The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has introduced a mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for candidates below the age of 16.
The Federal Government has set a 2027 target for transitioning its examination system to 100 per cent computer-based testing, CBT.
The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has disclosed its commitment to assist extra-year students struggling with their studies by considering a waiver for them.
The group under the aegis, Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities ,JONAPWD, Osun State Chapter, in a statement from its Chairman, Stephen Oluwafemi, also sought the quick implementation of the disability law passed in the state. According to the statement, the group urged the government to take immediate action to implement the provisions of […]
These were the resolutions made at the end of a closed-door meeting held between ASUU’s leadership and the representatives of the Federal Ministry of Education headed by Tahir Mamman. Following resolutions reached at the union’s national executive council meeting held at the University of Ibadan on August 19, 2024, public university lecturers threatened to go […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board noted that 21 candidates with fake IJMB results were recommended for 2023 admissions by various institutions. JAMB, in a policy document obtained by our correspondent in Abuja, noted that 12 out of the 21 candidates were recommended by the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. Five institutions were involved in the […]
The acting Director of Press and Public Relations, NYSC, Caroline Lembu, who spoke to reporters, explained that a certificate of industrial training is one of the requirements for polytechnic graduates to participate in the one-year national youth service. The NYSC had recently introduced a new policy, requiring graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics to present an […]
The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, announced in a television programme that the Federal Government had instituted a new age policy for secondary school leaving examinations, setting the minimum age at 18. This means underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the Senior School […]
Public university lecturers, following resolutions reached at the union’s National Executive Council meeting held at the University of Ibadan on August 19, 2024, threatened to go on a nationwide strike over the Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 renegotiated agreement. ASUU’s demands include improvements in varsity workers’ welfare, university funding, and halting the proliferation […]
The minister who stated this in a Television programme said the Federal Government has instructed the West African Examinations Council ,WAEC, which administers the West African Senior School Certificate Examination ,WASSCE, and the National Examinations Council ,NECO, which organises the Senior School Certificate Examination ,SSCE, to comply with the directive on 18 years age limit […]