The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sonny Echono has urged the Research and Development Standing Committee (RSDC) to design an agenda that could fast track the research process in the country.
Echono stated this when he met with leadership of the Committee, led by its chairman, Prof....
By Alice Etuka, Abuja
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that it has no policy barring candidates from sporting the religious paraphernalia peculiar to their religious persuasions even when gaining entry into the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) hall.
JAMB Spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin announced this in a statement...
The Federal Government has increased school fees for Federal Government Colleges (FGCs), otherwise known as Federal Unity Colleges, from N45,000 to N100,000.
This was contained in a directive from the Office of the Director of Senior Secondary Education Department of the Federal Ministry of Education, reference number ADF/120/DSSE/I, dated 25th...
The Federal Government has directed schools to report any security threat to the nearest security agency, and has urged Nigerians to be vigilant to end attacks on schools and the abduction of students.
Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, stated this, while noting that government cannot guarantee the security...
Following the approval of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on May 15, 2023, to establish 37 private universities in the country, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has presented provisional licenses to the new universities.
The 37 newly approved private universities received their provisional licence...
In a bid to nip the country's learning crisis in the bud, Nigeria has kick-started a National Teacher Management Database to monitor teacher recruitment, deployment, evaluation, and professional growth.
Speaking at the launch of the Teacher Management Information System (TMIS) in Abuja on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, Chief Education, UNICEF...
Unilever Nigeria and UNICEF today announced the launch of the Future-X Campus Ambassadors Program (FUCAP) to reach 3 million Nigerian youth and equip 700,000 of them between the ages of 16 and 24 with the requisite skills to succeed in the workplace of the future by 2026.
This development was...
Education Minister, Prof.Tahir Mamman and the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu have promised that the Ministry would resolve the logistics challenges facing the National Examinations Council (NECO).
Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Ben. Bem Goong disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday, November...
Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobo has said that the country needs additional 20, 000 schools and 907, 769 classrooms to absorb its growing number of out-of-school children.
Director, Press and Public Relations Unit of the Federal Ministry of Education, Bem Goong disclosed this...
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has said that it did not schedule any examination for Saturday, 9 July, 2022, which is Sallah Day.
NECO Spokesperson, Mr. Azeez Sani disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday, July 4, 2022.
He said the Council was conscious of the importance of religious festivals and...
