Category: Education

Students in front of JAMB office There is growing agitation among stakeholders in the education sector over the twin issues of UTME fees and the validity of UTME results, Iyabo Lawal reports. Following a recent declaration by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that it remitted about N50 billion to government coffers in the […]

Prof. Abubakar Rasheed hands over to Mr Chris Maiyaki The outgone Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, has formally handed over to the most senior officer in the commission, Mr. Chris Maiyaki. At the handover ceremony in Abuja on Friday, Rasheed said he had secured the necessary approval from President […]

Pupils of Local Government Primary School, Ikeja GRA pose in their new uniforms shoes, and socks WARDC is calling on Government to beef up security around schools. Asks govt to implement safe school declaration Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center (WARDC) has lamented that schools and learning facilities across the country still suffer from pervasive […]

The Federal Government says it is working out modalities to begin students loan between September and October 2023. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, David Adejo, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday while addressing newsmen on the bill signed by President Bola Tinubu. President Tinubu on Monday signed into law the Student Loan Bill […]

• Legislation fulfillment of campaign promises, says Alake President Bola Tinubu has signed the Students Loan Bill into law, in fulfillment of one of his promises to liberalise funding of education in the country. This was disclosed to newsmen, yesterday evening, by the President’s media team, led by Dele Alake, who is also a member […]

In fulfillment of one of his campaign promises, President Bola Tinubu has signed the Student Loan Bill into law. ⁣⁣ ⁣ This was disclosed to State House Correspondents on Monday evening by a spokesman of the Federal Government, Dele Alake. He said the funds will be domiciled in the Ministry of Education and will only […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in collaboration with tertiary institutions, would on June 24, fix the cut–off marks for admissions into tertiary institutions. The cut–off marks would be adopted at the 2023 policy meeting on admission into tertiary institutions. Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB, Fabian Benjamin disclosed this in the weekly […]

The Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara state on Friday matriculated 11,450 Students for the 2022/2023 academic session. The matriculating students, according to the Rector of the institution, Dr. Kadiri Kamoru were admitted for National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) full-time and part-time courses in the Polytechnic. Speaking at the event, the Rector admonished the […]