EDUCATION

FG to employ all qualified, licensed teachers

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2019

Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, says every qualified and licensed teacher would be employed as part of efforts to rid the system of unqualified teachers. Echono said this while monitoring the May Diet of the Teachers Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE)

EDUCATION

Final year student attempts suicide for failing exam

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2019

Tragedy was averted on Friday as a final year student of Ekiti State University (EKSU) attempted suicide on Friday after failing a major course which mean an extension of stay in school. Oluwafemi Akindeko of Accounting Department had hoped to proceed for clearance for the National Youth Service Commission (NYSC) scheme but failed one of […]

EDUCATION

Professionals calls for reactivation of Adada campus.

Daily Dispatch June 4, 2019

The Uzo-Uwani Professionals Association (UZPA) has called on the Enugu State government to re-activate the Adada campus of the state university in line with the multi campus system recently passed into law by the state House of Assembly. The Adada campus of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) was closed fifteen years ago […]

EDUCATION

“Missing” JAMB N35m: Court admits woman to N20m bail

Daily Dispatch June 3, 2019

An FCT High Court Maitama on Monday admitted Philomins Chieshe, charged with alleged “missing”  N35 million belonging to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to bail in the sum of N20 million. Chieshe, a clerical officer with JAMB, was arraigned last Friday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside Samuel Sale Umoru, a […]

EDUCATION

Unilag can make world’s best with adequate support – lawmaker

Daily Dispatch June 2, 2019

A federal lawmaker, Mr. Oluwole Oke, says the University of Lagos can be among the best tertiary institutions in the world if supported with adequate funding and other developmental tools. Oke made the claim in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. The lawmaker recently led an eight-man Committee on Public […]

EDUCATION

Osun poly students set clinic ablaze over death of colleagues

Daily Dispatch June 1, 2019

Irate students of the Osun State Polytechnic at Iree on Saturday set the school clinic and medical equipment ablaze over the death of one of their colleagues, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Timely intervention of the school’s security officials was said to have prevented the fire from spreading to other buildings in the […]