Education

MALPRACTICE reached a new low in the 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examination when answers to questions were uploaded to candidates in the hall through digital platforms. Such platforms were earlier widely advertised with […]

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it will soon conduct the second series of the West African Senior School certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. This was made known in a press statement made […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has paid about N1 billion to owners of Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide for their services for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s […]

If our presence is surely born of God’s hand then we have not been placed on earth to hate another person simply because they were born of a different ethnic or religious stock. We cannot […]

The Lagos State University (LASU) says it has not commenced the admission process for the 2018/2019 Academic Session. The university’s spokesman, Mr Adekoya Martins, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday […]

Efforts to check examination malpractices in Nigeria could remain unsuccessful unless there is a departure from how citizens currently perceive merit. This observation is coming in the wake of allegations of leakage in the ongoing […]

The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has described Nigeria’s policy on education as outdated and needing immediate and holistic review. He said a review of the policy was necessary to ensure young Nigerians could […]

While some youths sweat and rack their brains for answers to questions at the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination, others have perfected the art of getting cheap grades through some websites which obtain […]

I listen to folks who complain about how we can’t find good workers and how a lot of our children are barely literate but who do not support educational seminars, workshops or programmes on the […]

Having been working closely with various vice chancellors of University of Ibadan (UI) in the last nine years as media assistant, I have seen a great deal as an observer, and I have also gone […]

Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday said parents of candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, have been the Board’s major challenge. He described as alarming the desperation […]

A Nigerian senator is a waste of human space. Yet, at a total package of $540k/year, he is dangerously close to making twice the package of a Canada 150 chair. Recently, Canada’s federal government launched […]

The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, has released the school fees for fresh and returning students for 2017/2018 session. This is four months after Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, visited the institution during […]

The Lagos State Government has reviewed its policy on education for the first time in 30 years. Announcing this during a Stakeholders’ Engagement Forum held on Tuesday, Deputy-Governor Oluranti Adebule said the decision to review […]

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has banned teachers from private schools from supervising its examinations. The ban has, however, angered Christian faith-based schools who say they are being targeted. The President, Association of Christian […]

The Governor, State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has blamed the inability of the country to solve most of the challenges confronting it in different sectors to neglect of research and development by Nigerian scholars. […]

The recent dismal report of a new World Bank study, which stated that Africa faced learning crises that may hinder its economic growth and the well-being of the citizens, questions the quality of basic education […]