The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has cancelled general cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions, thereby giving schools the freedom to set their individual minimum benchmarks for admission. The decision was taken at the 2021 policy meeting, which was held virtually on Tuesday and presided over by the Minister […]
Education
Non-Governmental Organisation In Anambra Reaches Out To Students in Unizik, Shares Food Items
It was all joy for some students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka as an advocacy group, Youth Advocate For Peace Justice And Empowerment Network (YAPJEN), shared food palliatives, to about one hundred students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State. The gesture, the group said, was to assist the […]
Family Of Unizik Student Who Reports Alleged Committed Suicide, Refutes Report.
Parents of David Ogbonna, a 200 level Industrial Physics student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, who reports alleged committed suicide recently in one of the school’s hostels have denied media reports attributing their son’s death to inability to pay school fees. The parents, Pastor, and Mrs. Ogbonna made this known through […]
UNIZIK Student Commits Suicide Over High School Fees
An eye witness who preferred anonymity said, “The deceased locked himself inside the room for days and was sobbing for inability to meet up with the school fees introduced recently by management….
Buhari Re-appoints Oloyede as JAMB Registrar
The development was part of a series of appointments on Friday that also saw the reappointment of the former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abubakar Rasheed and his counterpart in the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Hamid Boboyi…
UNIJOS Suspends Academic Activities Due to Insecurity
The University of Jos has suspended all academic activities for the 2019/2020 session and ordered students on campus to vacate their hostels pending a return of normalcy in Jos and parts of Plateau state currently facing insecurity…
Gunmen Abduct ABSU Lecturers
They were said to be travelling in separate cars when they ran into the gunmen who were robbing motorists.
After the robbery, the gunmen took the two lecturers and some others away; subsequently, a Camry belonging to Dr. Chris Afulike was seen with his phone inside the vehicle….
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Inaugurates Sexual Harassment Committee to Check Randy Lecturers
With the new committee, female students of the university who have faced harassments in the hands of lecturers can now lodge their complaints with the committee.
The committee Members, include: Professor Harry Obi-Nwosu, Professor Chinyere Stella Okunna, Professor Nkechinyere Nwokoye, Professor Carol Arinze-Umobi (Committee Chair), Dr Chinyere Esimone, and Mrs Ogoo Okolo (Secretary to Committee)…
WAEC makes NIN compulsory for WASSCE candidates from 2022
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has said the National Identification Number will become a major requirement for registration for West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination with effect from 2022. The Head of Nigeria office, WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known on Tuesday at a press briefing to announce […]
Anambra State to Benefit From British Funded Digital Literacy Program
The ANSPPB. Boss described the eGovernment Solutions Implementation Award presented to him on behalf of the Board by Beacon of ICT on Saturday, 24th of July, 2021 in Lagos as a testimony to the numerous initiatives of the Governor…