Category: Education

University Tuition Fee These are hard times for students and parents, as they are now to pay more for their education following an increase in fees by the nation’s federal and state universities. Many institutions have increased their fees by 100 to 200 percent, which may force some indigent students out of school. Already, most […]

Give offender second chance, NAPTAN chief urges JAMB A clinical psychologist at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Dr. Fisayo Adebimpe, has said the 19-year-old student who forged her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result, Mmesoma Ejikeme, suffered from “inbuilt superiority complex” and “conduct disorder tendency”. She said a personality assessment […]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday asked universities to suspend the implementation of the recent increase in fees, which it said is capable of causing students to drop out of school. It also asked the Federal Ministry of Education to immediately review the new fees regime in Federal Government Colleges and revert to the old […]

Mr. Romanus Ejikeme, the father of Mmesoma who was said to have forged her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, result, has pleaded with JAMB and Nigerians at large to forgive her. He said that his daughter did not confess her “crime” to him on time. Romanus also Speaking in an interview with the Nigeria Television […]

The management of Innoson Automobile Company has revoked the N3 million scholarship given to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme due to her involvement in faking her Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) results. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday in Onitsha and signed by Mr. Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications […]

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Saturday says it has been vindicated by the report of the Commission of Inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government, to look into the alleged forgery of UTME result by Mmesoma. JAMB said the report of the committee has further reinforced the position of the board that […]

The committee of inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government to look into the examination fraud involving Mmesoma Ejikeme has confirmed that she manipulated her Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result, giving herself a score of 362 as against an actual score of 249. In its eight-page report, the committee said that the student of […]

Pupils in an examination hall The ban recently announced by the Federal Government on underage children from participating in the National Common Entrance Examination conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO) for admission into unity colleges nationwide is reasonably well-intended. It is important to protect children from the psychological damage that may ensue when they […]