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FCTA Building Entrepreneurship Skill Centre For Secondary Schools – Director

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it is building an Entrepreneurship Skills Development Centre to promote entrepreneurship education in secondary schools. Dr Mohammed Ladan, the Director/Secretary, FCT Secondary Education Board, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday, on the sideline of a two-day training of FCT teachers on innovation and entrepreneurship education. Ladan told the…

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WAEC, NECO To Adopt CBT For Exams 2026

The Federal Government has directed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) to adopt full Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for all their examinations by 2026. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, disclosed this during the monitoring of the ongoing exams alongside JAMB officials, in Bwari on Monday. The News Agency…

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FCT Schools Adapting To 21st Century Demands Through Entrepreneurship Education

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCT) says secondary schools in the territory are adapting to the demands of the 21st century through entrepreneurship education. Dr Danlami Hayyo, Mandate Secretary in the Education Secretariat stated this in Abuja on Monday, at the opening of a two-day training of FCT teachers on innovation and entrepreneurship education. Hayyo,…

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Parents, Candidates Hail Smooth 2025 UTME

Some parents, guardians and candidates in Lagos on Monday expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), they described the examination as peaceful and well-coordinated. NAN reports that the 2025 UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), began on…

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World Book And Copyright Day: NPA, NCC To Introduce Security Features To Curb Piracy

The Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) says it has concluded arrangements with the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to have holograms embossed on books to curb piracy. The President/Chairman-in-Council NPA, Alhaji Lukman Dauda, stated this at a news conference to commemorate the 2025 World Book and Copyright Day in Ibadan on Wednesday. Dauda stated that the initiative…

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ASUSS Elects National Officials, Calls For Improved Funding Of Secondary Education

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) has elected its third substantive national administrative council. This is contained in a statement by the newly-elected Secretary-General of the association, Ken Chukwudi, on Wednesday in Osogbo. According to the statement, Mr Sola Adigun was elected the National President, and Sule Abasu as the National Deputy President…

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