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ABUJA—THE National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, has said its newly admitted students will undergo an online matriculation ceremony on Saturday, June 13, 2020. It would be the first time in history the institution to subject its admitted students through the process. A press release signed by the NOUN Director of Media and ... Read more

Three weeks after Israel reopened the doors to all of its schools, more and more are closing again amid a rise in coronavirus cases among pupils and teachers. With 347 pupils and teachers testing positive for the virus, 127 schools did not reopen on Sunday, the beginning of the workweek in Israel, according to an Education Ministry ... Read more

The management of the University of Abuja has flagged off a green revolution with an initial planting of no fewer than 1,503 seedlings of date palm on 12 hectares of its land at the main campus of the University. The University occupying a large expanse of land in the Federal Capital Territory is located in an arid area of the capital city, where even though surrounded by mountainous hills, ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, has announced the death of a senior lecturer, Dr Gilbert Ibitola, who reportedly slumped and died in his apartment. Dr Dipo Akomolafe, the ASUU Chairman in the institution, announced the death in a statement on Sunday in Okitipupa. He said the deceased, who was of ... Read more

ABEOKUTA- Mobile Classroom, an indigenous audiovisual classroom mobile application has announced a monthly scholarship quiz competition tagged “Mobile Classroom Digital Quiz” which allows 200 students win N20,000 each monthly. Mobile Classroom is an application that enables students go through classroom-based learning on mobile devices and computers This scholarship quiz contest, ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the Federal Government of accessing the Bio-Metric Verification Number, BVN, details of its members illegally in order to get them enrolled into the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, through the back door. Therefore, the union, through its National President, ... Read more

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it is fully prepared and ready to conduct this year’s suspended school-based West African Senior Secondary School Examinations (WASSCE) once the Federal Government reopens schools and declares them safe for use. Recall that the organisation suspended the conduct of the exam in March after all schools nationwide were closed down and ... Read more

The Acting Rector, Kogi State Polytechnic, Dr. S.O Usman has announced that the Entrepreneurship Development Centre of the institution will soon be converted into a full fledged Directorate. The Acting Rector made the pronouncement when he visited the centre in the company of other Principal Officers of the institution on Friday 5th May, 2020 to interact with the Coordinator, Facilitators and ... Read more

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Sunday, confirmed that result notification for candidates that participated in 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is ready. It said that the results which had earlier been made available through text messages to candidates on request can now be accessed and printed. To ... Read more

The management of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has said that virtual matriculation for fresh students of the institution is to be held on June 13 in line with the COVID-19 lockdown protocols. A statement by the NOUN Director of Media and Publicity, Mr Ibrahim Sheme, explained that the development was due to the current ... Read more