The House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies has pledged collaboration with relevant agencies to improve the standard of education in the country. Chairman of the committee, Rep. Oboku Oforji (PDP-Bayelsa), made the pledge in an interview with newsmen on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oforji spoke the…
The Federal Government says that privately-owned Computer Based Test (CBT) centres and others belonging to public institutions will be fully deployed in the conduct of school-based Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of a pilot CBT SSCE conducted by National Examinations Council…
As the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) marks its 50th anniversary, the institution is preparing to graduate nearly 15,000 students during a convocation ceremony slated for 21–26 July. At a media briefing, Vice-Chancellor Prof. Owunari Georgewill announced that 14,861 students will receive degrees, diplomas, and certificates, including 363 first-class honours in a combined convocation for…
The Federal Government has debunked a false statement circulating online, which claimed that the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by WAEC and the National Examinations Council (NECO) had been cancelled due to widespread examination malpractice. In a statement released by the Ministry on Sunday, signed by Boriowo Folasade, Director of Press…
The Sen Abdul’aziz Yari Scholarship Initiative Committee in Zamfara, said it has spent N216 million on the payment of school fees to 2,055 orphans and other indigent students for the first year. The Chairman, Publicity Sub Committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Danmalikin-Gidangoga, disclosed this at a press briefing in Gusau on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria…
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), has begun the 2025 overseas scholarship selection exercise of 400 candidates in the North-East. Its Executive Secretary, Ahmed Galadima, said this while supervising the candidates selection/screening exercise, on Monday in Bauchi. He said the fund had set up eight centres across the country, to select best talents to study…
Stakeholders at the Kaduna International Education Summit, tagged ‘EduPACT 2025′, have advocated an investment of N440 billion in Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and far-reaching reforms to mainstream Almajiri education. This formed part of a communique issued at the end of the three-day summit in Kaduna on Sunday. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Abubakar…
Staff unions at Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) in Okitipupa, Nigeria, have suspended a two-week warning strike triggered by unmet labour demands. The industrial action, which started on 20 June, followed a call by the Joint Action Congress (JAC) of Ondo State Tertiary Institutions (ODSTI) over issues such as unpaid allowances and…
The UK government has announced it will roll out digital eVisas for applicants seeking to study or work in Britain, beginning 15 July, as part of efforts to transition towards a fully digital immigration system. Mrs Gill Lever, the British Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja, confirmed the change in a statement on Wednesday. The digital…
Nigeria’s National Examinations Council (NECO) has officially published the results of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), the assessment taken by students at the close of their Junior Secondary School education. According to a statement released on Wednesday in Abuja by Mr Azeez Sani, NECO’s Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, a total…
