It’s a new year, which is awesome. We’re all about resolutions and trying new things in 2015. But it’s also a new term, which means y’all are back in school. I know the beginning of the term can be a bit hectic. You could be adjusting to new teachers, new classes, and new friends. It’s
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Wednesday said that no fewer than 1.4 million candidates nationwide would write the 2015 All Computer Base Test (CBT) on March 4. Mr Fabian Benjamin, JAMB Public Relations Officer, told NAN in Lagos that the board would be migrating to computer-based mode of examination for the first
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Winners of the 2014 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition have emerged. This was disclose on Monday in a ceremony held at UBA House, Lagos. Miss Fabelurin Fehintoluwa, 15, of Maverick College, Ibadan, Oyo State clinches the N1 million education grant to attend any university of her choice in Africa. The grant becomes effective immediately she
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A Federal High Court in Lagos has entered judgement in favour of an application by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, seeking uniform admission requirements into Federal Government Colleges, otherwise called unity schools. Agbakoba had sued the Minister of Education, Mr. Ibrahim Shekarau, over the disparity in the admission requirements for students seeking
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Students of the University of Jos, UNIJOS, yesterday, protested the purported systematic increase of school fees by management of the school, saying they were already paying exorbitant fees for poor services, Vanguard reports. President of the Students’ Union Government, SUG, Abel Nok Du, said the students were not happy with the increase of their levies,
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The umbrella body of the public primary and secondary school teachers in Osun State has been factionalised into two camps following the decision by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, to embark on strike to press home its demands, including improved condition of service. The division, Vanguard gathered was as a result of the decision
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The Borno State Government said it had put in place adequate security measures ahead of the reopening of schools. The administration has enlisted the services of local vigilantes to provide safety in the public schools, which were due to open on Monday. Dr Mohammed Dongel, Chairman of the 19-man committee on the resuscitation of primary
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Teachers in both public primary and secondary schools in Osun state yesterday commenced a three-day warning strike to register their grievances over alleged non-payment of running and examination grants to secondary schools for the past three terms. In a statement made available to newsmen in Osogbo by the Principal Secretary, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Osun State
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed plans to extend the online marking of theory papers to more subjects taken in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). At a seminar to interact with examiners on the e-marking scheme last Friday held at WAEC International Office, Agindingbi, Lagos, the council’s Head of National
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Government Girls’ Secondary School, Abaji has earned the ticket to represent Nigeria at the 2014 African Company of the Year Competition scheduled to take place in Harare, Zimbabwe in December. This was due to their superlative performance which placed them at the number one position at the just concluded 2014 National Junior Achievement Company of
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