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Adamawa State government has announced the closure of 30 boarding junior secondary schools in the state out of the 34 junior schools over insecurity. The closure, according to a statement by the commissioner of education and human development, Mrs. Wilbina Jackson, is to take effect from today till further notice. The statement said the ... Read more

The Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has suspended a student, Newton Nsiegbe, for allegedly selling Indian hemp on campus. Also, the school said Nsiegbe was handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for further investigation. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele, who disclosed this on ... Read more

The Edo State Government has said schools in the state will resume for the 2021/2022 academic session on Monday, September 6, 2021. In a statement, Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Education, Mrs. Stella-Maris Imasuen, said parents/guardians are to ensure that all relevant learning materials are provided for their children/wards. She ... Read more

The Federal Government, on Monday in Abuja, declared that stiffer penalties now await tertiary institutions and admissions racketeers, who flagrantly bypass the admission processes and the automated admissions electronic platform, widely known as the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) developed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation ... Read more

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to stop giving “preferential scores” to students in Northern Nigeria who sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. He stated this on Monday as a guest on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ breakfast programme ... Read more

Caleb University, Imota, Lagos has been given the 2021 International Outstanding University with quality education and moral standards award. A statement signed by deputy director, public relations, and marketing, Dr. Elvis Otobo said the award was presented to the institution at the World Education and Technology Summit, 2021 in Abuja by ... Read more

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board has said the goal of Central Admission Processing System was achieved in the 2021 admission process. This was stated in the 2021 policy document made available to The PUNCH and signed by JAMB registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede. It said CAPS was being used as vehicle for all admissions since its ... Read more

All public and private schools in Lagos will resume for the 2021/2022 academic session on Monday, September 13. This announcement was made on Monday evening by the state’s Commissioner for Education, Folasade Adefisayo, in a statement signed by an assistant director, public affairs of the ministry, Ganiu Lawal. The commissioner said the ... Read more

Seoul National University is currently providing the global scholarship which involves tuition fee for one semester, living allowances, airfare for international students in the following manner: SNU Global Scholarship I Tuition 1 semester Living Allowances monthly 1,200,000 KRW Airfare Economy seat(Only for freshmen) SNU Global Scholarship II Tuition 1 semester Korean Language Evening ... Read more

NIGER State House of Assembly has expressed worry over the exorbitant prices charged by some private schools in the state for examinations organised by the West African Examination Council and the National examination Council. This was brought to the floor of the House during the plenary on Tuesday where they accused the schools of ... Read more