Category: Education

Ogun State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has promised to join the national leadership of the Union in shutting down the country, if the federal government failed to resolve all issues surrounding the on-going strike actions embarked on by various unions in the nation’s public universities. Members of the NLC in the state […]

The Senate on Tuesday passed the National Senior Secondary Education Commission Bill, 2022. The bill’s passage was sequel to the consideration of a report by the Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary). Senator Akon Eyakenyi (PDP – Akwa-Ibom South), in a presentation on behalf of the Committee’s Chairman, Senator Ibrahim Gaidam (APC – Yobe East), […]

Nigerians spent $378.77 million on foreign education between January and May 2022, The PUNCH reports. The figure is contained in data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria, calculated based on the data provided on the amount spent on educational service under the sectoral utilisation for transactions valid for foreign exchange. In January 2022, the […]

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday 6th August 2022, for its mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates who could not participate in the examinations during the period of the exercise for some verified reasons. Information contained in JAMB weekly bulletin indicated that the decision was a result of JAMB’s determination […]

About 367,499 candidates applied for the 43,717 slots available in Medicine Departments in Nigerian universities for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. According to data obtained from JAMB, the highest percentage of candidates for the examination chose Medicine as their first choice for course of study in […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, will today meet with leaders of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and others to put finishing touches to the planned solidarity rally the congress is organising in support of the ongoing strike by the university lecturers. It was gathered, yesterday, that the meeting is to agree on the format […]

Council of Students Union Presidents has said that its members will be storming the Federal Capital Territory for a peaceful protest if the ongoing Strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities is not called off. The organisation, which comprises all Students Union Presidents across Federal Universities in Nigeria, had in a letter to the […]

Announces 2022 UTME high flyers, minister stresses quality education Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), yesterday, said it will no longer consider National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB) A’ level results for direct entry into tertiary institutions. The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said: “ The honourable Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has approved that […]

The federal government has released the list of admissions into the 110 Unity Colleges across the country, including the Gifted Academy in Suleja, Niger State. A press statement signed by the director of press, Federal Ministry of Education, Benjamin Bem Goong, said parents of pupils who applied for admission into any of the colleges should […]