Education

Aug
21
2024
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By Abia ThinkTank
WAEC Opens Portals For 2025 WASSCE School Recognition

WAEC Opens Portals For 2025 WASSCE School Recognition

Education, FGN, News Flash
WAEC Opens Portals For 2025 WASSCE School Recognition Schools wishing to present candidates for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, have been advised to complete their recognition and upload their Continuous Assessment Scores, CASS data before 13 December 2024. WAEC disclosed this on Tuesday, when it announced the opening of online portals for school recognition and the upload of Continuous Assessment Scores for the upcoming 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. A statement, referenced BN/ZC/MOE/15/VOL.2/139 and signed by Mr A. Adebolu, Head of Exams for the Branch Controller, was addressed to school principals and titled “WASSCE…
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Aug
19
2024
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NDLEA Proposes Mandatory Drug Tests For University Admissions

NDLEA Proposes Mandatory Drug Tests For University Admissions

Crime, Education, News Flash
NDLEA Proposes Mandatory Drug Tests For University Admissions The Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, has proposed that universities should require newly admitted students to undergo mandatory drug tests as part of their admission process. She explained that this would serve as a preventive measure while offering early intervention and counselling for those already using drugs to prevent them from becoming problematic users. Hajia Abiola-Popoola, who made this recommendation during an interactive session with journalists in Ilorin, expressed concern over the rising number of drug users in the country, particularly among…
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Aug
19
2024
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ASSU Gives FGN 21-Day Strike Notice

ASSU Gives FGN 21-Day Strike Notice

Education, FGN, News Flash
ASUU Gives FG 21-Day Strike Notice The Academic Staff Union of Universities has informed the Federal Government of its plans to embark on a nationwide strike by placing the government on a 21-day notice. Sources within the National Executive Council of ASUU confirmed the development to PUNCH correspondent in Abuja on Monday. The notice was issued at the end of the NEC meeting, which was held at the University of Ibadan, and a copy is expected to be transmitted to the Federal Ministries of Labour and Education. “It is not an ultimatum but a strike notice. We are giving them…
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Aug
19
2024
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FGN Eyes $500m World Bank Loan To Boost Education, Health Sectors

FGN Eyes $500m World Bank Loan To Boost Education, Health Sectors

CBN/Commercial Banking, Economy, Education, Health, News Flash
FG Eyes $500m World Bank Loan To Boost Education, Health Sectors The Federal Government is targeting a $500m loan from the World Bank to tackle inadequate human resource issues in the country’s education and healthcare systems. The proposed loan, part of the Nigeria Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity Governance Programme, is intended to tackle long-standing staffing gaps and enhance the performance management of basic education teachers and primary healthcare workers. According to the “Programme Information Document” for the appraisal stage of the Nigeria Human Capital Opportunities for Prosperity and Equity Governance Programme, obtained by Sunday PUNCH on Friday,…
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Aug
13
2024
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Step-By-Step Guide To Checking 2024 WASSCE Result

Step-By-Step Guide To Checking 2024 WASSCE Result

Columns/Opinions/Letters, Education, News Flash
Step-By-Step Guide To Checking 2024 WASSCE Result The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations, WASSCE, results. The exam body disclosed this in a Monday's Press releaseThe post read, “The West African Examinations Council is pleased to inform candidates who sat WASSCE for school candidates, 2024 that the result has officially been released today, Monday, August 12, 2024.” For the students who will be checking results, here are steps to follow: Checking WAEC Results 2024 Online Visit the WAEC official results checker website: WAEC result checker. (https://waecdirect.org) Enter your 10-digit WAEC Examination…
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Aug
05
2024
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We Won’t Give Admission To Candidates Below 16 Years – JAMB Insists

We Won’t Give Admission To Candidates Below 16 Years – JAMB Insists

Education, News Flash
We Won’t Give Admission To Candidates Below 16 Years – JAMB Insists Again,the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB,has said it would not offer admission to candidates below the age of 16 years in its 2024/2025 admission session. The board which vowed to enforce the directive of the Minister of Education,Prof. Tahir Mamman that candidates below the age of 16 should not be admitted into tertiary institutions, especially universities,advised candidates below the required age not to think of admission this year. This is as the board noted that in the 2025 admission session, only candidates that attained the age of 18…
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Aug
03
2024
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2 Students Arraigned For Hacking MTN Computers

2 Students Arraigned For Hacking MTN Computers

Education, Judiciary, News Flash
Two Students Arraigned For Hacking MTN Computers The Police Special Fraud Unit has arraigned students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, and Resign Regal Academy, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, for allegedly hacking MTN Nigeria Communication Plc’s computers and stealing airtime and data valued at N1.9bn. Oluwabukola and Odemerho who were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday are facing four counts bordering on conspiracy, unauthorised access into the company’s web-based platform known as Application Programming Interface and unlawful conversion, preferred against them by the police. The police prosecution counsel, Justine Enang, told the court that the defendants committed…
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Jul
30
2024
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Wigwe University Registrar Dies

Wigwe University Registrar Dies

Education, News Flash, Obituary
Wigwe University Registrar D¡es The Registrar of Wigwe University, Ulonna Inyama, has di3d. Inyama reportedly passed away in an Abuja hospital on Saturday due to a wrong blood transfusion. A family source explained that the dece@sed suff3red a fat@l reaction after receiving the incorrect blood type. The source stated, “We were informed that her death resulted from a wrong blood transfusion after she lost blood due to complications from fibroids. “She was later referred to another hospital, where she succumbed to a wors3ning condition stemming from those complications,” the source told Vanguard. The family is now calling for an investigation…
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Jul
30
2024
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FGN Commences Payment Of Withheld Salaries To SSANU, NASU

FGN Commences Payment Of Withheld Salaries To SSANU, NASU

Economy, Education, News Flash
FG Commences Payment Of Withheld Salaries To SSANU, NASU The Federal Government is set to commence the payment of two months’ salaries to members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) out of the four months withheld during their 2022 strike. According to Vanguard, reliable sources revealed that the memo for the payment is currently awaiting President Bola Tinubu’s approval. In 2022, four university-based unions, including SSANU, NASU, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), embarked on a prolonged…
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