EDUCATION

  Osinbajo to deliver convocation lecture   The Lagos State University (LASU) has produced the highest First Class in its 36-year-old history as the institution announced that it has produced a total of 57 First Class graduates in the 2018/2019 in academic session its different faculties. It produced 26 First...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Saturday, March 23, for the conduct of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock exercise. The board also urged candidates to begin the printing of their mock examination notification slips from Wednesday, March 6. The board shifted the date of...

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has told the Federal Government of Nigerian to scrap the N-Power scheme and focus instead on employing qualified teachers. The Union said there were many teachers with the necessary qualification that were eager to be employed, who can effectively address the deficit occasioned by...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has registered over 300,000 candidates for its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in one week. The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Mr Fabian Benjamin, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday, in Lagos. Benjamin said...

  Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, has said that the dividend of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), will be huge in the universities. Okebukola, who disclosed this while speaking with The Tribune, on the issues that would possibly...

Detailed procedure for registration The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) commenced sale of registration forms, for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, today Thursday, January 10, 2019. Sale of forms will last for six weeks. JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had said the board would stop using cyber cafes...

  The National Universities Commission (NUC) says the Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) in Nigeria has failed, as students sent for the purpose of acquiring work experience under the scheme are often turned to “tea boys by the chief executives.” The Director of Research, Innovation and Information Technology, NUC,...

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government was considering using education bond to finance infrastructure in public universities. Buhari made this known at University of Ibadan on Saturday on the occasion of the institution’s 2018 Convocation and 70th Foundation Day Ceremony. According to Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant...

  Members of MKI Education Foundation have been applauded for its scholarship scheme that has contributed immensely to the development of the society. Stakeholders in theeducation sector gave the applause at the 16th Edition of the Education support programme held at lgbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday said the 75 private universities Nigeria account for less than six per cent of students’ population in the country’s university system. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Abubakar Rasheed, disclosed this at a retreat organised for Vice Chancellors of Nigerian universities in Abuja....