‘Jamb is Exploiting Us’ – Cybercafé Operators:Cybercafé operators in the country have urged President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly to examine the books of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, with a view to checking its alleged excesses and exploitation.This came as The PUNCH investigations on Monday showed that …
FG Plans to Employ 1000 Teachers in Unity Schools:The federal government plans to employ one thousand teachers to address the shortfall in Mathematics and science teachers in unity schools across the countrySupervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, stated this Monday at a meeting with principals of Federal Unity Colleges in …
Nigerians in Cote d’Ivoire Appeal to Jonathan for Scholarship Awards:Some Nigerians resident in Cote d’Ivoire on Friday in Abidjan appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to extend scholarship awards to Nigerians living abroad.They spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) when they turned out en masse to welcome Jonathan at …
From the information reaching us, we are happy to inform all Nigerians that the ETS is resuming GRE testing in Nigeria.The message below was released on their website: ETS is resuming GRE® testing in Nigeria at a select number of test centers in Abuja, Lagos and Port Harcourt starting January …
Heinemann Publisher Donates Books Worth N5m to Oyo Schools:Wife of the Oyo State Governor, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, has received books worth N5m from Heinemann publisher to complement her ‘Educate a Rural Child’ project, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Thursday.The Senior Special Assistant on Social Welfare in her office, Mrs. Sandra …
Niger State Spends N477.6m on WAEC, NECO, NABTEB:NIGER State Government says it spent over N477.6m on the payment of West African Examinations Council, National Examinations Council and the National Business and Technical Examination Board fees for students in public schools.Commissioner for Education, Danladi Abdulhamid, on Thursday said the state government …
FG Proposes N200k Fine, 5 Years Jail Terms for Exams Fraudsters :THE Federal Government has challenged the newly inaugurated nominees to the board of West African Examination Council (WAEC) to end the menace of examination malpractices and ensure integrity of WAEC certificate.The government also proposed stiffer penalties for those involved …
Okojie Describes Nigerians Poor Reading Habits as Embarrassing:Prof. Julius Okojie, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), has described the poor reading habits of Nigerians as embarrassing.Okojie made the remark on Wednesday in Abuja at the presentation of a book entitled: “The Jonathan/Sambo Presidency in Nigeria; A symbol …
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos chapter, has urged the Federal Government to pay the backlog of the Consolidated Tertiary Institution Salary Structure 15. Chairman of the institution’s chapter of NASU, Mr. Ilesanmi Olatunbosun, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos …
The United Nations Children’s Fund Representative to Nigeria, Ms. Jean Gough, says the organisation will collaborate with State Governments in the North to bring one million girls back to school in seven years. She listed states that would benefit from the seven-year girl-child education initiative as Sokoto, Zamfara, Niger, Kastina …