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The Nigeria Union of Teachers has complained of being overworked due to the class spacing guideline. In an interview with our correspondent, the Secretary-General of the NUT, Dr Mike Ike-Ene, said teachers’ workload had increased as a result of class spacing which was one of the coronavirus safety guidelines for school resumption for ... Read more

The Kogi Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones, has urged heads of schools to be proactive, ensure a safe and conducive environment for students ahead of resumption for exit classes on Aug. 10 in the state. Speaking with newsmen on Friday during the fumigation exercise at Abdulaziz Atta Memorial College (AMCO), ... Read more

Students of who paid accommodation fees are to be reimbursed in full, the university has said. Addressing a press conference in Lagos Friday, Nosa Owens-Ibie, the vice-chancellor, said the university’s e-portal had been opened earlier in the year in anticipation of resumption. But when it became apparent that schools would not resume ... Read more

Lagos — Keke Senior Grammar School, Agege, Lagos has emerged the best Senior Secondary School in the year 2020 Lagos State Schools Governor’s Quiz competition with 14 points. Announcing the result at the grand finale of the competition that was held virtually, the quiz Master, Mr. Olusegun Adedeji the school winner, Oriwu ... Read more

The Federal Government recently announced that students in exam classes across secondary schools in the country would resume on August 4, 2020 to prepare for their final examinations, which begins August 17. The schools were asked to make adequate preparations in adherence to the stipulated COVID-19 protocols to safeguard staff and ... Read more

1. The name of the school is City Montessori School (CMS). 2. The School is located In one of the most populous state in India, Uttar Pradesh, in the city of Lucknow. 3. City Montessori School (CMS) is a co-educational English medium private school that offers education from Pre-school up to K-12 (Grade 12). 4. The school was established in 1959 with only 5 students in a rented ... Read more

LGovernor David Umahi of Ebonyi State.Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has said that COVID-19 will help in checking ‘giraffing’ among students during examinations. Giraffing, malpractice, is used to describe the practice of peeping and copying from the scripts of other candidates in an examination environment. Umahi made the declaration ... Read more

By Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado Ekiti The Management of the Ekiti State University, has warned admission seekers to be wary of the activities of scammers who were desperate to defraud unsuspecting members of the public under the pretext of fake advertisement by the university. The university disowned the online advertisement claiming that the UTME/ ... Read more

Private schools in Imo State have begun fumigation of their premises in preparation for the resumption of schools. This was disclosed yesterday by the Rector of the Bethel Seminary School, Umudibia in Owerri West Council Area of Imo State, Okechukwu Amadi, while speaking to newsmen on the resumption of exit students. He said the fumigation ... Read more

After a long unexpected delay occasioned by the lockdown from the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will begin in 19,129 accredited centres nationwide on August 17. Some candidates hoping to write the examination spoke with IMOLEAYO OYEDEYI and ADEOLA OTEMADE on their fears and ... Read more