The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it has not been informed of any pay rise given to lecturers in federal institutions by the federal government. The National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in an interview with our correspondent on Friday.He was reacting to ...

Following the controversies which have trailed the announcement of an increase in school fees, the authorities of the University of Jos on Thursday approved instalmental payment and a further reduction, The PUNCH reports.UNIJOS announced that two per cent of the amount payable by all students ...

Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State has granted amnesty to four repentant cultists.The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr Salisu Umar, made this known on Wednesday while addressing the repentant cult members.Umar urged the students of the institution to renounce their membership in cults.The News ...

By Francis Ugwu The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board’s Equal Opportunity Group has rescheduled its first national conference on “Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education in Nigeria.’’ The conference, earlier scheduled to hold September 26 and 27, has been rescheduled for Sept. 25 ...

Students of Obafemi-Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, are considering taking action to shut down activities at the institution. This decision follows the announcement by the university's management of a 300 percent increase in tuition fees.According to Abiodun Olarewaju, ...

Ekiti State Government has employed 500 successful candidates following the recruitment process to fill vacant positions in public secondary schools in the state.The Permanent Secretary, Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission, Mr Mike Omolayo, said the employment letters of the successful ...

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has come down hard on some proprietors of private schools, saying they contribute to the poor standard of education by employing quacks as teachers. It accused the private school owners of allegedly promoting quackery to maximise profit. The council’s ...

By Francis Ezediuno Osun State Government has ordered the closure of The Osun State Polytechnic, Iree Campus, for two weeks. The directive for the closure is coming following the return of suspended Rector, Tajudeen Odetayo. The order for closure was issued by the state government in a statement ...

Suspended Dean of Law Faculty, University of Calabar, UNICAL, Prof Cyril Ndifon has filed a lawsuit against the Institutions Vice Chancellor Prof. Florence Obi for character defamation. In Suit No: NICN/CA/ 42/ 2023 between Prof. Cyril Ndifon (claimant), the Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, ...

There are indications that many parents whose children were in private schools in the just-concluded 2022/2023 academic session have withdrawn their wards to public schools, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. This is coming on the heels of the resumption of the 2023/2024 academic session billed to begin ...

The Kano State government has reduced the registration fees of government-owned tertiary institutions by 50 per cent for indigenes. It should be recalled that the state Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Kofar Mata, made the disclosure on Monday while briefing newsmen. According to the ...

The Lagos State Government has directed all basic schools, including nursery, primary and secondary schools, in the state to resume for the 2023/2024 academic session on Monday, September 4, 2023. Speaking during a press briefing in Alausa on Monday, the Director General, Office of Education ...

By Godfrey George Some students and ex-students of the University of Lagos under the aegis of the Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike, have said they would protest the recent increment in the fees of students by the management of the university on Tuesday, September 5. In a statement by ...

The National Universities Commission says the implementation of the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards will begin by September 2023.The CCMAS document is expected to guide institutions in the design of curricula for their programmes while bringing necessary innovation into the content ...

By Maina Maina The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has resumed orientation services in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, 12 years after the camp was shut down due to the Boko Haram insurgency. The NYSC Orientation camp, located along Kano Road, was shut down in 2012 during the height of the ...

A saying popularised by Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu also known as Burna Boy, "No evidence, you go explain tire", has appeared in an examination question from the University of Uyo in Akwa Ibom State.The saying appeared in question five of the exam written by 400-level students of the ...

By Abdulrazaq Adebayo A university don and computer expert, Professor Rasheed Gbenga Jimoh, has tasked the federal government to support the use of biometric technology in public places to check cybercrime activities in the country. Professor Rasheed, also recommended the use of fingerprint ...

it’s over a month since the Federal Government-owned institutions increased the fees payable by students beginning from the current session and the follow-up denial by the government that the schools are still tuition-free and parents and students are still waiting for a reversal of the fee hike. ...

By Williams Anuku The crisis in the forex market, where the exchange rate between the Dollar to the Naira has remained unstable, is taking a toll in the tertiary education system, a development that may see the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) suspending its foreign scholarship programmes ...

The University of Ibadan, Oyo State, has directed its staff to work for three days a week. This was made known in a statement released by the institution in a special release with the number 4642, dated August 14, 2023, and signed by G.O. Saliu, Registrar and Secretary to Council. It stated that ...

By Adekunle Sulaimon The National Board for Technical Education has unveiled an online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma holders to convert their certification to Bachelor’s Degree through online top-up for one year, with foreign accredited universities. The board disclosed this in a ...

By Seun Opejobi The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu-Abbas, has disclosed that the institution has introduced a job scheme for students. Adamu-Abbas said the university engaged students to render some services to the institution, and they were paying N15,000 ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has announced the date for its third online conference for registered teachers in Nigeria. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of TRCN, Professor Josiah Ajiboye, who made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, ...

The Lagos State Government has endorsed SuccessTAB digital learning device as a recommended learning device for all schools and students across the state.The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Abayomi Abolaji, in a statement, said the rich educational content and advanced ...

Dean Thomas-Welch Students from Nigeria studying at Swansea University claim they have been thrown off their courses, threatened with security and told to return home after their tuition fees were paid "hours late". Three students approached ITV News Wales to say they have been left with the ...

By Nsikak Nseyen The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has released results for the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The examination body released the result on Monday. Patrick Areghan, Head of Nigeria’s Office (HNO) of WAEC, said out of a total of ...

