Education: Tinubu okays N683bn intervention funds for public tertiary institutions

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the sum of N683,429,268 billion as the 2024 Intervention Funds for public tertiary education institutions in the country. This year’s intervention witnessed a boost as compared to last year where over N320 billion was disbursed. This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Sonny … [Read more…]

Gov Mbah’s education policy to contribute to 4th industrial revolution – Enugu SSG

Peter Mbah

The Secretary to the Enugu State Government (SSG), Prof Chidiebere Onyia, has disclosed that the education policy of the present administration is geared towards contributing to the bio-digital-technology that would drive the fourth industrial revolution across the globe through the introduction of innovative technologies in education, particularly in the state’s basic education system. The SSG, … [Read more…]

JAMB Shoots Up UTME Fees For 2024

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced an adjustment in the registration fees for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for the year 2024. According to an official statement by JAMB, the revised registration fees for UTME are now N7,700, inclusive of a mock examination, and N6,200 for UTME registration without the mock … [Read more…]

61% Of Candidates Pass As NECO Releases 2023 Results

The National Examination Council has released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) internal results. In a press briefing in Minnaon Tuesday, NECO’s Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, said the result summary shows that 61.6 percent scored five credits, including English and Mathematics. The number of candidates who registered for the exam was 1,205,888, and the … [Read more…]

Education to rank high in budget allocation as Mbah sets to rehabilitate Nigerian Law School

Peter Mbah

The Enugu State governor, Dr. Peter Mbah, has said his administration would earmark high allocation to the education sector in the state even as he assured support for the Nigerian Law School in the areas of new infrastructure and rehabilitation of the existing dilapidated structures in the school. Governor Mbah gave the assurances, Monday, when … [Read more…]

World Teachers’ Day: Three Oyo Teachers Rewarded by Federal Government

…Oyo Making Teaching Profession Attractive- TESCOM Chair Three teachers from Oyo state, won awards in various categories of the 2023 Presidential Teachers and School Excellence Award at the Eagle’s square, Abuja, according to a statement sent to Pacesetter. This was announced by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Abdulwaheed Adelabu, during the … [Read more…]

Kano Gov slashes tuition by 50% for indigenes in state-owned tertiary institutions

Kano State Government has slashed tuition fees for the state-owned tertiary institutions by 50 per cent. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Ibrahim Kofar Mata who made this known in a statement said the resolve is to alleviate the compounding financial hardships for the good people of the state thereby slashing the registration fees … [Read more…]

NBTE launches online programmes for HND conversion to BSc in one year

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 statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by its Head of Media Unit, … [Read more…]

Federal Universities Are Still Tuition Free – Presidency

The Presidency says federal universities in the country remain tuition-free. Presidential spokesman, Dele Alake, in a statement on Wednesday, said some universities only recently announced “discretionary charges” for hostel accommodation, registration, laboratory, amongst others. “They are not tuition fees,” he emphasised. “For avoidance of doubts, federal universities in Nigeria remain tuition-free.” Last week, some tertiary … [Read more…]

Benue NUT threaten strike over mass demotion, arrears of allowances 

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Benue State has threatened to downsize if the government fails to restore promotions and all the arrears of consolidated enhanced allowances removed from their May and June 2023 salaries among other demands. State Chairman of NUT, Comrade Levi Terna Akuma, in a telephone conversation with journalists in Makurdi … [Read more…]