EDUCATION

Over 1.9m candidates register for 2020 UTME, JAMB speaks

Daily Dispatch February 16, 2020

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has so far registered over 1.9 million prospective candidates for its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with a few hours to the end of the exercise. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s head of Media and Information,

EDUCATION

FCMB awards university scholarship to Dele

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2020

The management of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) on Friday announced the award of full scholarship to Fathia Dele Rasheed, a seven- year-old girl spotted using the bank’s ATM gallery light in Ondo State to do her school assignment. Dele, a primary three pupil of Hope Glory Academy, Yaba, Akure in Ondo State, was last […]

EDUCATION

Reps order NECO to pay over N6bn to FG

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2020

The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has frowned at the level of indebtedness of the Nigerian Examination Council (NECO) to the federal Government through shortfall of the remittances of its operating surplus from 2014 to 2019. According to the chairman of the committee, James Abiodun Faleke at a hearing on the matter on Wednesday, […]

EDUCATION

Boko Haram: UNIMAID bemoans insurgent attack

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2020

The management of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) has condoled with the community over the killings of passengers in an attack coordinated by Boko Haram insurgents at Auno village in Konduga, Borno. In a condolence message by Prof. Danjuma Gambo, Director Radio and Public Relations, on Wednesday in Maiduguri, the university sympathized with students, parents […]

EDUCATION

MAPOLY Is Back, Will Be Great Again – Rector

Daily Dispatch February 12, 2020

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTAActing Rector, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Dr. Adeoye Odedeji has reiterated that the past glory of the institution is back and would be great again.Dr. Odedeji affirmed this at the 3rd Annual Retreat organised by Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), MAPOLY chapter held in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Tuesday, […]

EDUCATION

We’ll employ 7,000 teachers, 3,600 non-teaching staff – Oyo Govt

Daily Dispatch February 11, 2020

…. As Makinde directs TESCOM to give out free forms to applicants Six years after the government of Oyo State last recruited secondary school teachers, Governor Seyi Makinde has given a directive to the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) to recruit 7,000 teachers; 2,000 non-teaching staff and 1,600 night guards. The chairman of TESCOM, Pastor Akinade […]