EDUCATION

JAMB: NIN compulsory for 2021 UTME/DE registration

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2021

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the timetable for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examination. According to the board, the UTME would hold from Saturday, 5th to Saturday, 19th June 2021 The board said registration for the

EDUCATION

Katsina govt orders reopening of six boarding schools

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2021

Katsina State Government has directed the re-opening of six boarding schools from Sunday, March 28, 2021, for the continuation of the 2020/2021 academic session. The boarding schools include Government Unity Secondary School, Malumfashi; Sir Usman Nagogo College of Arabic and Islamic Studies (SUNCAIS); Katsina Government Girls Secondary School; Dutsin Safe Katsina

EDUCATION

We won’t allow hijab, Kwara mission schools vow

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2021

Founders of the grant-aided schools in Kwara State have vowed they won’t accept wearing of hijab by female students. They urged the State Government to return to negotiating table with them. Chairman District Church Councils (DCCs) Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) Rev (Dr) Vincent Akintunde refuted rumour it has conceded to the directive of state […]

EDUCATION

Hijab: School children appeal to stakeholders on school resumption

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2021

Secondary school students of the affected 10 schools in the hijab controversy in Ilorin, Kwara State have appealed to parties involved to sheathe their swords and reopen their schools. This is just as educational activities are yet to fully commence in most of the affected schools despite the directive of the state government to resume […]

EDUCATION

Former JAMB registrar arrsted for alleged N900 million fraud

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2021

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Ojerinde, who was arrested on 15th March, 2021 in Abuja by operatives of ICPC, is alleged to have committed

EDUCATION

Hijab controversy: Kwara schools flouts government’s order on reopening

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2021

The 10 grant-aided schools ordered by the Kwara State Government to reopen on Wednesday allowing students use Hijab have remained closed. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that all the schools remained under locked with presence of security men around. NAN gathered that there were resistance from both parties involved as each wanted their interest […]