EDUCATION

Results: JAMB warns UTME candidates against fraudsters

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2019

The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates awaiting their results against fraudsters who deploy various methods to dupe them. The JAMB board disclosed this in its Vol. 1, No 17 weekly Bulletin of the Office of

EDUCATION

Ondo varsity students protest high tuition, shutdown school + photos

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2019

Students of Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, OSUSTECH, have shut down academics activities in the institution as they are currently protesting what they described as outrageous school fees introduced by the school’s management. The students have blocked the Okitipupa-Igbokoda highway which has prevented movement of motorists within

EDUCATION

20 students commit suicide for failing exams

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2019

An Indian student named Sirisha has set herself on fire at her home in the Narayanpet district after the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) announced that she failed her biology exam. Khaleejtimes reports that nineteen other students also committed suicide after their exam scores were announced. Reports say the students committed suicide last week as […]

EDUCATION

JAMB conducts UTME for 200 foreign candidates

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2019

Over 200 candidates at the weekend sat for a foreign-based unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The foreign-based examination was conducted for Nigerians abroad and citizens of other nationalities who want to study in Nigeria. The examination was conducted in Ghana, United Kingdom, Cameroon,

EDUCATION

ASUU describes FG verification exercise as a dubious trap

Daily Dispatch April 28, 2019

The plans of the Federal Government to verify its personnel in select ministries, departments and agencies might suffer a setback as the umbrella body of the lecturers over the weekend did not only reject the idea but also described it as a forceful and dubious trap to enlist the lecturers on the earlier rejected Integrated […]

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Education a vital tool to combat Boko Haram terrorist – Buhari

Daily Dispatch April 26, 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Maiduguri, Borno State, said that education is a vital tool for the combating of Boko Haram terrorism. Buhari praised the efforts of the outgoing administration of Governor Kashim Ibrahim Shettima in promoting education as a counter strategy to Boko Haram ideology and insurgency. The President gave the commendation at a […]