Education

A student of Government Science Secondary School (GSSS), Gombe state, wrote his first paper for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from the isolation centre on Monday. The Gombe state Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) disclosed this via a tweet. It said the candidate, whose identity was …

The Federal Government has said the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) organized by the National Examination Council (NECO) for SS3 students will commence on October 5 and end on November 18, 2020.   The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajuiba, announced the dates for the examination at the end …

The Federal Ministry of Education has said Nigerian secondary final year students will not be participating in the upcoming West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this to State House Correspondents on Wednesday after the seventh weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) …

The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has announced that the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) 2020 will hold from August 4 to September 5.   The examination which was earlier scheduled for April this year, was postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic.   Speaking at the daily …

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Sani Aliyu has disclosed that the the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) timetable is not determined by Nigeria. Aliyu in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday July 1, noted that the Federal Government will not want a serious spill-over in the …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released a list of the best candidates in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination ( UTME). Top on the list were two candidates from Anambra state with 365 and 363 scores respectively.   “They are 10 in number and if you notice, some of the …

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 160 as the minimum cut-off mark for universities across the country in the 2020 admission session.   JAMB’s registrar Ishaq Oloyede made the announcement on Tuesday June 16, after the 20th policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions. The cut-off mark for polytechnics was pegged at 120, …

Professor Godswill Obioma has been appointed as the new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examinations Council (NECO) by President Buhari.   Prof. Obioma who was Ebonyi State Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission, officially took over the affairs of the Council from the former Acting Registrar Mallam …

THE Federal Government has warned against resumption of any school at any level, saying all schools remained closed. Acting on the government’s directive, National Universities Commission, NUC, has warned vice chancellors against reopening universities for any activities. The government, in a circular dated Friday, May 8, 2020, to heads of …

The Federal Government has announced plans for the disinfection and decontamination of schools nationwide. Muhammad Mahmood, the Minister of Environment disclosed this at the Presidential Task Force briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said the Federal Ministry of Environment would get the data of schools nationwide from the Federal Ministry …