The National Universities Commission (NUC) has accredited six academic programmes of the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike (AE-FUNAI) in Ebonyi.

The Kaduna State Government says it will conduct another competency test for primary school teachers as part of efforts to ensure quality teaching in basic schools.

Following the security situation in Jos, the Management of the University of Jos has suspended the ongoing second semester examination for the 2019/2020 academic session.

The Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education Senator Akon Eyakenyi has said the committee will pursue the amendment of the law establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to enable it limit the age of candidates writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to 16 years and above.

No fewer than 1.3 million candidates are currently writing the National Examination Council (NECO) internal examination nationwide.

Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has advocated for review of the country’s Senior Secondary School curriculum.

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said that the National Identification Number (NIN) would become mandatory for registration for its school certificate examination from 2022.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the renewal of tenures of Prof Attahiru Jega and Prof. Peter Okebukola as Chairmen Governing Councils of the University of Jos and the National Open University of Nigeria, respectively.

No fewer than one thousand five hundred dignitaries from around the world are expected to grace the Highstone Global University USA, TBU-Global Extension Brooklyn USA as well as NIPEM INTL convocation, award, and Matriculation ceremony billed to take place at the Main Auditorium of the Lagos State University (LASU) on the 31st of July 2021. 

The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede has disclosed that only 0.06 per cent representing about 803 of the more than 1.3 million candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination scored 300 and above.

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by as much as 50 per cent over the next two years.

Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano, has approved the redeployment of all teachers on the government payroll from private to public schools.

The Kwara Branch, Nigerian Medical Association says it will endow the best graduating medical student of the University of Ilorin(UNILORIN) with ₦250,000.

Registration for QuickLearning Mathematics Contest (QLMC) Nigeria, a competition for critical thinking math geniuses in secondary schools in Nigeria, has begun and will run till Sunday July 4, 2021.

The University of Benin UNIBEN has denied reports that it ordered a 400-level student, Peace Ufuoma, who is under probe for alleged exam malpractice to rewrite exams from 200 Level. 

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the suspension of the USSD code 55019 to check results.