JAMB to include Computer Studies & PHE as UTME subjects from 2022/2023 exercise The Governing Board of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, at its thirteenth (13th) meeting held on Wednesday, 24th March 2021, approved the listing of Computer Studies and Physical and Health Education as subjects to be examined Read more…
The 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates is out. The West African Examinations Council announced the release of the results on Monday. The Head of National Office of WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan made the disclosure on Monday In Lagos at a news conference. Giving a breakdown Read more…
The US Embassy and Consulate in Nigeria has announced that the services of Yoruba and Hausa teachers are needed in the United States. The Public Affairs Section of the US Mission in Nigeria made the announcement on its website. It said applications from qualified Nigerians wishing to teach Hausa or Read more…
A National Committee on the Harmonization of Schools and Examination Calendars is to be constituted. The committee will comprise NECO, WEAC, NABTEB, JAMB and a representative of private school owners. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu stated this at the 2020 Annual Ministerial Press Briefing in Abuja. He said Read more…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved a bill extending the retirement age for teachers in the country from 60 years to 65 years. The FEC, during its first meeting of the year 2021, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday, approved the bill; Harmonized Retirement Age for Teachers Read more…
Lagos State Government has clarified that second term of 2020/2021 academic session is meant to last for 61 days for public and private schools. According to the revised calendar for 2020/2021 academic session released by the Office of the Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), the second term is slated to run Read more…
The new release of NIMC Mobile App, NIMC has said the App is easy to navigate, has some good features and the app can only be used by those who already have their National Identification Number (NIN). Nigerian Identification Management Commission, NIMC says everybody is permitted by Nigeria communications Commission(NCC) Read more…
The National Examination Council (NECO) on Wednesday released the results of its 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate (SSCE) examination it conducted throughout the country between October and November. The result showed that 894,101 candidates out of the 1,209,992 that sat for the examination scored credit and above in English and Read more…
LAGOS REAFFIRMS SCHOOLS’ RESUMPTION DATE OF MONDAY, 18TH JANUARY, 2021 The Lagos State Government has reaffirmed its earlier pronouncement that all public and private schools in Lagos State below tertiary level should resume on Monday, 18th January, 2021 for the second term 2020/2021 academic session. The Honourable Commissioner for Education, Read more…
FG Directs Schools To Resume On Jan. 18, 2021; Bans Assembly, Visiting Days (Read Press Statement)
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 has put the Jan. 18, 2021 resumption of school on hold following the second wave of COVID-19 ravaging the entire world and Nigeria. This was made known by the Hon. Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu. The Federal Government is currently reviewing the January Read more…
LASG DIRECTS ALL PUBLIC, PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO RESUME JANUARY 18 The Lagos State Government has announced that all public and private schools below the tertiary level in Lagos State should resume for the second term 2020/21 academic session from Monday, 18th of January, 2021. The Honourable Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Read more…
The Rivers State Government has asked all public and private nursery, primary and secondary schools to reopen in the state from January 4. This was contained in a press statement by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mr Chidi Adiele. Earlier, the Federal Government had instructed schools to reopen from January Read more…
RIVERS STATE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION Press Release The Ministry of Education wishes to announce that, with the approval of His Excellency Governor Nyesom Wike, the school calendar published in August, 2020 stands. Accordingly, both public and private schools in the State are hereby reminded that schools will Read more…
…..as legal proceedings launched Staff at schools have a legal right not to return to classrooms due to the spread of COVID, a leading union has said – while another has started legal proceedings against the Department for Education. The National Education Union (NEU) has said all primary schools should Read more…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers on Thursday cautioned the Federal Government against the January 18 resumption date for schools across the country. The NUT Secretary-General, Dr Mike Ike-Ene, who stated this in an interview with one of our correspondents, said there was no need to hurriedly resume, if the rate Read more…
Anambra state government has announced a new resumption date for the second half-First term of the 2020/2021 academic session. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kate Omenugha, in a statement on Thursday, gave the new date as of January 18, 2021. The government had earlier announced January 11 as the resumption Read more…
The Akwa Ibom State Government has announced Monday, January 4th, 2021 as the resumption date for all public schools in the state. The announcement which was contained in a press release signed by the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Comrade Ini Ememobong, came following far-reaching resolutions adopted earlier today Read more…
