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The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board(SUBEB), has told teachers in public primary schools who refused postings to rural areas to resign. SUBEB lamented the lopsidedness created over the refusal of teachers to go to rural areas thereby concentrating them in the cities at the ... Read more

The Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said that the institution has recorded success in its post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination test which ends today. Ogundipe who took the media round the UNILAG consult where the test was being organised and monitored said they were able to obey the COVID-19 ... Read more

Abia state government has urged teachers in the state to resume classes, by March 1, 2020, saying that it had paid one million Naira between December 2020 and January 2021, to settle arrears of salaries, owed teachers in the state Teachers in the state had gone on an ... Read more

The National Universities Commission, NUC, has granted approval for the start of seven new courses at the Augustine University, Ilara, Epe, Lagos State. In a statement by the Communications Officer, Nicolas Obayi, the approval was contained in a letter sent by the Executive Secretary of the Commission to the Vice-Chancellor of Augustine ... Read more

A professor at the Mahfouz Adedimeji, has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of the newly-approved Ahman Pategi University, Kwara State. The pro-chancellor and chairman of the council of the new university, Aliyu Pategi, presented an appointment letter to Mr Adedimeji on Tuesday at the university’s permanent site. The ceremony was attended by ... Read more

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, on Thursday, called off their three-week-old strike after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government. The two parties agreed on all the eight-point demand of the Joint Action Committee of the unions, leading to the signing of a ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of various tertiary institutions in the country have agreed to conclude all 2020/2021 admissions by June 15. A statement signed by JAMB’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said public universities would conclude admissions a month ahead of private institutions, ... Read more

China’s new rules governing school disciplinary methods came into force on Monday, banning physical punishment and verbal abuse in primary and secondary schools. Educators are prohibited from carrying out disciplinary procedures that would inflict direct physical pain on students, according to the trialed regulations released by the Ministry ... Read more

University of Lagos (UNILAG) Mass Communication Head of Department, Associate Professor Adepoju Tejumaiye, has announced the birth of an online edition of the Department’s training newspaper for students, UNILAG Sun. The Head of Department in a statement, Thursday, stated that the production of the online edition was dictated by the prevailing incidence of Covid-19 which has made it ... Read more

The National Universities Commission ( NUC) has granted approval for the commencement of seven new courses at the Augustine University, Ilara, Epe, Lagos State. The Communications Officer of the university, Nicolas Obayi, in a statement made available to THISDAY, said the approval was contained in a letter sent by the Executive Secretary of the Commission to its Vice-Chancellor. The seven ... Read more