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US teachers sue government over $1.5trillion students’ loans

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2019

Teachers across America have gotten so frustrated with low pay and a broken federal loan forgiveness system — which supposedly forgives loans for people working in qualifying public service jobs after a decade of payments — that they’ve decided to sue the Department of Education (DOE). America

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Oyo set to access $6million from UBEC

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2019

Oyo state is about to receive a sum of $6m grant under the Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme facilitated by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) with the support of the World Bank. National Coordinator of BESDA, Professor Jidado Tahiru stated this when he led a delegation from UBEC and SUBEB on […]

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Age Barrier: JAMB advises candidates “strictly follow instructions in brochure” before registration

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2019

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to always read and strictly adhere to instructions contained in the examination brochure before registering for the examinations. The board’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr Fabian Benjamin, gave the advice in an interview with News Agency of

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WAEC performance ranking: Edo maintains 3rd position in 2019

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2019

ABIODUN JIMOH  Edo State has retained its 3rd position in the performance ranking chart of the 2019 West African Examination Council (WAEC), coming behind Anambra Sate which occupied the second position and Abia State, which took the first position in the ranking. Reacting to the state’s performance in the national examination, Governor Godwin Obaseki, commended the

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NGO urged FG to close the gap,  focus on education in the north. 

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2019

By Punarimam Fehintola A non governmental organization the center for leadership, strategy and development center LSD has called on government to ensure the gap in the educational sector in the northern part of the country is bridged. The founding executive director Dr.  Otive Igbuzor said the center has conducted a research on the effectiveness of […]

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JAMB appoints Attahiru Jega Chairman committee on interalisation of admission in tertiary institutions

Daily Dispatch August 13, 2019

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has been appointed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to chair its newly inaugurated committee on the internalisation of admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Prof. Ishaq Oloyele, the JAMB Registrar, who inaugurated the committee, pointed out that its