EDUCATION

Benue translates science textbooks to Tiv language

Daily Dispatch May 24, 2017

The Benue State Universal Basic Education Board has started translating science textbooks into Tiv dialect for easy learning and sustenance of indigenous languages. The Executive Chairman of the board, Mr Philip Tachin, made this known on Wednesday while declaring open, a two-week teacher

EDUCATION

Lagos spends N11billion on schools rehabilitation

Daily Dispatch May 23, 2017

The Lagos State Government has disclosed that N11.6 billion was expended on rehabilitation and construction of some public primary and secondary schools in the state. Dr Idiat Adebule, Deputy Governor who also doubles as the Commissioner for Education, made the disclosure at the 2017 Ministerial Press Briefing to mark two years in office of Gov. […]

EDUCATION

LGs too feeble to handle basic education- Bolaji Abdullahi

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2017

Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi, says Local Governments are too weak to handle basic education. Abdullahi made the observation on the sideline of a lecture on basic education in Nigeria, organised by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Ilorin, Kwara. He observed that the basic education, which he described as […]

EDUCATION

JAMB to watch UTME video footages to uncover cheats

Daily Dispatch May 21, 2017

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will watch recordings of proceedings in its Closed Circuit Camera Televisions (CCTVs) during the just-concluded Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in a statement on Sunday, expressed confidence that such would enable it to detect where there

EDUCATION

JAMB: 59 inmates of Ikoyi prison sat for UTME

Daily Dispatch May 19, 2017

The Principal of the Ikoyi Prison School in Lagos state, has disclosed how inmates of the facility participated in the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. 59 inmates of the prison sat for the ongoing examination on Wednesday and Thursday. The figure rose from the 32 that sat for the examination in 2016. The […]

EDUCATION

104, 000 candidates apply for 11, 000 slots at UNILORIN-VC

Daily Dispatch May 18, 2017

No fewer than 104,000 admission seekers applied for admission in the university during the 2017/2018 academic session. The Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, who disclosed this during the 40th anniversary of the varsity’s Department of History and International Studies in Ilorin, however, said the university can only admit about 11,000