EDUCATION

No Student Died During Examination, FUOYE Debunks Rumours

Daily Dispatch April 1, 2023

The Federal University Oye-Ekiti on Friday said no student died on Thursday during the issues that came up with the Computer Based Test as was being rumoured by some online news bloggers. The Registrar of the university, Mr Mufutau Ibrahim, made the declaration in a statement issued in

EDUCATION

FUOYE postpones CBT, continues pen-on-paper first semester exams

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2023

The Federal University Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, has shifted its computer-based-testing (CBT) for the first semester examinations by one week to accommodate JAMB Mock UTME following hiccups arising from the exercise. This, it said the shift in the CBT occasioned by the hiccups would not affect the ongoing first semester examinations for its new […]

EDUCATION

Alleged manslaughter: Court admits Chrisland staff to bail

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2023

An Ikeja High Court on Thursday admitted four staff members of of Chrisland School Ikeja, to bail for alleged involuntary manslaughter of a 12-year-old student, Whitney Adeniran. The Lagos State government charged Ademoye Adewale, Kuku Fatai, Belinda Amao, and Nwatu  Victoria with involuntary manslaughter and reckless negligent acts. The defendants, however, pleaded

EDUCATION

JAMB must sanction Cannan land, Covenant University for delaying hijab-clad girls exam-MURIC

Daily Dispatch March 30, 2023

A call has gone to the authorities of the Joint Admissions Matriculations Board (JAMB) to sanction Canaan land and Covenant University, both in Otta, Ogun State, for disallowing hijab-clad girls from entering their premises for today’s mock examination. The Muslim girls were delayed for 48 minutes while the examination was going on. Making the call […]

EDUCATION

NGO seeks more funding to education … gives scholarship to indigent students

Daily Dispatch March 29, 2023

Worried about the number of out of school children and it’s negative effects on the society, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Bothers Across Nigeria (BAN) has presented scholarships to 10 indigent secondary students. This is just as the NGO expressed concern over the low budgetary allocation to education, which it said has contributed to decay in […]

EDUCATION

Polaris Bank, CBN deepen financial literacy, donates books to libraries of 37 Secondary Schools nationwide

Daily Dispatch March 28, 2023

Polaris Bank has continued to deepen its financial advocacy role of educating and inculcating in young Nigerians the culture of savings, investment and financial awareness during the 2023 Global Money Week (GMW) event. The week-long activity, which kicked off last Monday, March 20, and ended on Sunday, March 26, 2023, had ‘Plan Your Money, Plant […]