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Ebola Fears: Teachers, parents differ over postponement of schools’ resumption

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Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, parents and other stakeholders have expressed divergent views on the decision by the Federal Government to postpone the resumption date of all primary and secondary schools nationwide till October 13 following the recent outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, in the country. While some stakeholders believe that the move

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Mass Failure in WASSCE: Lagos trains 1,000 teachers in ICT

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Lagos State Government, yesterday, said no fewer than 1,000 secondary school teachers in the state were currently undergoing training in the effective use of Information Communication Technology, ICT. Commissioner for Education, Mrs, Olayinka Oladunjoye, who disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the workshop in Lagos, noted that it was the beginning of a series

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No Going Back! JAMB set to bar candidates who are not computer literate from 2015 UTME

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The Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Professor Dibu Ojerinde has stated that students and candidates who are not computer literate will not be allowed to write any examination coordinated by the board from 2015. Ojerinde made this disclosure while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Professor Odusola Ojerinde memorial golf

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University of Ibadan releases post-UTME results, offers scholarship to best 6 candidates

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The University of Ibadan has offered scholarship to the six candidates that scored 88 per cent and above in its Post-UME test. The vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Isaac Adewole, stated this at a news conference held on Friday in Ibadan to announce the result of the examination which was conducted on Saturday. “The best

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WAEC inaugurates fresh initiatives, moves to check malpractice

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The West African Examinations Council has inaugurated the Walk-in-Candidates initiative for candidates sitting for its examinations. The Head, National Office of WAEC Nigeria, Mr. Charles Eguridu, unveiled this on Wednesday while speaking with journalists in Lagos. According to him, the initiative is for private candidates sitting for the council’s November/December. The move, he said, had

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Rep blames mass failure in WASSCE on epileptic power supply

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A member of the House of Representatives, Chief Yomi Ogunnusi, has identified the erratic power supply in the country as a major factor for the perennial students’ poor performance in public examinations. It will be recalled that only 31.28 percent of candidates that sat the  2014 West African   Secondary School Certificate , WASSCE, had credits

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Ebola Fears: UK Universities on Alert as West African students Arrive for New Semester

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The umbrella body that represents vice-chancellors in the UK, Universities UK has put universities on alert to be ready for a potential Ebola outbreak, as West African students arrive for the new semester, which commences in September. The Independent UK reports the body has written to every university giving detailed guidance on how to deal with an outbreak. The decision was made to

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2014 WAEC: Students’ failure is our nation’s failure – Former VP, Atiku Abubakar

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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, attributed mass failure recorded by Nigerian students in the May/June 2014 West African Examinations Council to the non-chalant attitude of government to education from primary to university level. He described failure of the students as the nation’s failure. According to him, the failure of the students is no surprise

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Ebola Fears: Federal Govt Postpones Resumption of Primary & Secondary Schools

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To prevent an outbreak of the Ebola Viral Disease (EVD), the Federal Government has reportedly approved the extension of the current holiday of primary and secondary schools across the country until further notice. NewTelegraph reports that the development, government stated, is part of measures to curb the spread of Ebola. Senior Special Assistant to the

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