EDUCATION

2023 mock-UTME: JAMB to examine 176,408 candidates

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2023

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said that it will examine 176,408 candidates in its 2023 mock examination scheduled to hold on Thursday, March 30. The Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen

EDUCATION

NUC accredits 7 courses in Salem University, Lokoja

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2023

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has fully accredited seven academic programmes of Salem University, Lokoja in Kogi, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, has said. The accredited Bachelor of Science (BSc) courses are: Computer Science, Information Technology, Geology, Microbiology, Biochemistry and MSc/MBA Business Administration.

EDUCATION

WAEC unveils educational statistics platform

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2023

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has unveiled a new technology to ease access to quality data and insights into the country’s educational sector. The technology, known as Educational  Statistics (EDUSTAT) platform, is another addition introduced by the council to the list of its technologies. The addition is in line with its resolve to do […]

EDUCATION

UNICEF Organizes Poem for Peace in Maiduguri

Daily Dispatch March 21, 2023

To commemorate the 2023 World Poetry Day, UNICEF organised a poetry competition for children affected by conflict in Maiduguri, north-east Nigeria. Here are the winning poems dedicated to peace in the region.   A place bestowed with peaceExalted as the home of peaceA fortunate scope full of heroesSurrounded by young men and womenAs resilient as a rock. Killing […]

EDUCATION

JAMB resumes Direct Entry Registration

Daily Dispatch March 20, 2023

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday announced that it had resumed the 2023 Direct Entry registration nationwide. The Registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who made this known at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja, said that the DE registration would come to a close on April 28, 2023. While lamenting the […]

EDUCATION

Lagos speaks as Principal sends student home for wrapping book with Peter Obi’s poster

Daily Dispatch March 16, 2023

The Lagos State Government has reacted to the action of a Principal who sent a secondary school student home for wrapping her book with a poster of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 election, Peter Obi. The reaction of the Lagos State Government was contained in a statement by […]