EDUCATION

The Federal Government has cancelled the resumption of schools for graduating classes. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this while speaking to State House Correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday. Adamu also disclosed that 2020 West African Senior School...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has made wearing of face masks mandatory for all candidates sitting for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), which is to commence on August 3. The Head of National Office of the organisation in Nigeria, Mr Patrick Areghan, who disclosed this...

• Says it needs N50m for PPE The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appealed to the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, State Governments and corporate organisations for funds to provide Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for manpower that would conduct the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) starting...

Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) has accused that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been actively obstructive to the re-opening of universities in the country. He made his view known in a statement on Monday by Tunde Olofintila, Head, Corporate Affairs of the university . Babalola...

The 2020 WASSCE will hold between August 4 and September 5, the Federal Government has announced. It asked state governments to open schools for final year students to undergone revision before sitting for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, stated...

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Prof. Sebastian Maimako, has said that 43 out of the 75, that is 57.3 per of the academic programmes offered by the university have been properly and fully accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Maimako disclosed this at a news briefing...

The Federal Government has come out with conditions schools and learning institutions in the country must meet before they could be allowed to reopen. The conditions are contained in a 36-page document submitted to the Senate by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu for their Information. The document obtained...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N7.5 billion for the year 2020 National Research Fund, a quantum increase from the initial N3 billion when the research grant was established in Tertiary Education Trust Fund. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, who made this known at the 2020...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that some universities will not offer admission to candidates who score less than 200. These universities are: University of Lagos, University of Ibadan, Covenant University, Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Benin. This was disclosed in a statement signed by JAMB’s...

• Oyo State not given any guidance to reopen schools • WAEC, NECO candidates will soon resume The Federal Government advised state governments on Monday not to aggravate the COVID-19 crisis by reopening of schools because of pressure from the children and parents, stressing that it is not safe to...