Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Inaugurates Management Committee into Smart School Oyo State government has declared as untrue news by a blog about purported recruitment into the State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB. The board’s Ag. Executive Secretary, Mrs. Olaide Ladipo made the clarification in a statement signed on Thursday in Ibadan, the State’s capital. […]
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The National Examinations Council, on Tuesday, released the results of the 2023 Internal Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with a record of 61.60 percent of candidates scoring five credits and above, including English and Mathematics. However, the examination council disclosed that 93 schools were found to be involved in whole-school (mass) cheating while 52 supervisors […]
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Wife of Ekiti Governor, Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji The wife of Ekiti State governor, Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji, has commenced a community service at Ekiti State University (EKSU), where she offered to teach students of Education Management for free as a way of contributing to development. She started community service at the school yesterday in Ado-Ekiti and […]
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The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) 58 days after the final paper was written on August 11. The NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announcing the result at a news conference in Minna, Niger, on Tuesday said the 2023 SSCE was the best in recent years. Wushishi, who […]
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About 1,533 second-year students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso will resume at the Iseyin Campus, by the end of this month, October 2023. A statement on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said that this is in fulfillment of the promise made by Governor Seyi Makinde during […]
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A former Managing Director of Daily Times Newspapers, Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi, has said that Nigeria’s educational system is in bad shape and needs urgent attention. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Monday, he urged governments at all levels to intervene, as a matter of urgency, to save the […]
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The Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has said that Nigerian scholars `especially from the intellectual community’ were not nominated for the 2023 Nobel Prize because of poor research funding. The Secretary-General of the committee, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, was reacting to the recent announcement of the 2023 Nobel Prize winners. He spoke at a […]
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Vice President Kashim Shettima (left); Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman; recipient, Overall Best Teacher, Public School, Adeyemi Omolade Elizabeth and President of Nigeria Union of Teachers, Titus Amba during the 2023 World Teachers’ Day celebration at the Eagle’s Square, Abuja…yesterday. Photo: Philip Ojisua • Abiodun employs 3,000, presents houses, cash to teachers, schools • […]
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Public universities may be in for tough times as lecturers continue to leave the system in droves for greener pastures abroad, thereby putting the future of Nigeria’s tertiary education in jeopardy. The looming crisis, if not checked, would not only lead to an acute shortage of teaching staff but also affect the quality of teaching […]
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Aggrieved students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, on Tuesday, besieged the entrance gates of the institution and shut the school over the refusal of the management to reduce the recent hike in tuition fees. The protesting students expressed their determination to continue protesting until the school authorities revert to their previous fees, stating […]
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