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 […]

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 […]

Mrs Olabisi Adesina, a former Chairman, University of Ilorin branch of the Non-Academic Staff Union ofUniversities and Allied Institutions (NASU), has advised leaders of various unions in Nigeria to stop hobnobbing with the politicians. Adesina gave the advice on Saturday in a paper she presented at a two-day workshop organised by NASU, Kwara Council, in […]

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Zone D, has fixed another date for its unity convention following the chaos that trailed the earlier event scheduled for Ondo State.

By Mary Obaebor Vice Chancellor, Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Prof. Christopher Odetunde, has advised that Nigerian universities should focus more on areas where they have comparative advantage than trying to be masters of all trades. He said doing so would also make them to be renowned globally for being masters in those areas. He stated this […]

By Adesina Wahab The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, in the bid to improve the global ranking of Nigerian universities, has organised a two-day workshop on the requirements for strengthening Nigerian universties for higher global ranking in Lagos. The workshop was organised for the Vice Chancellors and management of universities in the Southern part of […]