…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 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…]
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…]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Monday, in Lagos, released the results of this year’s May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). A total of 1,613,733 candidates sat the examination, out of which 1,287,920 (representing 79.81%) obtained credits and above in at least five mandatory subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, which is … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards prepared by the National Universities Commission. The union said it was nightmarish, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities. A statement signed by the national president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel … [Read more…]
Admission is ongoing at MADUKA UNIVERSITY for 2023/2024 academic Session, scheduled to resume in September 2023. You can visit our website, https://admissions.madukauniversity.edu.ng to apply or download the Admission Form or send request to our email. Only canditates who scored above 140 in UTME, or have applied for JUPEB for the 2023/2024 Academic Session are eligible … [Read more…]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 140 and above as cut-off mark for the 2022/23 admissions into universities across the country. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a presentation at the 2023 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions and Awards, on Saturday in Abuja. Oloyede also said 100 had … [Read more…]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that a female candidate, Nkechinyere Umeh came top in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) with a cumulative mark of 360. The board Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday at the 2023 policy meeting for tertiary institutions. Oloyede, while making presentation … [Read more…]
…Carries out research on reading statistics in Enugu By Onyema Okoani (Author) 90% of primary six pupils in public primary schools in Enugu State cannot read for meaning. If you are in doubt of this statistics, a visit to the famous Ekulu Primary School, GRA Enugu will be an eye opener to the decadence. A … [Read more…]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rewarded the overall best student of the Lagos State University (LASU) Aminat Yusuf with N10 million. The governor made this announcement at the university’s 26th Convocation and 40th Anniversary in Lagos on Thursday. Yusuf, from the Department of Law, graduated with cumulative grade point average of 5.0 in the … [Read more…]