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 […]