Education Minister, Prof. Tahir Mamman has identified industry-linked research in the country's Institutions of higher learning as key to National Development. Director Press & Public Relations of the Ministry, Ben Bem Goong disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, September 18, 2023 Goong said the Minister made the observation in...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed its readiness to partner with the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) to ensure uninterrupted power supply in universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, made this known during a courtesy visit to his office by...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that the commencement of the 2022/23 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) and Direct Entry(DE) Registration exercise earlier scheduled for Saturday, 12th February, 2022, has now been postponed to Saturday, 19th February, 2022 and to end on Saturday, 26th March, 2022. A statement...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has announced that it is postponing the continuation of its Direct Entry (DE) registration, which was scheduled to close on Thursday, 20th April, 2023, but was extended by one week to continue on Saturday, 6th May, 2023, when the 2023 UTME and the...
The longest serving Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has disclosed that he was an angry journalist and knew nothing about education when President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him to head the ministry in 2014. He stated this during a send forth ceremony organised by staff of the ministry on Thursday,...
In the bid to recover from setback in education, especially that of the girl child in certain parts of the country due to insecurity and the covid-19 pandemic, The Federal Ministry of Education has called for drastic steps to be taken to regain the lost grounds. The Minister of state...
The Federal Government has launched the World Bank-supported Sustainable Procurement, Environmental and Social Standards Enhancement (SPESSE) Project, in six universities chosen as Centres of Excellence. Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by the Minister of State for Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, chaired the launch on Thursday, October 28, 2021in...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has conducted the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) for foreign candidates desirous of securing admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. This was disclosed in the recent edition of JAMBulletin, the Board's weekly bulletin publication. TheFact Nigeria observed that Nigerian tertiary institutions, especially government owned ones...
All candidates, who could not sit the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Tuesday, 25th April, 2023, on account of technical challenges, have been rescheduled. This announcement was made in a statement issued by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin after the Board management meeting at...