EDUCATION

FG shuts down Federal Government Colleges amidst insecurity

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2022

The Federal Ministry of Education has directed the closure of all Federal Government Colleges in Abuja following security threats on the Unity Colleges located in the Federal Capital Territory. The Director of Media Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, confirmed that the Ministry

EDUCATION

Illegal Fees: Oyo Govt. sanctions head-teachers for denying pupils access to exam hall

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2022

The Oyo State Government has sanctioned some Head-teachers for collecting illegal fees and denying pupils access to examination halls during the ongoing Public Primary Schools Unified Examination. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran disclosed this today while monitoring the Exams in Ibadan. Dr. Nureni Adeniran said

EDUCATION

How to end ongoing strike, by ASUU

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2022

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Sunday said that signing and implementation of a renegotiated 2009 Agreement will end the over five-month strike. The union maintained its members have sacrificed so much with non-payment of allowance for over nine years. Chairman ASUU University of Ibadan, Professor Ayo Akinwole stated this in Ibadan. He […]

EDUCATION

NAPTIP says schools critical tools to fight human trafficking

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2022

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says schools are critical tools in the war against human trafficking. The Agency’s  Spokesman, Vincent Adekoye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos Sunday that school administrators should see themselves as critical stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking in the

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Opponents against my reform agenda – TETFund boss

Daily Dispatch July 24, 2022

The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Sunny Echono, has warned of campaigns of calumny against his personality, being allegedly orchestrated by people he said were affected by his reform agenda in the organisation. But he said he was not bothered over the development given that critical reforms being spearheaded by him in the TETFund […]

EDUCATION

JAMB’s remitted N29bn to Consolidated Revenue Fund — Minister

Daily Dispatch July 21, 2022

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has so far remitted about N29 billion directly to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF). Adamu made the disclosure at a policy meeting on admissions into tertiary institutions in Abuja on Thursday. He said the board had also granted over N1 […]