The National Examinations (NEC) Committee of WAEC on Thursday said that it had cancelled results of candidates involved in examination malpractices at the 2014 examinations. Mr Damianus Ojijeogu of the Public Affairs Department in WAEC disclosed this in a statement in Lagos. He said that the decision was taken at the 59th meeting of the committee.

THE Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) in Nigeria have signed Performance Contracts with the Federal Government and the World Bank, marking the last hurdle to be crossed before the release of the first tranche of funds to them. The ceremony, witnessed by the Honourable Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, was held at the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja.

Nsukka: The General Overseer, Highway to Grace Assembly Church, Nsukka, Enugu State, Rev. Chikamadu Eze has threatened to sue the authorities of the Model Primary School 1V in Nsukka, over alleged illegal imposition of N1,300 on the 600 pupils in the school for the construction of toilet facilities.

Stakeholders in the education sector have charged the in-coming president, Major General Mohammadu Buhari, to address the dichotomy between university and polytechnic education in the country, arguing that the present arrangement where university graduates are rated above polytechnic graduates is not healthy. Speaking at the 22nd Matriculation ceremony of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, the Rector, Dr. Jacob Olusoji Agboola, argued that skills acquired in polytechnics are far better than that of varsities.

The British Council has recently awarded four Nigerian lecturers a combined sum of £24,380 or N7, 240,860 naira research grants through the Researchers’ Link programme to undertake various researches that meet the developmental goals of Nigeria. The awardees will be supported by established researchers in the UK with proposed activity selected on the basis of mutual benefit, research quality and potential for sustained interaction.