EDUCATION NEWS

Court strikes out JAMB worker’s suit over failure to prove case

Daily Dispatch March 26, 2019

The National Industrial Court on Tuesday struck out a suit filed against the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), for failure of the claimant to prove that his dismissal was unlawful. The claimant, Suleyman Sanni approached the court to declare his dismissal unlawful and sought for

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157,631 candidates for mock UTME

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2019

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says candidates who have yet to receive notification for its Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) might not have indicated interest at the point of registration The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria […]

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48 UNIZIK students bag Chinese scholarships

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2019

Forty-eight students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka have benefitted from the yearly scholarship scheme of the People’s Republic of China. The scholarships were handed over to the students by the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr. Zhou Pingjian at the auditorium of the institution. Speaking at the occasion, Pingjian congratuled the beneficiaries, describing their

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As NOUN Lecturer Obasabjo earns N40, 000 annually – VC

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2019

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is earning N40,000 annually as a supervisor at the National Open University of Nigeria, Abeokuta Study Centre, Ogun State, the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Abdalla Adamu, disclosed on Tuesday. The NOUN VC stated this at a press briefing in Abuja, noting that Obasanjo, a holder of PhD in Christian Theology, has two […]

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SBMC-SIP: UBEC organises 5-day training for its master trainers

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2019

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) is taking another bold step in facilitating result-oriented advocacy, sensitization and mobilization of grassroot actors for improved school development. Being fully aware of the fact that the overall success of basic education in Nigeria depends largely on the level of community awareness, participation and support to the

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UTME: No exemption on biometric verification, JAMB insists

Daily Dispatch March 17, 2019

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says there is no exemption on biometric verification for all candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board made this known in its Vol. 1, No 11 weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]