Osun Government says it will soon release the names of 3,170 successful applicants, who scored 50 per cent and above, in the state teachers recruitment examination. The Osun Commissioner for Education, Mr Folorunso Bamisayemi, made this known in a press statement on Thursday, in Osogbo According to Bamisayemi, 3,170 applicants out a total of 11,068 […]

House of Representatives’ Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the reason behind the sponsorship of various bills for the establishment of tertiary institutions in their locality was to support the development of education in Nigeria.

By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City THE Management of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, on Thursday said it has commenced the process of introducing new programs for study in the university to tackle current global challenges. Speaking during an interaction with the media to mark her second year in office, Vice Chancellor of the university, […]

“The preliminary investigation showed that there was no fighting, bullying or any form of attack on the boy.”

The Oyo State Government has suspended a female student of Jericho High School, Ibadan, for allegedly assaulting male peer. The state’s Commissioner for  Education, Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, made this known in a statement on Tuesday, in Ibadan. Abdu-Raheem said that the suspended student in company of her mother recently invaded the school with hefty thugs […]

By James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta Following a series of attacks on teachers and security agents in Ogun State in recent times, the State government has directed 12 schools to proceed on compulsory holiday from today (Tuesday) ahead of December 10 vacation date. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Abayomi Arigbabu, disclosed to […]

By Joseph Erunke The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has stripped Computer Based Test, CBT centres of power to receive the approved N700 registration fee for registration of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The board which disclosed this in its weekly news bulletin, released Monday, also said it would adopt cashless policy in the […]

Two thousand candidates have applied for the 2022/2023 Federal Scholarship Award. Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono, disclosed this at the inauguration of nomination for the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP) in Abuja on Monday. He said that more than 30,000 candidates had benefited since inception of the programme in 1959. […]

The Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun has announced the approval of N200m annual intervention fund towards the development of tertiary institutions owned by the state

The Federal Government says it has released N6 billion to enhance teaching, periodic curriculum review and development in six colleges of education across the country. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, stated this on Saturday at the 6th – 35th combined convocation ceremony (1991/1992- 2020/2021) of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe. Adamu […]