Education

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has disclosed that the Federal Government is committed to grassroots development of education in Oyo state. This was made known by the UBEC representative Mrs. Sherifat Lawal while speaking at the handing over of the newly constructed model smart school, Sogunro, Akinyele, Ibadan to the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB. Mrs Lawal Read More

 Imuwahen Ajoonu, Director General of the John Odigie-Oyegun Public Service Academy (JOOPSA), said the institute aim is to driving public service transformation, aimed at becoming the premier learning destination for public sector in Nigeria. Ajoonu said the public service academy, which symbolizes the commitment to equipping and empowering the men and women who dedicate their lives to serving Nigeria, was Read More

As parents are struggling to raise money to pay the recently hiked fees in Unity Schools, the nation may be in another shocker over the recent redeployment of school principals now causing tremors in the system. But some of the parents and principals of the Unity schols believe that the appointment of the Minister of State for Education Dr. Yusuf T Sununu Read More

The Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Professor Sagir Adamu-Abbas, has disclosed that the University has redesigned its 30 per cent of the new Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) for Nigerian universities to boost skill acquisition of students and employability of graduates. He also said that the university was forced to increase tuition fees due to the huge Read More

Oloruntola Mutiu Oluwaseyi, a student of Taidob College, Asero in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital with examination number 4281613070 has recorded nine A1s in all his subjects at the 2023 West African Examination Council (WAEC). Speaking with Blueprint, the Director of the school, Obawunmi Jiboku, confirmed the result when our correspondent contacted him via telephone. The students, an indigene of Abeokuta Read More

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said over two million students and staff of higher education institutions in the country will soon have massive access to online  academic resources through the deployment of Blackboard learning platform. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Mr Sonny Echono, made this known at the flag-off of a three-day workshop on “The Implementation of the Enhanced Blackboard Read More

A renowned academic, Dr. Kabir Kabo Usman, has been appointed the Pro-Chancellor of one of the 37 newly approved private universities, Prime University Abuja. Usman is also the Director-General of the International Centre for Islamic Culture and Education (ICICE), the custodian of Al-Noor Mosque, Abuja A statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the Advisor on Media and Strategy to Usman, Read More

The National Universities Commission (NUC) said it is ready to boost programmes aimed at improving entrepreneurial skills of  graduates of Nigerian universities. Acting Executive Secretary of NUC, Dr Chris Maiyaki, stated this in Abuja Monday at the 2023 International Summer School and Conference of the African Centre for Career Enhancement and Skills Support (ACCESS). Maiyaki said the Commission was saddled Read More

  Tahir Rayyan Salim, Head boy of Olumawu school, Wuse 11 Abuja, stole the show on Saturday at the graduation ceremony for 2022/2023 SSS 3 students with academic awards in Nine subjects. The brilliant headboy emerged the best student in English Language, Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography and Marketing. Also, the Head girl of the set, Olusanya Iyiolaoluwa Read More

  The young girl involved in the controversial highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) saga, Ejikeme Mmesoma, has tendered a formal apology to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The 19-year-old had stired controversy when she claimed she scored the highest marks with an aggregate of 362, against the 249 JAMB insisted was her original Read More

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says some fraudulent individuals have perfected plan to continuously wage campaign of calumny against the agency, saying no amount of such malicious act will force it to succumb to corruption in its activities. TETFund also warned against the antics of some persons who masquerade as either officials of the organisation in social media or Read More

The Tertiary Education Trust  (TETFund) has donated a 30-seaterToyota Coaster bus to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in a colourful ceremony at the corporate headquarters of the Fund in Abuja Monday. Presenting the bus to the student leaders, TETFund’s Executive Secretary Arch. Sonny Echono said the bus will ease the transportation and movement of the union leaders across Read More

The Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Erudite Millennium, Mr Saheed Oladele, on Saturday hinted that a student of the school, Miss Aisha Boladale, has won the British Council’s Country Best Award for Cambridge A’ Level Biology. Mr Oladele dropped this hint in Ibadan while speaking with journalists. He said Boladale scored 91% to beat all other Cambridge A’ Level scholars in Nigeria Read More

The National Examinations Council (NECO) Thursday, in Abuja, launched its result verification and confirmation portal tagged, “e-Verify”. The portal can be reached via  www.e-verify.neco.gov.ng. NECO Registrar, Prof. Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi, at the unveiling of the platform, said the platform is designed to perform dual function of instant result verification and institutional bulk verification and confirmation of all results obtained from NECO. He Read More