EDUCATION

TETFund awards N720m contract to renovate Jos varsity burnt library

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2017

The Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund has awarded a contract of N720 million to renovate the burnt library complex of University of Jos. Prof. Sebastian Maimako, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, disclosed this on Friday while briefing newsmen on his achievements

EDUCATION

JAMB trails cyber cafe operators, others over fraud

Daily Dispatch June 23, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is on the trail of cyber cafe operators and others who are bent on compromising the integrity of its examination. “We will not stop war against these fraudsters until we achieve victory. We will stop at nothing to ensure this ugly trend is arrested,” the board’s spokesman, Dr. Fabian […]

EDUCATION

JAMB Set for supplementary UTME

Daily Dispatch June 16, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday said it had concluded arrangements for its supplementary 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos. According to Benjamin, the examination, scheduled for July 1, is to give

EDUCATION

Unpaid Salaries: NUT gives 19 states 30 days ultimatum….may go on indefinite strike action

Daily Dispatch June 16, 2017

Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has called on the 19 states governors that are owing teachers several months of salary to pay up within the next 30 days or face an indefinite strike action. National President of the union, Comrade Michael Alogba Olukoya, gave the ultimatum in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, while addressing journalists […]

EDUCATION

[BREAKING] JAMB blacklists 48 CBT centres for malpractice in 2017 UTME

Daily Dispatch June 14, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has blacklisted 48 Computer-Based Test centres over their alleged involvement in extortion and organised examination malpractices during the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja at a news conference at the end of an enlarged meeting

EDUCATION

NUT urges Plateau govt to convert its 4,000 ad-hoc teachers to permanent staff

Daily Dispatch June 12, 2017

The National Union of Teachers (NUT) in Plateau has urged the state government to convert its more than 4,000 ad-hoc teachers to permanent staff to make them more productive. The Chairman of NUT in the state, Mr Gunshin Yarlings, who gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jos on […]