Education

The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the anti- SARS protests. Commissioner for Education, Mrs …

Ekiti Governor Kayode Fayemi has assented into law the bill seeking upgrading of the College of Education Ikere- Ekiti to the University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti. The …

The National Examination Council(NECO) has been forced to reschedule Paper I Computer Studies Practical’s scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020 to November 16 In a statement by …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday, gave an indication that the union will suspend its prolonged strike very soon, as its President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, declared that …

The university non- academic workers have warned that the Federal Government cannot use the payment platform designed by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to pay them, even as …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described the directive stopping the salaries of university employees , who have not enrolled on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, as …

The Federal Government has ordered the stoppage of salaries of any university employee who is not enrolled on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System with effect from November 2020. …

The Borno state government on Wednesday October 7, announced thatbasic and senior secondary schools will reopen in the state on October 25, months after being closed down due to the …

The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba has been asked to resign and go into farming by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, following his criticism of the union.  Recall that ASUU …

The teachers under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) said the decision was taken due to difference in employers and aspirations.   Chairman of ASUSS, Jimoh Daudu while …

There were strong indications on Monday that students of public universities in the country would stay at home further as the Academic Staff Union of Universities dismissed the Federal Government’s …

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) will commence their 14-day warning strike today. In a letter dated …

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities(SSANU) and the Non- Academic Staff Union(NASU) have declared a warning strike that will commence next Monday, October 5, and last 14 days across …

Federal Government, on Friday, announced that, barring any last minute change in plans, Federal Government owned tertiary institutions in Nigeria, as well as Federal Government Colleges, otherwise known as Unity …

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has announced that unity schools will be reopening across the country on October 11.  The Minister in the letter which confirmed the reopening of Unity Schools, said …

The Abia state government has directed schools in the state to resume on September 28 for completion of thethird term of the 2019/2020 academic session. The state’s Commissioner for Information, …

Foreign students including Nigerians could be restricted to admission into US universities for not more than a two-year period, a proposed government policy has shown. This comes a few months …

Nigerian TV show host and comedienne, Helen Paul is reportedly taking a postdoctoral study in an undisclosed university in America. The Nation reported that Helen Paul is on the verge of becoming …

The Lagos state school calendar for year 2020/2021 session has been released by the state’s Ministry of Education, Office of Education Quality Assurance.  In the new time table, both public and private …

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wale Babalakin has resigned as the pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos.  Babalakin conveyed news of his resignation in a letter dated September 15, 2020 and addressed to …

The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde has approved the resumption dates for Public and Private Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Institutions in the State. A statement released by the state …

Striking workers of three tertiary institutions in Lagos State on Monday kept to their threat of embarking on an industrial action to press home the payment of the new minimum …

Primary and Secondary schools in Lagos have been directed to reopen on September 21, 2020 by the state government.  Kayode Abayomi, head of public affairs unit at the ministry of education …

The Delta state government has directed primary six pupils to resume school on Wednesday, September 16, 2020. All primary school teachers in the state have also been ordered to resume duties on …

The Senate of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, said that only final year students at the undergraduate level such as 400, 500 and 600 levels were permitted to resume academic …

Professor Florence Obi of the Faculty of Education has broken a 45-year jinx by emerging the first female Vice-Chancellor-elect of the University of Calabar, Cross River State. She emerged top …

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has successfully conducted the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) in senior secondary schools in Chibok in Borno six years after closure due to …

The Ogun State Government has announced Monday, 21 September 2020 for the reopening of schools in the state for the first term of 2020/2021 session. In a Press Statement issued …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said it supports the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in its negotiations with Federal Government regarding the ongoing strike. NANS President …

9,246 Nigerian teachers who sat for the Batch A professional qualifying exam held in July 2020, reportedly failed.  The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) said only 75%, a total of 28,094 candidates passed …

The University of Ibadan (UI) has been named among the top 500 varsities in the world in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. On Tuesday, THE released its rankings …

The Federal Government has confirmed that all the more than 30 candidates sitting for the ongoing West African Secondary School Certificate Examination who were tested positive for COVID-19 have returned …

The school resumption timetable making rounds on social media has been disowned by the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) Unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Education.  While Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had …

The State Government of Osun has announced a new schedule for the reopening of schools in the State, as resumption of schools has been tentatively set for September 21, 2020. …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Monday, has said it was still unsafe at this time for the nation’s public universities to reopen for academic activities. It also …

Students of the Lagos State University, LASU, are to resume in batches, starting from September. The Vice Chancellor,  Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, SAN, made this announcement on Monday, August 31, while speaking on …

Tertiary, Primary & Secondary Schools To Reopen In Lagos From September 14 & 21 Schools in Lagos are set to re-open in September, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed on Saturday. The …

The management of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted 22 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres for allegedly defrauding 11,823 candidates to the tune of N59million.  JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede who made …

Nigerian University Lecturers have asked the Federal Government to reopen tertiary institutions in the country as they are ready to work following nationwide educational shutdown prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. …

The Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says no date has been fixed yet for full schools’ resumption even though the Federal Government had continued to engage stakeholders. …

The Senate of the University of Lagos , Akoka, has elected the deputy vice-chancellor in charge of development services, Folasade Ogunsola, as the institution’s acting vice-chancellor. She is the first …

The union, tweeted via its official twitter account, that the ongoing strike will continue until the Federal Government meet all its demands. They asked for the support and understanding of …

Undergraduates in Kwara state on Wednesday August 19, staged a protest to demand for the reopening of higher institutions in the state.  Higher institutions of learning in Nigeria have been shut down since …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday told the Federal Government that the University Transparency and Accountability Solution, which it developed as an alternative to the Integrated Payroll and …

National association of university students (NAUS), National association of polytechnic students (NAPS), and National association of Nigerian colleges of education (NANCES) to demand for immediate reopening of campus across Nigeria.  …

As shared by omasoro Ali ovie @OvieSheikh Boy in Gombe who was infected with Covid-19, gets to write his exams in isolation centre. The WASSCE invigilator had full PPE to …

The West Africa Examinations Council (WAEC) has come out to debunk a report of a leaked mathematics examination question paper. The Senior School Certificate Examination, which started today, August 17 …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has sent a petition to the National Human Right Commission over 20 months unpaid salaries by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia. Anderson Ezeibe, …

Wale Babalakin, pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos, has said that due process was followed in the removal of the former Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe and that …

Professor Theophilus Omotunde Soyombo, who was appointed the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, on Wednesday by the Governing Council of the university, has said he has resumed …