EDUCATION

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

EDUCATION

ASUP Threatens Fresh Nationwide Strike

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2019

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has threatened to go on another nationwide strike due to alleged failure of the federal government to implement the agreement it reached with the union recently. It was learned that the Union intends to embark on a one-week strike. But the union did not disclose when the planned strike would […]

EDUCATION

We’ve resolved exam schedules with WAEC, says JAMB

Daily Dispatch April 9, 2019

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Tuesday assured candidates sitting for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination that they would not be denied the opportunity of writing the examination. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Relations, JAMB, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos following fears concerning a

EDUCATION

Success Adegor: SERAP gives Okowa ultimatum to disclose spending on primary education in Delta

Daily Dispatch April 7, 2019

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to Governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of Delta State to urgently provide information on details of the budgetary allocations and actual spending on quality primary school education in his state between 2015 and 2019. SERAP said: “The evidence of education deficit in […]

EDUCATION

Edo govt shuts secondary schools over alleged cultism

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2019

The Edo State government has ordered the closure of two secondary schools in the state with immediate effect, Ihogbe College and Oba Akenzua II. The acting governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, gave the order on Monday following a series of alleged cult clashes involving students from the schools. He ordered the closure during an […]

EDUCATION

UTME Mock: Mob attempts setting JAMB officials ablaze in Lagos

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2019

The conduct of the mock examination for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME), was almost marred on Monday, following an attempted murder of two officials of the Joint Admission and Matriculations Board in one of the centres situated inside Lagos State Polytechnic. According to the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who confirmed the […]