EDUCATION

How OAU management exposed us to rape, attacks, others – Students

Daily Dispatch April 16, 2019

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, under the auspices of Action Committee of the Great Ife Students’ Union on Tuesday, decried what they termed unfavourable accommodation policy of the university management. They accused the university authorities of exposing over 80 per cent

EDUCATION

UTME: Professional examination writers arrested for impersonation

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2019

Fifty professional examination writers who sit for candidates in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination have been arrested, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has revealed. The board said the impostors were arrested nationwide following its intelligence gathering mechanism. JAMB’s Spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in the agency’s

EDUCATION

Private universities aid academic corruption, decadence – JAMB chief

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2019

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, came down hard on proprietors of private universities in Nigeria on Monday, accusing the institutions of aiding academic corruption and decadence in the country. Oloyede said that private university operators violate several laws guiding university operations in Nigeria, particularly

EDUCATION

How poverty impacts on children’s brain activities – study

Daily Dispatch April 15, 2019

New research has revealed that children from low-income backgrounds, where parents have a low level of education, have weaker brain activity and are more likely to be distracted. The Lead researcher, Prof John Spencer, from the University of East Anglia’s School of Psychology and his team studied the brain function of children aged between four […]

EDUCATION

Breaking: NECO reschedules entrance exam into unity schools

Daily Dispatch April 11, 2019

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the National Common Entrance Examination into unity schools to 27th April. It’s head, Information and Public, Relations Division, Azeez Sani, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to the statement, the date for the examination was shifted to give states with low registration of candidates […]

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JAMB: Candidates mulls good UTME results

Daily Dispatch April 11, 2019

Some candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have expressed optimism in their results as the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) commences the 2019/2020 exercise. The candidates expressed this on Thursday in Abuja. The JAMB had scheduled the exercise to commence from April 11 to 15 in all its accredited centres nationwide. A […]