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LAGOS—THE management of the Federal Government College, Ijanikin in Lagos State has suspended three students of the school indefinitely because their parents dared to petition the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the manner in some funds were managed by the Parents Teacher Association, PTA, of the school. The fourth student escaped the axe […]
Secretary-General of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof Yakubu Ochefu, speaks to TEMITOPE ADETUNJI on the issue of fake professors in the country’s ivory towers How did you receive the report that trended last week about the alleged presence of fake professors in Nigerian universities? The thing is that the report was first […]
Lagos State Government, yesterday, commended the efforts of IA-Foundation in reducing the number of out-of-school children in the state and Nigeria at large. The state’s Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Jamiu Alli-Balogun, gave the commendation when the Board of Trustees, representatives, and members of staff of IA-Foundation paid a courtesy visit to him in […]
The Federal Government has suspended the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the Republic of Benin and Togo. This decision was announced by the Federal Ministry of Education following an undercover investigation conducted by a Nigerian online platform that exposed a degree mill in Cotonou. The investigative report revealed that a journalist obtained a […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied media reports that it had increased the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) fees. JAMB spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Wednesday insisted that the cost of obtaining its UTME application documents remains N3,500. He disclosed that the Board has been resisting pressure from ‘partnering […]
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has hiked the registration fees for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board in series of posts on its X handle said the registration fee for UTME is now N6,200 as against the former which was N4,800. JAMB also increased the fee for those wanting to […]
Universities across the country may witness strikes in 2024 due to the small budget allotted to the education sector and poor remuneration, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has said. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, Prof. Emmanuel Oshodeke, explained that during the campaign and election earlier this year, President Bola Tinubu promised to […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday said candidates for its Direct Entry examination would from 2024 undertake cognitive and verbal reasoning tests. The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, reiterated this during a virtual meeting with Commissioners of Education of the 36 States of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory. A special bulletin published […]
The Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Lagos State, Hon. Tolani Sule, has emphasised the need for collaboration between technology and tertiary institutions. He noted that due to the universal curriculum, there is need for connections which can only take place through the help of technology. Sule said this at the Payaza Fintech Hackathon 2.0, themed ‘Empowering […]
Computers have a negative influence on children’s development, say 40 researchers petitioning to stop digitization in German schools. Computers and tablets are an increasingly important part of education in school classrooms. 46.7% of the world’s primary school classrooms have access to computers, according to UN data, with figures as high as 98% in the EU. […]
