EDUCATION

WAEC Exams: Private School Teacher Defiles Pupil Over Threat To Fail Her

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTAOgun State Police Command has arrested a private secondary school teacher for forcefully having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 15 year old student of the school (name withheld).A statement by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, Ogun Command Police Public Relations Officer remarked

EDUCATION

UNICAL appoints Prof. Banku-Obi first female VC

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2020

Prof. Florence Banku-Obi has been announced as the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (Unical), 45 years after the university was established. Announcing the result on Friday in Calabar, Sen. Nkechi Nwaogu, Pro- Chancellor and Chairman of Unical Governing Council, said the process of selection was transparent. Nwaogu said that the Council […]

EDUCATION

Photos: WAEC Conducts Exams In Chibok Six Years After Abduction Of Schoolgirls

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2020

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has conducted the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE), in Chibok Local Government, Borno State, the first time since the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in the area by Boko Haram insurgents, six years ago.  The 7 Division, Nigerian Army, disclosed this on Thursday. Schools in the local government […]

EDUCATION

Zamfara govt. denies preventing 3 girls from sitting for SSCE

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2020

By NAN Zamfara Commissioner of Education Dr Ibrahim Abdullahi on Thursday, denied that the government had prevented three final year students of Government Girls Arabic Secondary School, Gusau from sitting for their final year examination. The Commissioner made the denial following widespread condemnation of the action, which residents said was an attempt to truncate the

EDUCATION

We‘re still evaluating school reopening – FG

Daily Dispatch September 10, 2020

The Federal Government said it has not come to a point where it is convinced that schools should be re-opened for academic exercise after their closure due to Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a meeting of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on […]

EDUCATION

UBEC confirms recruitment into Federal Teachers’ Scheme

Daily Dispatch September 8, 2020

The Universal Basic Education Commission says the opening of an online application for recruitment into the Federal Teachers’ Scheme is not fake. Dr. Ossom Ossom, Public Relations Officer of the commission, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja, following skepticism about the authenticity of the recruitment. A document obtained by […]