Category: Education

The Federal Government on Thursday said December 2019 remained the deadline to weed out teachers who are not licensed by the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria(TRCN) in public and private schools. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, stated this at the Nigerian Union of Teachers workshop on privatisation and commercialisation of education in the country in Abuja. It was organised in collaboration with Education International and Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Represented by TRCN Registrar, Prof Olusegun Ajiboye, the minister said the federal government was not opposed to private participation in education but it…

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Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo and Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Thursday commissioned the new Senate Building of Lagos State University (LASU), expressing optimism that the ultra-modern edifice would go a long way in enhancing academic activities and positively changing the landscape of the institution. Osinbajo, who delivered the 23rd Convocation Lecture of the university before inaugurating the Senate Building, also said time had come for African countries to invest more in education to lift the people of the continent out of poverty. Speaking on the theme: “Africa…

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of 1,792,719 candidates who sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Similarly, the board had withheld the results of 34,120 for various infractions. JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede broke the news to reporters on Saturday in Abuja, the nation’s Capital. Details Later…. -THE NATION

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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board said that it would release the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results on Saturday. The Board’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the Board will meet and consider the details available to be announced to the general public. “We are releasing our results tomorrow; we are having a meeting today to consider what to put out,” he said. The 2019 UTME was held from April 11 to April 18 with over 1.8 million registered candidates.…

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The results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will be released as soon as reports from the 687 Computer Based Test centres used for the conduct of the examination are reviewed, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has said. The board said the review of reports from these centres will be concluded on Monday or Tuesday. JAMB spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said this in an interview with our reporter on Monday in Abuja. He attributed the delay in releasing the results to fraudulent practices of some candidates who…

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Jare OLUKOTUN The Management of Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, which has been at loggerhead with its staff members for a while now, has denied any involvement in the arrest and subsequent trial of eight of the staff members of the institution contrary to what is being peddled in some quarters and on social media. The affected staff members are currently facing trial for allegedly assaulting JAMB officials last month. Those arrested, who are members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) and Academic Staff…

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THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board yesterday explained why it has not released the results of this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Some of the candidates engaged in massive fraud and impersonation, thus putting their results in doubt, the board said. The Nation newspaper reports that the JAMB’s Head of Information Dr. Fabian Benjamin told reporters in Abuja yesterday that the board has started screening the results of all the candidates who wrote the examination and that it would release it as soon as it the process is concluded.…

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Kunle ADELABU An international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in the United States of America (USA), Distance Relatives, has donated educational materials to the pupils of Aga primary School in Ikorodu. The event, which took place on Sunday, April 14 and Monday, April, 15, 2019, was facilitated by the three-term representative of the Ikorodu Federal Constituency and the Senior Special Assistant to the President Muhammadu Buhari on Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa. Educational items like exercise books, pens , pencils , crayons, school bags and trainers were donated to the pupils. Miss Afolayan…

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