Candidates from eight states owing the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, for various services rendered will not get their 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, results.WAEC revealed this to journalists on Monday at the Press Briefing Hall, WAEC National Office, ...

No fewer than 79 schools in the Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State have only one teacher each, teaching all subjects.The Director, School Services, Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board, Korijo Umar, disclosed this while answering questions from journalists during a media chat ...

Nigerian students who were evacuated from war-torn Sudan have lamented the tedious processes of getting admitted into Nigerian universities. Recall that a total of 2,518 stranded Nigerians were evacuated from Sudan in May 2023. On June 7, 2023, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ...

Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has retained the first position for the sixth time in the biannual Webometrics ranking among Polytechnics in the country released in July 2023.This is contained in a statement on Saturday,  signed by Mr Joe Ejiofor, Deputy Registrar, YABATECH, Lagos. ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students has said it will storm tertiary institutions that proceed to implement fee hikes across their campuses. NANS executives while addressing a press conference at the International Press Centre, Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, warned that university management ...

The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, at the weekend announced measures that are to ease difficulties students may be experiencing paying the new fees recently introduced by the institution. In a statement on the official social handles of the institution, the school said it took the ...

By Ishola Oludare A gang of 10 secondary school students in Ogun State reportedly attacked one of their teachers, who prevented them from cheating during the last third term examination. The students of Isanbi Comprehensive High School, Ilisan-Remo, in Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun, had ...

The Federal Ministry of Education has issued a directive to increase the school fees for new students enrolling in Federal Government Colleges, commonly known as Federal Unity Colleges, to ₦100,000.The directive, contained in a circular with reference number ADF/120/DSSE/I, dated 25th May 2023, ...

By Ifreke InyangThe management of the University of Lagos on Friday, confirmed an increment in the tuition fees of its undergraduate students. It explained that the hike has become necessary, because of the prevailing economic realities in Nigeria. This was contained in a statement signed ...

The management of the University of Lagos UNILAG, Akoka, Lagos,  has increased fees payable by undergraduate students of the university.Previously students of the institution paid N19,000, but the management has fixed  new fees at N190,250 for students studying medicine, while  for courses that ...

By Priscilla Dennis The principal of Government Day Secondary School, Saminaka, Lapai, in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, Malam Ndatsu Yahaya, has been demoted to the position of a class teacher over the alleged embezzlement of monies for West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and ...

By Chika Onyesi The Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE Professor Idris Bugaje, has challenged Polytechnic lecturers recently trained in research and innovation for impact to work as a team and share knowledge gained with others in their various institutions. ...

The Executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sonny Echono, says over 137 students sponsored abroad by the fund absconded.Echono spoke on Tuesday when he appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee investigating the alleged mismanagement of N2.3tn tertiary ...

By Francis UgwuThe Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, the umbrella body of lecturers in the nation’s Colleges of Education, has directed its members nationwide to go to work two days weekly until the Federal Government yields to its demand of a 200 per cent increase in salary. ...

By Levinus NwabughioguExecutive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFUND, Mr Sonny Echono, yesterday dropped hint of planned suspension of foreign scholarships for two years due to high exchange rate.He said consultations were ongoing on the issue, adding that the Fund was ...

No fewer than 21 states have failed to implement the 65-year retirement age for teachers.Former President Muhammadu Buhari, during the 2020 World Teachers Day, promised that teachers in Nigeria would enjoy a new retirement age.The Federal Executive Council had in January 2021 approved the ...

The Federal Government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, will release the sum of N174m to 28 tertiary institutions for the purchase of furniture, books and ICT equipment.In a document prepared by the Education Support Services of TETFund, which was obtained by our correspondent on ...

The Chief Executive Officer and President of Erisco Foods Limited, Dr Eric Umeofia, has announced a cash gift of N2.5m to the best candidate in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Kamsiyochukwu Umeh. Umeh, a student of the Deeper Life High School, Mowe, Ogun State, emerged as the best ...

An education expert with the Lagos State Ministry of Education, Marta Jesulake, has called on public and private schools to adopt hybrid learning as an alternative learning method for students to improve their learning outcomes.According to a statement on Friday, Jesulake made the call during ...

The primary aim of education goes beyond literacy. Education aims to provide individuals with knowledge, skills and values; necessary to lead productive, fulfilling lives and contribute positively to the society. Therefore the need for education cannot be overemphasized. It is imperative that ...

By Francis Ugwu Innoson Vehicles has withdrawn the scholarship the company awarded Joy Mmesoma Ejikeme following her acknowledgment of forging JAMB UTME score. The company said it made the difficult decision to withdraw the scholarship awarded to Mmesoma, noting it was based on testament to its ...

By Francis Ugwu The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has issued an official statement following the acknowledgment by Ejikeme Mmesoma that she forged her contested UTME result. The exam body said the report of the Commission of Inquiry set up by the Anambra State Government to look ...

Globally, success or failure in the examination is the criterion for future prospects. Too much emphasis is placed on paper qualifications without any thought of the ability of the individual to put into practice the knowledge he claimed to have acquired.In this respect, certificates are seen ...

Amidst the controversies caused by the allegations of result forgery levied against an Anambra student, Ejikeme Mmesoma by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Nigerians on social media have discovered an application that can be used to “upgrade” UTME scores. The application named ...