EDUCATION

56 newly approved institutions get operating licences

Daily Dispatch April 29, 2019

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has given 56 newly approved private institutions licences to operate. The institutions consist of 20 private polytechnics, four Colleges of Health Sciences and Technology and 32 Innovation Enterprise Institutions (IEIs). Adamu, who was represented by

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 the Registrar and made available to the News Agency 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 […]