EDUCATION

UTME: Hitch-free examination in most North East states

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

The Computer-Based Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was conducted without hitches by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in all the states of the North East, with the exception of Borno State, where delays were experienced at the University of Maiduguri centres following

EDUCATION

57,000 candidates sit for UTME on Saturday

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

No fewer than 57,000 candidates sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Saturday in 642 centres across the country. The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who addressed newsmen at Digital Bridge Institute, Abuja, one of the UTME centres, said four centres encountered technical problems, while one was […]

EDUCATION

Computers told us ‘No exams for you,’ 2017 UTME candidates allege

Daily Dispatch May 13, 2017

As the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board commenced its 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations on Saturday, candidates have decried certain experiences which they said made them “uncomfortable.” According to a candidate (name withheld) who wrote his examinations at Kunike International School, Ilesa Road, in Osogbo, Osun State, when they logged on as the

EDUCATION

N-Power deploys 5, 436 teachers to Lagos

Daily Dispatch May 12, 2017

The Federal Government has deployed 5, 436 volunteer teachers to Lagos State under its N-Power Job scheme, aimed at boosting human capacity in public schools in the state. The state’s Deputy Governor, Dr Idiat Adebule, yesterday, made the disclosure at the induction course for N-Power Teachers Corps organised by the State’s Ministry of Education in […]

EDUCATION

FUNDING TO FEDERAL TERTIARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS MAY BE WITHHELD-Senator Adeola

Daily Dispatch May 11, 2017

  The Senate Ad Hoc Investigation Committee on Alleged Misuse, Under Remittance and Other Fraudulent Activities in Collection, Accounting and Expenditure of IGR by Revenue Generating Agencies of Government may recommend the withholding of yearly budgetary allocations to federal government owned tertiary education institutions and other similar institutions This is as

EDUCATION

UTME: JAMB urge candidates to check e-mails or visit CBT accredited centres for exams notifications

Daily Dispatch May 11, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination (JAMB), has advised candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scheduled to commence on Saturday, to check their e-mails for notification of their examination centres. JAMB’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria