The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says this year's National Personnel Audit (NPA) would gulp a whooping sum of 2billion naira. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi made this known in Abuja on Tuesday, during the briefing on the 2022 National Personnel Audit. Dr Bobboyi disclosed that the...
The management of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has commenced efforts to ensure full implementation of E-learning programmes in basic education across the country. UBEC Spokesperson, Mr. David Apeh who disclosed this in a statement said it was necessary, following the challenges occasioned in the sub-sector by the COVID-19 pandemic...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has returned to classrooms after grounding Nigerian public-run polytechnics with a two-week warning strike over unmet demands. ASUP President, Anderson Ezeibe, confirmed to The ICIR on Monday in a telephone interview that the Federal Government met four of the union’s demands. Lecturers at the...
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has extended the registration period for the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for school-based candidates. NECO Spokesperson, Mr. Azeez Sani, announced the extension in Abuja on Monday, May 30, 2022. Sani explained that the registration period, which was initially scheduled to close on Monday, May...
Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has hinted that is putting strategies in place to improve learning outcomes in children with special needs in basic education levels across the country. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Hamid Boboyi gave the hint at the 2-day interactive meeting of the department of special...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said its attention has been drawn to fake Approvals-In-Principle (AIP) quoting outrageous sums as allocations to some institutions that are not beneficiaries of the Fund. Acting Director, Public Affairs Unit of the Fund, Mr. Abdulmumin Oniyangi made the disclosure in a statement issued on...
The Federal Government on Thursday tasked traditional and religious leaders in the country to join forces with the Government in it's effort to reduce the high number of out-of-school children estimated at 10.5 million and myriads of other challenges besetting basic education in the country. This is just as the...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has said it has recommended termination of contracts and sanctions for erring contractors handling projects in institutions benefiting from its various interventions. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, disclosed this in Abuja on Saturday, at the 2021 Annual General Meeting of the Procurement...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released this year's Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result. This was contained in a statement issued by the Board's Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Mr. Fabian Benjamin on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Benjamin explained that, to check the 2022 UTME result, all a...
The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, alongside the Minister for Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, will be hosting a meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as well as all other registered Trade Unions in Nigerian universities in...