The Federal University of Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State, has described the news of being ranked as the fourth most sought-after university in Nigeria as a step in the right direction. The PUNCH reports that JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during…

The University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University, University of Benin, and the University of Lagos are the Federal Universities that pegged their minimum benchmark for admissions at 200 cumulative scores obtainable during the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations, The PUNCH reports.…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Saturday pegged the amount for post-UTME screening at N2,000. The board, through its registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known during the 2023 policy meeting ongoing at the National Judicial Institute in Abuja.…

Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian universities present at the 2023 policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board have agreed on 140 as the minimum benchmark for the admissions of 2023/2024 academic session. However, universities are at liberty to decide individual…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examinations, Saturday, said it is planning a “Bring Your Own Device” initiative for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations and the Direct Entry Examinations, The PUNCH reports. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made…

Umeh Nkechinyere is the top scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations with a cumulative mark of 360, The PUNCH reports. This is according to the presentation made by the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examinations, Prof.…

As the Federal Polytechnic, Orogun in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State finalises arrangements to formally take off for academic activities in September 2023, the people of the community are already in celebration. Some members of the Orogun…

Ikeja Unique Lions Club has counselled that basic education in Nigeria should be fully Information Communication Technology compliant. Speaking during the  donation of  new computers and a multimedia ICT Centre to Ogudu Junior Grammar School, Ogudu, Ojota, Lagos, the 10th…

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has complained about the non-implementation of 2020 World Teachers Day promises made to the union by the Federal Government. Secretary-General, Dr Mike Ike-Ene in an interview with The PUNCH alleged that the former President Mohammadu…

Atlantic Hall School, Poka-Epe, Lagos, has donated some furniture and educational materials to a government-owned school, Pobuna Secondary School, Epe. The gesture was sponsored by the The Atlantic Hall Community Service Club. Speaking while handing over some of the gifts…

A Teach For Nigeria 2019 alumnus, Akeem Badru, has won the Cambridge Dedicated Teachers Award. Badru emerged as the overall winner from Africa out of 11,000 nominations across 99 countries A statement by Teach For Nigeria, read, “Badru emerged as…

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced a reward of N10m for the overall best-graduating student of the 2021/2022 academic session, Aminat Yusuf. The beneficiary graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.0 from the varsity’s Faculty of…

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, said, on Wednesday, that the number of Nigerians travelling to the United Kingdom via study route had multiplied five times in the last three years. Montgomery explained that his country’s decision banning…

A Kano State Federal lawmaker on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Abubakar Abubakar, on Wednesday, donated laptop and desktop computers, printers, textbooks, and school bags to 4,274 secondary school students in his immediate constituency. The lawmaker, representing the…

The Vice-Chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago -Iwoye, Ogun State, Prof. Ayodeji Agboola, on Wednesday, backed the Students Loan Scheme of President Bola Tinubu, saying it will reduce the high level of student dropouts in universities. Agboola said if properly…