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Education
By Alade Adisa The National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has criticized the decision by the Bauchi and Katsina state governments to shut down primary and secondary schools during the ongoing Ramadan fasting. The association has called for an immediate reversal of the decision. Speaking in an interview with New Daily Prime, NAPTAN National President, Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, described the move as unnecessary and warned that it would further…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has strongly opposed the proposed withdrawal of the education tax that supports the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), as outlined in the tax reform bills currently being reviewed at the National Assembly. In a memorandum delivered at a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Finance on Tuesday, February 25, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, warned that the removal of TETFund’s education…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that the registration period for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will end as scheduled on March 8, 2025, with no possibility of an extension. In a statement released on Tuesday, February 26, JAMB clarified that the registration deadline, which began on February 3, 2025, is final and will not be extended under any circumstances. The exam body emphasised that…
To improve the Nigeria education sector, the Federal Government says that over 6,000 teachers are to be trained in an Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Pedagogy training programme after its launch. The development aims to aid innovative, technologically driven education and enhance teaching methods across the Nigerian secondary schools. The initiative was organised by the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) with the sponsorship of Google Research and supported by both…
A child prodigy, Zainab Akintola has achieved outstanding academic success at a very young age. In a rare accomplishment, Zainab, a Nigerian girl of Yoruba extraction graduated from secondary school at just 12 years old and earned 30 professional certifications in Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) by age 14. Initially, Zainab’s dream was to become a doctor. Growing up, her father, who lovingly called her “Doctor Zainab”, always encouraged…
No Roof, No Water, No Chairs’ – Rivers State Parents Speak Out on Rivers’ School Disaster Rivers State, one of the oil-rich states in Nigeria, ranks among the top four states receiving the highest federal allocations. Accordingly, Rivers State receives more than ₦ 426.84 billion federal allocation every month. Despite these huge resources, our reporter reveals that many public primary and secondary schools in the state remain in a deplorable…
Neither the US nor China is willing to assume the responsibility “The 1929 depression was so wide, so deep and so long because the international economic system was rendered unstable by British inability and United States unwillingness to assume responsibility for stabilising it.” Such was the economic historian Charles Kindleberger’s conclusion about why the Depression became an international catastrophe. The world economy, he argued, needs a hegemon: a leader…
The Kwara State Government has reaffirmed its commitment to training 28,000 female students across 70 public secondary schools located in the state’s three senatorial districts. This was revealed in a post shared on Thursday via the state government’s Facebook page. In partnership with the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project, the State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development aims to achieve this initiative. The five-day workshop,…
To fulfil his lifelong dream of pursuing higher education, Adedapo Idowu, a 94-year-old man, has reportedly enrolled for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). JAMB is responsible for conducting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for aspiring students across Nigeria. In a featured JAMB bulletin, Mr. Idowu expressed his excitement about finally pursuing academic excellence after many years of waiting.…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of 2,577 candidates from the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates (Second Series), due to allegations of examination malpractice. The results were released on Sunday, February 16, with WAEC announcing that the examination had been conducted in two modes for the first time: paper-and-pen and a computer-based hybrid mode. In a statement issued by Moyosola Adesina,…
By Alade Adisa “We will impose some other penalty on them, that it will have been better for them to have stayed for their time, because they are going to waste their money.” – Prof. Ishaq The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has announced that there will be strict penalties for underage candidates participating in the ongoing 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the upgrade of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) to a university. The announcement was made on Friday by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, during a working visit to the college in Yaba, Lagos. After inspecting and commissioning several projects at the institution, Dr. Alausa shared the long-awaited news in an interactive session with the management, staff, and students. “The Rector mentioned earlier that…
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