School resumption: Parents lament as fees go up 40%
As primary and secondary schools reopen across the country today parents and guardians are going to contend with paying higher school fees, as most private schools have increased fees by between 30 and 40 per cent, checks by Vanguard have shown.
12-yr-old student not beaten to death ― Dowen College Management
“The preliminary investigation showed that there was no fighting, bullying or any form of attack on the boy.”
Oyo govt suspends female student whose mother invaded school with thugs
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 […]
Students’ unrest: Ogun closes 12 secondary schools
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 […]
UTME: JAMB strips CBT centres of N700 registration fee
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 […]
2000 Nigerians apply for 2022/2023 Commonwealth scholarships
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. […]
