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The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has suspended all social activities within the institution. It made this disclosure via a statement made available to DAILY POST by the Registrar of the institution, Theresa Fawale. Fawale in the statement issued on Sunday, noted that the decision was necessary in view of the security situation in ... Read more

ABUJA – A 60-year-old man who wrote the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME to read Pharmacy, has raised concern over his inability to achieve his dream due to low score. The man, Mr Gabriel Olarenwaju Akinyemi, who wrote the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB’s UTME, scored an aggregate of 161. The ... Read more

The management of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos at the weekend justified the demand for parents to pay school fees and other charges, insisting academic activities were not disrupted as a result of the closure of schools nationwide due to the Coronaviru disease. But some parents in a letter to the university management, rejected the school ... Read more

ANOTHER step towards the reopening of schools will be taken today as Federal and state governments meet to review the level of compliance with the conditions. The 52-page guidelines released by the Federal Ministry of Education is designed to navigate the path for the resumption of pupils in exit classes to enable them write their external ... Read more

ABUJA — All secondary schools in the country are to résumé academic activities August 4, 2020, the federal government has said. But the resumption, according to the Federal Ministry of Education, would only be for SS3 students writing the West African Examinations Council, WAEC and the National Examinations Council, ... Read more

The Federal Government on Monday announced the reopening of secondary schools in the country from the 4th of August, 2020 for graduating classes only. The students would have two weeks within which to prepare for the West African Examinations (WAEC) due to start on the 17th of August, 2020. Director, Press and Public Relations, Federal ... Read more

SOME private schools in Lagos State have held virtual graduation ceremony for their pupils as part of initiatives to cope with challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. ​Photographs of the graduating pupils were seen online, where they wore their graduation gown within the confines of their homes. ​The Director and ... Read more

Nigerian Breweries Plc., Nigeria’s foremost brewing company has announced the opening of entries for the sixth edition of the Maltina Teacher of the Year. Speaking at the flag-off ceremony of the initiative held recently, the Corporate Affairs Director, Nigerian Breweries Plc., Mrs. Sade Morgan noted that Maltina Teacher of the Year is ... Read more

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State.The South-East Governors Forum has decided that compulsory COVID-19 tests will be conducted on teachers in all schools in the zone before reopening of schools. The Chairman of the forum and Ebonyi Governor, Chief Dave Umahi made the disclosure in Abakaliki on Sunday while briefing newsmen after a virtual ... Read more

Emeka NwajiubaThe Federal Government on Monday said only schools designated as centres for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) and in respect of the exiting classes would re-open. Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba, said this at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing in ... Read more