By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Government of Oyo State has commended Media & Digital Skills Centre, Nigeria on the successful piloting of a Training programme on Coding, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Drone Technology organised for 3 Secondary Schools in the State. The Commendation came on the heels of the impact the practical based Skill Programme had…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu Parents and Guardians need to imbibe the ideal of treating their children and wards with dignity, to safe guard their mental health for a successful future. A Medical Expert, Dr Amina AbdulGafar, said this while delivering a lecture titled “Role of Mental Health in Achieving Success” at the 2024 end of the…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has ordered immediate phased disbursement of bursary stipends to Osun State students in various tertiary institutions. The government had earlier collated students’ data across the tertiary institutions using the records from students’ stakeholders. The bursary award covers about three thousand five hundred regular students and almost…
The West African Examinations Council has officially announced that the results for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination will be released on August 5, 2024. According to report, the results will be available online and through designated WAEC offices. This announcement marks the end of a tense waiting period for candidates who sat…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, has expressed his satisfaction with the Conducts of CBT Exams for Students Seeking Admission into Science Schools and placement/screening examination in all the schools he visited. The commissioner, who led the management team of the ministry to monitor the examinations…
The Oyo State Post-Primary Teaching Service Commission, TESCOM, has said it has adjusted the Computer-Based Test, CBT, time-table for prospective applicants. The TESCOM chairman, Mr Akinade Alamu, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen about the revised time-table for the CBT initially slated for between Monday and Friday. Alamu said the time-table’s adjustment was as…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu Wife of Oyo State Governor, Mrs Taminominin Makinde has reaffirmed the continuous commitment of the state government to give premium attention to education in the state as foundation for sustainable development and better tomorrow. Mrs. Makinde gave this assurance at the flag off programme of the distribution of Fifty thousand (50,000) free…
The National Association of Nigerian Students has warned heads of tertiary institutions against flagrant increases in tuition fees following the Federal Government’s decision to give student loans under the NELFUND scheme. The warning is contained in a statement issued after NANS’s 74th Senate sitting in Kano, a copy of which was made available to newsmen…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has revealed that no fewer than 5,658 candidates who scored 300 and above in Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations missed out on admissions into tertiary institutions between 2019 and 2023. According to reports, tertiary institutions are at liberty to determine their respective benchmarks for admission, there is a widely…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has called on the National Youth Service Corps Scheme, NYSC, not to discriminate against students who completed their National Diploma, ND, under the Daily Part Time Programmes, DPP, and who then went for their Higher National Diploma, HND, full time from being mobilised for the mandatory one-year service….