Parents and candidates of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, set to be stopped from sitting the forthcoming post-UTME, University of Lagos, by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, are dragging the board to the court today (Friday). They will be praying the court to stop further sale of post-UTME form in public universities. Hundreds of UTME […]
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ormer Super Eagles’ Coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, who on Wednesday described schools sports as the path to lasting sports’ culture for the nation, has thanked Ibadan-based Lead City University for its efforts in supporting Nigerian sportsmen and women. The FIFA/CAF advisor, who was on facilities tour to the privately owned varsity yesterday, expressed satisfaction on the
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Aggrieved members of the Non-Accademic Staff Union, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have suspended a strike they embarked upon about three weeks ago. The strike was to protest the alleged non-payment of their 64-month hazard allowance. It was gathered that the workers suspended their strike after a meeting on Wednesday with the school management and the
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Following the rancour at the University of Lagos for the past days over admission scores, the spokesperson of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Fabian Benjamin, has said universities are allowed to go above the National admission examination cut off mark. JAMB had announced 180 as the cut off score for admission into degree programmes
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Historically, Nigerian students have staged major interventions and played critical roles in some of the important struggles that have one way or the other shaped the destiny of this Nation. In the colonial era for example, Nigerian students as members and co-leaders of the West African Students Union (WASU), lined up behind the nationalists to
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Founder of Doregos Private Academy, Lagos, Mrs. Clementina Abeke Doregos, has urged the Federal Government to allocate more funds to the nation’s education sector as obtained in developed countries. Insufficient funding according to her is a major factor retarding the development of the sector, which she described as the most important of all sectors. Speaking
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Every where you find a couple of young people who have excelled because of their character, and have become change agents and leaders who are able to change their nations. A person who has character but lacks competence will not be effective. An individual who has competence but lacks character will ruin his/her family, organisation,
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Governments at all levels have been urged to spare no efforts in the training and retraining of teachers. This is because, doing so has the capacity to improve learning outcomes in particular and bolster education in the country generally. Proprietress of Dansol High School, Lagos, Mrs. Adun Akinyemiju, while speaking at the 2015 graduation ceremony
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Teachers who benefitted from the 2014/2015 “Teacher4Change” training programme of the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited, have commended the authorities of the company for initiating the project. The one-year project, which was concluded recently, ended with certificate presentation to all the participants in their respective school of training. Speaking at the certificate presentation ceremony held
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The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Professional Managers Association of United Kingdom (IPMA-UK). The IPMA is a UK-based international examining, licensing and regulatory membership qualifying body that provides management and management-related students and workers with the unique opportunity to participate and to be part
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THE Federal Government has been urged to reconsider its decision to make first degree, the minimum teaching qualification for secondary schools in the country. It has also been enjoined to have a rethink on the phasing out of teacher training colleges across the country. Proprietor of Tom Caleb Schools, Ilupeju, Lagos, Mr. Michael Maugbe, who
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STUDENTS of Pacelli School for the Blind and Partially Sighted Children, Lagos, recorded 98 per cent success in the 2015 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE), organised by the National Examination Council (NECO). Principal of the school, Rev. Sr. Jane Onyeneri, who made the disclosure at the 2015 graduation ceremony/exhibition of creative art, held at the
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The University of Abuja has signed an agreement with a British company for the production of degree certificates with security features on them in its bid to tackle the forgery of the school’s documents. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Michael Adikwu, disclosed this at a forum of the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. Mr.
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This is an articulate viewpoint written by Ms Osuji from Abuja, and first published in Punch. We thought to share it with you, our esteem readers. No alteration whatsoever from the original article. In April 2000, education stakeholders from across the world gathered at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal and adopted the Dakar
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he Lagos State Government on Thursday urged residents to disregard a fake advertisement on the internet about admission into the state School of Nursing. Dr Modele Osunkiyesi, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, said this in a signed disclaimer. “The attention of the Ministry of Health has been drawn to the activities of some unscrupulous
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The National Universities Commission, NUC, on Thursday called on Nigerians to stop patronising online universities and other degree awarding institutions operating online. Speaking at a press conference, the NUC’s Public Relations officer, Ibrahim Yakasai, said that degrees obtained online are not accepted in the country. “Nigeria will not recognize online degrees. Online degrees are not
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Against the backdrop of controversy trailing move by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to post students rejected by some universities to other schools, on the account of increased cut-off mark, the apex examination body has stated affected candidates should check its website on Friday, August 5, 2015 to know the schools they are
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has barred pregnant women, nursing mothers and students engaged in postgraduate studies from enlisting in the national service across the country, until they are free to participate effectively. Rising from a two-day pre-mobilisation workshop for the 2015 Batch “B” NYSC programme, held in Kaduna, Director-General of the NYSC, Brig-Gen.
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Two senior academics, and elder statesmen, namely, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and Poet laureate, Niyi Osundare, returned the deplorable state of Nigerian education to the front burner of national conversation last week. Prof. Osinbajo, at the inauguration of Sir Adetokunbo Ademola Dining Hall of the Nigeria Law School, lamented the decline in the quality of legal
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The University of Nigeria, Nsukka will play host to African scientists in October at the Sixth Conference of Vice-Chancellors and Deans of Science, Engineering and Technology (COVIDSET), an official has announced. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba, told a news conference in Enugu on Thursday that up to 350 scientists were being expected
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