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The Nigerian Government and parents would spend over N200 billion to prepare pupils and students if schools are to reopen during the Covid-19 period. This estimate is contained in a research conducted by a group of civil society organisations led by Nigeria’s foremost e-learning and examination preparatory software expert, Ibifuro Asawo. There are countless debates …

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has disclosed that it will provide no fewer than 200,000 bed spaces for students in various tertiary institutions in the country. Mr Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, Chairman, TETFund Board of Trustees disclosed this in Abuja at agency 2020 Board Retreat for Research Grants. The retreat has as theme: “Consolidating TETFund as …

What to expect during a Post-UTME screening exercise is a question all candidates seeking admission should have in mind, i.e. after knowing the official admission cut-off mark your preferred school of choice would use for its admission exercise. Also See: List of Schools Whose Post-UTME Screening Forms are out This year’s Post-UTME screening exercise might …

Coal City University is currently accepting applications from suitably qualified candidates into its 2020 scholarship programme. See details on how to apply below. Coal City University offers a number of scholarships each year for students who have demonstrated academic excellence or showed potential to do so during their time at Coal City University, Enugu, Enugu …

The management of Bowen University, Iwo has sacked over 100 staff in the university due to the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. The private university located at Iwo in Osun State, reportedly sacked the workers on Tuesday, June 23. Also See: American University of Nigeria Sacks Over 400 Staff Sack letters were sent via …

Prior to the directive from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), all tertiary institutions in the country have released their various cut-off marks for the 2020/2021 admission exercise. These cut-off marks were decided by the Senate and management of the various schools and would be used as the benchmark for admission. Also See: JAMB …

The Federal Ministry of Education has proposed that schools must create isolation spaces before reopening. This was contained in the ‘Guidelines for schools and learning facilities reopening after COVID-19 pandemic closure’, submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday. The document noted that each school is “required to create temporary isolation spaces and fully-equipped clinics before …

The Federal Government has submitted a proposal to the National Assembly for school reopening. The Federal Ministry of Education presented the detailed proposal on its plan to reopen schools across the country. The Minister of State for Education,  Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, stated this on Tuesday when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Basic and …

Latest: No Admission Offer Should Be Made Outside JAMB CAPS – Minister Warns All candidates seeking admission into various tertiary institutions in the country have again been warned to desist from backdoor admissions which are admissions given to candidates without recourse to the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) introduced by JAMB. The Hon. Minister of …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has listed universities that will not admit candidates who scored less than 200, 190 and 180 in 2020 UTME.  This was disclosed in a statement signed by JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Monday in Abuja. He said that the list of universities that will not admit less …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Zone D, South-West, has asked the Federal Government to reopen schools so that young people and students in the country can be engaged. The student body in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Kazeem Olalekan Israel, said the government was making students pay for its years of refusal …

According to the documents released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) at its policy meeting – over 679 high-performing candidates who scored 300 and above were denied admission into any tertiary institution. The board listed nine reasons why the candidates did not get admission. They are rigidity (candidates who want a particular programme …