EDUCATION

UTME: JAMB makes N2.27bn in one week

Daily Dispatch January 28, 2020

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, made the sum of N2,272,681,643:00 in one week of selling forms for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, to admission seekers in the nation’s tertiary institutions. This was contained in the weekly newsletter of the Board

EDUCATION

IPPIS creating more problems than values in universities – vice-chancellor

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2020

The Vice Chancellor Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna Professor Abdullahi Bala has blamed challenges in the IPPIS implementation on the failure of the federal government and handlers of the scheme to involve university administrators before it was launched. Professor Bala fielding questions from journalists on the activities lined up for the pre-37th Founder’s

EDUCATION

Rep member, Abejide, doles out N75m WAEC fees to constituents

Daily Dispatch January 26, 2020

The Member Representing Yagba Federal Constituency of Kogi State in the House of Representatives,    Honourable Leke Joseph Abejide on Saturday doled out N75m bank  Cheques for secondary school students sitting for this year’s,School Certificate examination being conducted by the West African Examination Council, WAEC.  Speaking at the occasion at Isanlu, in Yagba

EDUCATION

Ibadan schools demolition: Oyo Govt to investigate, prosecute offenders

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2020

The Government of Oyo State said on Friday that it has launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the illegal demolition of classrooms in two state-owned Primary schools within Ibadan metropolis. Information had reached the Government early on Thursday to the effect that some unknown individuals in Egbeda and Ona-Ara Local Government Areas of the […]

EDUCATION

Rep member, Wole Oke, provides free JAMB forms for over 2,000 constituents in Osun State

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2020

PRESS RELEASE. 14-01- 20 …as registration kicks off nationwide No fewer than 2,000 Youths from Oriade/Obokun Federal Constituency of Osun State are to benefit from free Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) forms this year courtesy of the member representing the constituency, Hon. Busayo Oluwole Oke, at House of Representatives This was contained in a […]

EDUCATION

FG to engage more qualified teachers to increase Teacher-to-Pupil ratio

Daily Dispatch January 14, 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the Federal Government is ready to engage more qualified teachers to increase the teacher-to-pupil ratio in the country. The President said this on Tuesday in Abuja when he received the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). He acknowledged that Nigeria has a deficit of teachers, which his […]