Education
TETFund, ICDL partner on tech skills for tertiary institutions
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and a multinational ICT firm, International Computer Driving License (ICDL) are combining efforts to offer computer and digital skills to public tertiary institutions.
The partnership, which is an initiative of ICDL, is aimed at br [...]
JAMB releases 15,490 withheld results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released additional 15,490 results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME earlier withheld over alleged infractions.
The board, in a statement by its head of media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said it released the results on [...]
30,000 candidates sit for teacher qualifying exams
No fewer than 30,000 candidates across the country have sat for the May 2019 edition of Teachers Professional Qualifying Examinations organized by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN.
Registrar of TRCN, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, who disclosed this, by January 2020, government will beg [...]
FG exempts disabled, foreign candidates from post-UTME
The Federal Government has directed the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and all tertiary institutions to exempt candidates with special needs from any other test apart from routine scrutiny of their credentials.
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Arc. Sonny Echo [...]
Secondary education commission yet to take off
The approval by President Muhammadu Buhari for the establishment of a Secondary Education Commission to supervise secondary schools in the country is yet to be implemented.
Former Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Prof Anthony Anwukah, had announced the approval of the supervisor [...]
Varsity warns candidates of fake admission cut-off points
Candidates seeking admission into the Federal University, Dutse in Jigawa state, have been asked to ignore the fake cut-off points for the 2019/2010 admission in circulating on some online platforms.
Registrar of the University, Malam Bukar Usman, who stated this in a statement, informed the ge [...]
EFCC arraigns varsity lecturer for ‘misappropriating’ N19mn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arraigned one Moses Peter Adoga before Justice Simon O. Aboki of the Nassarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia, on breach of trust.
The EFCC Makurdi Zonal Office disclosed this in a press statement signed by its Head of Public Aff [...]
Nigeria to adopt open schooling
The Nigerian Government is not sparing efforts to address the challenge of out-of-school children as it has commenced plans to integrate Open Schooling into the nation’s school system.
Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, said government [...]
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