EDUCATION

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will hold a Policy Committee Meeting on August 21 and 22 to determine cut-off points for admission into various courses in Nigerian tertiary institutions for 2017. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Sunday said he had given the Board approval to hold the...

The National Universities Commission (NUC), has disclosed that it is currently processing over 200 applications for new private universities in the country. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Abubakar Rasheed, made this known in Abuja during a meeting with the federal universities’ bursars. According to him, “the university system is...

More than half the world's children who are not being educated are in Nigeria, the country's government has said. Acknowledging the scale of the problem the education ministry's permanent secretary Adamu Hussaini said it was "sad to note" that Nigeria had 10.5 million children out of school. This is the...

West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the May/June 2017 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) with 59.22 per cent of 1,559,192 candidates who wrote the examination made credits in five subjects, including English and Mathematics. Announcing the results on Monday the Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Olu...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has commenced the sale of Direct Entry (DE) application forms for qualified candidates who possess A-level results and wish to gain direct admission to degree programmes in Nigerian tertiary institutions. The organisation has also commenced the sale of UTME application forms for Nigerians...

Students of Bayelsa State origin studying in Ghana under the state government scholarship programme are now in jubilant mood following the release of N162 million by Governor Seriake Dickson to clear all their outstanding arrears.‎ ‎T‎he Governor's spokesman, Daniel Iworiso-Markson, who disclosed the development on Wednesday, said Governor Dickson gave...

No fewer than 38 universities across Nigeria have jerked up tuition fees paid by their students. The increment which cut across the federal, state and private higher institutions might be attributed to poor funding by the federal and state governments. It would be recalled that Academic Staff Union of Universities...

…says educational sector shouldn't suffer The Bayelsa State Government has paid the balance of the fees for its scholarship students at Lincoln University in the United States of America. A statement issued in on Sunday by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Jonathan Obuebite, said that Governor Henry Seriake...

Bayelsa‎ State Governor, Henry Seriake Dickson, has called on parents in the state to take advantage of the robust policies of his administration in the education sector and ensure their children obtain sound and formal education. The governor made the call on Monday in Yenagoa while inaugurating an eight member...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Thursday said it had yet to commence the `Change of Course or Correction of Data’ for candidates who sat for the just concluded 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The organisation was reacting to reports reaching its Headquarters in Abuja that a...