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Prof. Innocent Ujah, said he was seen as someone against the progress of the education sector when he warned against the reopening of schools earlier in the year. Ujah, at a webinar organised by the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, on Wednesday, Read more…
PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON COVID-19 – OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION 27th December, 2020 COVID-19 RESPONSE: PROVISIONAL QUARANTINE PROTOCOL FOR TRAVELLERS ARRIVING IN NIGERIA FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND SOUTH AFRICA SUMMARY This provisional quarantine protocol is specific to passengers departing from the United Kingdom Read more…
SANWO-OLU FLAGS OFF Y2020 GRADUATE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME … Advises Interns to Shun Complacency Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has challenged graduates under the Graduate Internship Programme to prove their mettle at their various places of internship, stressing that they should not be contented with the monthly N40,000 stipend given Read more…
NOTICE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN COMMUNITY Sequel to the circular of the National Universities Commission Ref. No. NUC/ES/138/VoI.63/151 of 23 December, 2020 directing a compulsory stay at home for non-essential workers from CONTISS 11, CONUASS 04 and below, the Management of University of Ilorin has directed in compliance as Read more…
Kaduna State Teachers’ Service Board calls for applications from all eligible and interested applicants wishing to develop a career in the teaching profession to apply for teaching appointments in the public secondary schools in Kaduna State. Read Press Statement Below: KADUNA STATE GOVERNMENT – TEACHERS’ SERVICE BOARD ADVERTISEMENT FOR THE Read more…
Candidates that are to sit for next year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will have their applications linked to their National Identification Number, NIN, investigation by Vanguard has revealed. This is despite the fact that the attempt to do so this year failed because of hiccups that trailed the exercise Read more…
The National Universities Commission has directed Vice-Chancellors of Universities to suspend academic activities involving large crowds on their campuses. The decision came barely three days after the Academic Staff Union of Universities suspended its nine-month-old strike. The Federal Government, had also issued a circular directing Officers on Grade Level 12 Read more…
The management of the Deeper Life High School said it has begun investigation into the alleged molestation of a Junior Secondary School 1 student of its Akwa Ibom Campus, Don Davis. Davis’ matter has been generating reactions on social media after the student’s mother went on Facebook live and spoke Read more…
Following the second wave of COVID-19 in country, the Presidential Task Force on the pandemic has come up with new measures to check the spread including closure of all schools in the country until January 18, 2021. The government also ordered all federal civil servants on Grade Levels 12 and Read more…
300-level student of the Department of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Gbenga Favour Olaoye-Akanbi, has committed suicide after he was allegedly duped by a forex trader, Eseka Chuckwutem Gospel (ESG). Family sources told SaharaReporters that Olaoye-Akanbi was discovered dead on Sunday after drinking poison. The 19-year-old student was said to have Read more…
Seventeen-year-old Nicholas Ogunji who served as a one-day governor of Abia State on Friday freed some inmates at the Afaraukwu correctional centre. The teenager who attends Adventist Technical Secondary School, Ohafia released the inmates during his first official outing. “We currently have 17 years old Master Nicholas Ogunji of Adventist Read more…
A joint security operation by the police, military, and vigilante groups have about 80 girls in Mahuta village in Dandume local government area of Katsina State. This is coming less than 48 hours after 344 abducted school boys of Government Science Secondary School, GSSS Kankara regained freedom. Spokesman of the Read more…
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO RELAX THE BATTLE AGAINST COVID-19 Dear Lagosians, Compliments of the Season. Regarding my health, I am glad to inform you that I am getting better by the day, and all will surely be well. I thank Lagosians for their prayers and overwhelming kind thoughts. I am, Read more…
Students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, kidnapped last Friday have been freed, according to the state government. The Special Adviser to the Katsina Governor on Security, Ibrahim Kastina, confirmed the release of the students to newsmen. He said the students were freed on Thursday at Tsafe (82.5km Read more…
The West African Examinations Council has approved the barring of students involved in examination malpractice from taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination. This was contained in a press release issued after the 70th Meeting of the Examination Committee of WAEC, which is the highest decision making organ of Read more…
The Kaduna State Ministry of Education has shut down all public schools across the 23 Local Government Area of the state due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The Commissioner of Education Shehu Makarfi who disclosed in a statement issued on Monday said the directive takes effect from Wednesday, Read more…
SOME PROVISIONS FROM THE NEW POLICE ACT THAT NIGERIANS SHOULD BE AWARE OF. The Nigeria Police Force (Establishment) Act 2020 was signed into law by President Buhari in September 2020 as a replacement for the antiquated 1943 Legislation we have been using since Independence. While the Act contain many provisions Read more…