EDUCATION

COVID-19 won’t affect scholarship, loans –ES

Daily Dispatch April 13, 2020

Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board has promised to continue its planned disbursements to beneficiaries, in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is threatening to affect government’s monetary and fiscal policies around the world. The Executive Secretary of the Board, Hassan Rilwan who

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FG appoints VC, Registrar for newly-established Agric Varsity

Daily Dispatch April 10, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Musa Ahmed as Vice Chancellor of the newly-established University of Agriculture, Zuru in Kebbi State.The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, who made this known on Thursday in Abuja, said Yusuf Bazata, from Kebbi, had also been appointed as the Registrar of the university.The […]

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NECO debunks postponement of 2020 BECE, SSCE

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2020

The National Examinations Council (NECO) says it has not postponed the 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) and Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) due to the prevailing situation in the Country. Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Sani this […]

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COVID-19: NUT President Urges Teachers To Adhere To Preventive Measures

Daily Dispatch April 8, 2020

The National President of Nigeria Union of Teachers Dr Nasir Idris has called on teachers across the country to abide strictly to the national guideline on prevention of the spread of coronavirus pandemic. He has also appealed to officials of the Union nationwide to join in advocacy and sensitisation of the public to curtail the […]

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COVID-19: ASUP suspends planned indefinite strike

Daily Dispatch April 5, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has suspended  its planned indefinite strike, billed to begin on Monday, April 6 after a fifteen-day notice which expired on Friday, April 3, 2020 A statement signed by ASUP’s President Anderson Ezeibe states that the lecturers’ decision to suspend the strike was borne out of the current national […]

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COVID-19: Ogun Commences Digital Classes for Primary, Secondary School Students

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTAOgun State Government has commenced electronic visual learning for primary and secondary schools students across the state, on the state owned television station, OGTV.This became necessary in view of government’s directive on the ban of high density gathering due to the COVID 19 virus, which subsequently informed the closure of public and […]