EDUCATION

The Federal Government has been making lots of moves as regarding the reopening of schools nationwide in the country. However, the general public, and most especially, students, are so keen on when the Government will reopen schools. From earlier information released about the reopening of schools, it was said that schools cannot be reopened yet considering the current increase in the spread of the virus in the nation, and as such, the Federal Government isn’t…

EBSU Post-UTME and Direct Entry screening: EBSU will not conduct Post-UTME Examination during the 2020/2021 academic session. The Admission Exercise for the 2020/2021 Academic Session would be conducted on Central Admission Processing system (CAPS). Further information on entry and registration can be accessed via the Institution’s website: https://iportal.ebsu.edu.ng/app/

21year-old, female student of the Federal University Of Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), identified as Faderera Oloyede was found in Boyfriend hostel in Osun state polytechnic, Iree, VOICEAIRMEDIA has obtained. The deceased was found dead in her boyfriend’s house at Koko area in Iree community, Boripe local government area, Osun State. VOICEAIRMEDIA obtained that the boyfriend, named, Maliki Ayo who is a student of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree. According to an eyewitness, who pleaded to remain anonymous…

The 2020 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria has approved 160 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into universities. Polytechnics cut-off mark was put at 120 and above while that of the Colleges of Education stands at 100 and above. Speaking at the meeting, Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, directed JAMB and tertiary institutions to proceed with the conduct of 2020/2021 admissions. Admission processes are expected to commence in August based…

Concerning the reopening of schools nationwide in Nigeria, the Federal Government has been looking into considering some set of people/students ahead of the general resumption. The resumption of schools in Nigeria has been giving the Federal Government a hard time, as it is difficult based on the daily pressure, to disapprove schools from resuming. For this reason the Federal Government has been considering the most suitable implementation which can be declared before school can finally…

PARENTS and school children anxious for reopening schools will have to wait a little more as the Federal Government on Monday insisted that the schools remain shut for now. Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, speaking on Monday at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 news briefing described as fake news timetables purported released from the Ministry of Education on the conduct of West African Examination Council examinations being circulated on the social media….

Says candidates can now print their result notification THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has scheduled to hold the 2020 policy meeting on June 16, 2020, to determine cut-off points for admissions into all tertiary institutions in the country. Tribune Online reports that the Policy Meeting is to be chaired by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu with all Heads of Tertiary Institutions in attendance. The Board has also disclosed that candidates in the…

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it is fully prepared and ready to conduct this year’s suspended school-based West African Senior Secondary School Examinations (WASSCE) once the Federal Government reopens schools and declares them safe for use. Recall that the organisation suspended the conduct of the exam in March after all schools nationwide were closed down and students were asked to go home indefinitely due to Coronavirus pandemic in the country and globally….

The joint admission and matriculation board (JAMB) has opened 2020 utme result checker https://www.jamb.org.ng/ExamSlipPrinting1/CheckUTMEResults

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said Nigerians who attended public universities about 40 years ago, such as in the generation of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, should weep over the present poor state of the country’s tertiary institutions. ASUU added that several petitions which it submitted to the Federal Government against corrupt vice-chancellors in some universities had yet to be acted upon, noting that the government should show more…