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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has registered 92, 490 candidates to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has registered 92, 490 candidates to sit for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Nigeria plans to increase primary school enrolment from the current 46 per cent to 90 per cent by 2030.
Read more: Nigeria targets primary school enrolment rate of 90% by 2030
Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) has called for a 50 percent slash in the salaries of the national assembly by half to allocate it to the Academic Staff Union of Universities,(ASUU) in order to meet their pressing demands.
Read more: Slash lawmakers’ salaries by 50% to meet ASUU’s demands – Ndume
The University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) council has put measures in place to enable students to pay their registration fees and other charges in view of the hike.
Mr. Anderson Ezeibe, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has urged the Federal Government to empower polytechnics to award their bachelor of technology to end the BSc and Higher National Diploma (HND) dichotomy.
Read more: ASUP to FG: allow polytechnics to award degrees, masters, doctorate
Primary school teachers in Kuje Area Council, FCT, on Monday, embarked on an indefinite strike over the alleged failure by the Council’s Chairman to reach agreements with the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT).
Read more: Primary school teachers embark on indefinite strike in Kuje Area Council
The Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB) says it will pay the outstanding July salaries of primary school teachers in the Gbako and Shiroro local government areas of the state.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AEFUNAI), Ebonyi chapter, says it will cover grounds lost to the eight-month called off in October.
Read more: We’ll recover semester, session lost to strike – ASUU
The Kaduna State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to providing every child resident in the state free primary, secondary and technical, as well as vocational education.
Read more: KDSG reaffirms commitment to 12 years of free education
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Calabar branch, have staged a peaceful protest to demand the payment of their eight months’ salary arrears from the Federal Government.
Students of Federal University Lokoja (FUL) on Monday pleaded with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) not to resume its strike until after their (varsity’s) second-semester exams.
Read more: Don’t resume your strike until after our exams – students beg ASUU
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) said on Monday that holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) would soon be employed as Assistant Lecturers in Polytechnics and Monotechnics.
Read more: HND holders to be employed as assistant lecturers in polytechnics – NBTE
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to direct the Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige to immediately reverse the deduction in the salaries of university lecturers.
Read more: SERAP TO BUHARI: Direct Ngige to reverse deduction of lecturers’ salaries
The University of Jos has inducted its first set of veterinary doctors.
The Federal University Dustin-ma (FUDMA), Katsina State, has pledged to collaborate with the Women’s Right Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) to fight against Gender-based Violence (GBV).
Read more: FUDMA pledges partnership with WRAPA in fighting GBV — VC
Having successfully completed the academic calendar of the prestigious Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), 7,554 deserving graduands have been awarded National and Higher Diploma degrees during the institution’s 34th convocation.
Read more: YABATECH: 7,554 graduands receive ND, HND Certificates at 34th Convocation ceremony
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says no amount of blackmail or fraud will stop its latest innovation, in checking the activities of fraudsters, using its recently launched digital certificate platform.
Read more: Digital Certificate: Beware of saboteurs, WAEC warns public