rectors out of the six polytechnics recently established by the federal government.

No fewer than 1.6 million candidates are expected to participate in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) scheduled to begin on Aug. 16. The Head of National Office (HNO) of West African Examination Council (WAEC), Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the figure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]

By Levinus Nwabughiogu – Abuja Director, New Beacon International School, Apo-Dutse, Abuja has attributed the mass failure recorded by candidates in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to the impacts of COVID-19. He said many schools could not afford to pay their teachers even after the ease of lockdown to adequately prepare the students […]

The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, UNIZIK, has doused tension concerning this weekend’s matriculation ceremony for newly admitted students of the university.  Chairman of the Anambra State chapter of the Joint Campus Committee of NANS, Peter Onyenweife, in a statement regretted the protest recently embarked […]

The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has stressed the need for stakeholders to dialogue and come up with meaningful contributions toward having a reviewed Senior Secondary Education Curriculum (SSEC) with global standard. Prof. Ismail Junaidu, the Executive Secretary, NERDC, expressed the view at the North-Central zone National Stakeholders’ Dialogue for the review of […]

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has extended the deadline issued to students to vacate halls of residence to prevent COVID-19 spread. The institution made the disclosure in a statement issued on Thursday by its Principal Assistant Registrar, Mrs Nonye Oguama. Oguama said that the deadline had been extended from noon of Thursday to noon of […]

Dr. Theophilus Ogumbe, an astute businessman in his late 20’s is the Chief Executive Officer of Activecode Business Hub an IT based firm with branches in Abuja,Lagos ,Calabar ,U.K ,U.S.A . A quintessential Financial expert/ analysts, FOREX guru and Mathematician by profession from the University of Calabar where he obtained both his first degree and […]

The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, says the era of malpractices in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is over. Oloyede said this in his address at the foundation laying ceremony of the board’s International Talent Resort  Centre on Wednesday in Gbongan town, Ayedaade Local Government Area of the […]

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has accused the Federal Government of appointing five unqualified persons as rectors in newly established federal polytechnics, in violation of the subsisting Act. The ASUP National President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, who stated this at the 100th National Executive Council meeting of the union in Auchi, on Wednesday, said […]

By Joseph Erunke THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it would not hesitate to withdraw results of candidates involved in malpractice in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, after thorough viewing of Close Circuit Television,CCTV cameras deployed for the examination. This was as it disclosed that it recorded 40 cases […]

Dr Adeoye Odedeji, Acting Rector, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, said the institution generated the sum of N451.2 million from school fees between January and June. Odedeji disclosed this while defending the institution’s budget performance between January and June before Ogun Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology in Abeokuta. The acting rector of MAPOLY […]