The Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that, Nigeria recorded mass failure of secondary school pupils in the 2014 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations in Mathematics and English language due to lack of skilled teachers of the subjects . Shekarau stated this yesterday, in his keynote address at the 60th National Council of Education
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Teachers in Osun have given the state government 14-day ultimatum to pay their outstanding allowances, release running grants and provide instructional materials in schools. This was contained in a letter sent to Gov. Rauf Aregbesola by the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers. The union warned that failure by the government to meet
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Following the participation of the Nigerian contingent in the World Schools Debate Competition in Bangkok this year, Nigeria has been granted the hosting rights for the 2015 edition of the competition. According to the Coordinator of the President’s School Debate, Dare Oritu, Nigeria won the hosting rights due to the brilliant performance of the country’s
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A secondary school student filed a lawsuit against her school because she received an “F” grade after being caught cheating, according to court documents filed in Washington. Worldwideweirdnews reports that the Lindbergh High School student of Renton, wants the failing grade on her chemistry exam withdrawn despite being caught cheating. She claims that she was
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An Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced a 20-year-old student, Abiodun Raheem, to eight months imprisonment for creating a Website to facilitate examination malpractices. According to Vanguard’s report, Justice Kudirat Jose handed the sentence to Raheem after he pleaded guilty to the offence during his re-arraignment. The convict had entered a plea bargain agreement with
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Ilorin was jolted this yesterday morning as thousands of Christians from different denominations stormed the streets in protest over the taking over of their schools by the Kwara State government. The protesters were demanding for the return of the schools even as all schools in the state resumed same day after additional weeks at home
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The Borno State Government has appealed to the West African Examination Council, WAEC, and the National Examination Council, NECO, to release the results of its candidates who sat for the 2014 examinations. The Permanent Secretary, state Ministry of Education, Mohammed Kauji, made the appeal in Maiduguri while briefing journalists on Sunday. Mr. Kauji said that
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As the ongoing strike in the Federal Ministry of Education and 104 Federal Government Colleges, FGCs, otherwise known as Unity Schools, across the country enters its third week, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, said yesterday, there was no going back until all demands were met. The union is protesting among others, unpaid
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Proprietor of Obfo International Academy, Nsukka, Enugu State, Mr. Luke Oshi, was yesterday arraigned before a State High court sitting at Nsukka for allegedly conniving with some staff of his school to dupe students, who were to write their West African Examination Council, WAEC, May/June 2012 examination. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which
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All across the nation, the echo of accumulated challenges seems to be growing at a geometric rate, yet it does appear no one is paying attention, and when attention is given, it is usually for the wrong reason. In the opinion of several eloquent writers, the Nigerian government is to be blamed for the deplorable