Rep. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe (APC-Oluyole) has proposed a three-year validity period for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results in the country. This is contained in a statement issued by her Media Aide, Olamilekan Olusada, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akande-Sadipe is the Chairman, House […]

The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU Ile-Ife, Osun State, has announced the appointment of Professor Adebayo Simeon Banire as its new substantive new Vice Chancellor.

By Levinus Nwabughiogu The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to interface with other relevant government agencies to grant automatic employment to first-class graduates from Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. The resolution came on the heels of a motion sponsored by Chinedu Martins, considered at yesterday’s plenary. Presenting the motion, Martin said the tertiary […]

By Chioma Onuegbu & Harris Emanuel, Uyo The leadership of  the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Akwa Ibom State wing has ordered its members in public primary and secondary schools to down tools over failure of the state government to address their demands. Meanwhile, indications have emerged that Governor Udom Emmanuel will today meet with the […]

By Adesina Wahab The World Bank has said that  boys and men are underachieving educationally in some African and Middle East countries as the world gradually recovers from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report titled: What about the boys? Addressing underachievement of boys and men during and beyond the COVID pandemic, the […]