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Latest: ASUU Faults FG’s Decision to Reopen Schools for Graduating Students Amid Pandemic The decision of the federal government to safely reopen schools nationwide for graduating students to write their final examinations has continued to generate more reactions. The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, faulted the government’s decision …

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has awarded scholarships to sixteen (16) candidates who took the 2020 UTME for their excellent performance in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The beneficiaries, comprising males and females, have indicated interest to study mechanical, industrial production, electrical, computer as well as civil engineering in Nigerian universities. The …

OAU Distance Learning Admission Form Details Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the undergraduate Distance Learning programmes of the Centre for Distance Learning, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The Centre has the mandate of providing access to University education for people, who, for some peculiar reasons, cannot engage fully in …

NSUK Postgraduate Admission Details: NSUK postgraduate admission details for the 2019/2020 academic session has been released by the school management. Applications are currently being accepted from suitably qualified candidates for admission into various Postgraduate programmes of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK). LATEST UPDATE: The deadline for NSUK Postgraduate Application has been extended to July …

The Federal Government has made it known that there is no safe design for reopening the Nigerian tertiary institutions – PTF coordinator, Sani Aliyu, made this known, saying efforts are ongoing to flatten the Covid-19 curve – Aliyu said the reopening of schools for graduating classes was necessary so as to avoid losing a whole …

The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) is set to commence Virtual Learning System for Lecturers and Students to engage in academic activities. Kindly visit https://bit.ly/3i0O8eb to download procedures on how to access the Virtual Learning platform. Note: Please visit the AAUA Forum link https://forum.aaua.edu.ng for any vital information regarding the online class. Students who are yet to register for …

The University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) has secured approval for 14 new programmes from the National Universities Commission. Ten of the fourteen programmes secured full accreditation while four have interim accreditation. The university, however, failed to secure accreditation for its Computer Science programme. This was disclosed in a statement by the Head, Information and University Relations …

The Federal Government on Monday announced the reopening of primary and secondary schools only for preparatory classes for exiting students and pupils – primary 6, JSS 3 and SS3 respectively. Only those sitting the National Common Entrance Examinations, WAEC and NECO examinations, etc., are to resume classes as long as the schools comply strictly with …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says with “the onset of the wet season which comes along with an increase in flu-like diseases”, children run the risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19 if schools are reopened now. The centre said with the nation’s weak health system as well as the very low risk perception …

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 …