EDUCATION

COVID-19: State governments Shun FG’s directives on schools closure

Daily Dispatch January 4, 2021

By Oluchi Ihediuche Some State Government has shunned Federal Government directives on school Closure till January 18 as part of measures to curb the Second Wave of Covid-19 These States include Rivers, Cross River, Gombe, Sokoto, Zamfara, Delta and Oyo While states like Kogi, Anambra, Plateau

EDUCATION

Teachers Reject Edo Pension Scheme

Daily Dispatch January 3, 2021

Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, on Sunday, directed its members to shun enrollment into the state government’s contributory pension scheme. This was contained a statement titled, “forceful enrollment into contributory pension scheme”, signed and made available to newsmen in Benin City, by Moni Modesty, Assistant General Secretary of the union. He […]

EDUCATION

Schools to resume Monday in Rivers – Ministry

Daily Dispatch January 3, 2021

The Rivers State Government on Sunday approved the reopening of all public and private nursery, primary and secondary schools in the state, with effect from Jan. 4. Mr Chidi Adiele, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, announced the reopening of the schools in a statement in Port Harcourt. “The Rivers Education Ministry wishes to announce that, […]

EDUCATION

ASUU strike cripples economies of university communities in 2020 -Don

Daily Dispatch December 31, 2020

Prof. Job Nmadu of Federal University of technology, Minna, says the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU)’s nine months strike in 2020, impacted negatively on university communities by crippling their economic activities. Nmadu said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.According to him, those affected by the strike, numbering about 20 million, included traders,

EDUCATION

2021 UTME: No date fixed for sales of application documents yet – JAMB

Daily Dispatch December 30, 2020

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says no date has been fixed for the commencement of sales of the application documents for its 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. […]

EDUCATION

JAMB supports community school with classrooms, borehole

Daily Dispatch December 30, 2020

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has supported Junior Secondary School, Guto in Bwari Area Council with two blocks of classrooms and a borehole. The board disclosed this in its Vol. 2, No. 3 Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja. […]