A Senior lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, Professor Aderemi Bidmos, has attributed the nation’s under-development to the misuse of intellect by Nigerians.

After June 1, the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2013 would have been over with 1.7million students left alone to jostle for the 520,000 admission spaces in tertiary institutions in Nigeria.

Tosin Taiwo may look like your normal 23-year-old graduate. Dressed in Tee shirts and slacks, he can blend into any crowd. However, after graduating from Bowen University in 2011, Tosin chose a path that not many Nigerian graduates would; he started his own business.

Jambites who want to upgrade their UTME results to 250 and above should endeavour to read through this article to get help before it’s too late. This tutorial will guide them on how to enhance their JAMB result successfully.

The Governor of Osun State, Mr Rauf Aregbesola has vowed to revamp the almost collapsed education sector he inherited from his predecessor few years ago as he launches the distribution of customized computer tablets tagged, Opon-Imo (Tablet of Knowledge) to students of S.S.1 to S.S.3 in public secondary schools in the state.

The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Professor Adebiyi Daramola, has described regular professional validation for academic programmes in universities as critical for maintaining standard and keeping in touch with developments in relevant fields.

The Federal Ministry of Education kick-started the process of cooperation with the Czech Government on the development of the nation’s technical and vocational education during the Minister of State for Education, Barr. Ezenwo Nyesom Wike’s meeting with officials of the Vitkovice Secondary School, Czech’s largest vocational institution in Czech Republic recently.

Plateau State Government has joined the Federal Government to raise the standard of teachers in the country by way of improving the human capacity of its teachers.

Bauchi—Mr Nyeson Wike, the Minister of State for Education, has said that the Federal Government has released N1 billion as part of efforts to boost Adults and Non-Formal Education in the country.

The Niger Delta Students Union Government (NIDSUG) under Tombara Michael Yalah national presidency, has organised a two-day national conference on “Setting Education as a Priority for the development of the Region”.