The United Nations Children’s Fund has said hitting one million subscribers on the Nigeria Learning Passport was a testament to the collective commitment to ensuring that every child in Nigeria has access to quality education, regardless of their location or circumstances. The UNICEF in a press statement on Tuesday, announced that the Nigeria Learning Passport…
The Universal Basic Education Commission said it will review aspects of the Universal Basic Education Act of 2004 that are hindering its smooth operation. The Act was enacted 20 years ago. Speaking in Lagos at the opening of a two-day retreat for the Senate Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary) with the theme, ‘Basic Education…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the outstanding results of 3,921 candidates who sat for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination exams. In a statement on Sunday, the board released the 3,921 outstanding results, bringing the total results released to 1,883,350, adding that the results of 431 candidates have been withheld for various…
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), has distanced itself from the nationwide strike declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC). The NLC and TUC had flagged a nationwide strike on Monday after a four-hour meeting with the leadership of the National Assembly on Sunday evening in Abuja, failed to…
A total of 70,603 candidates, on Saturday, sat for the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination, NCEE, conducted by the National Examinations Council, NECO, into the 110 Unity Colleges nationwide. The Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this while monitoring the exercise on Saturday, at Model Secondary School, Maitama and Government Day Secondary School, Wuse…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has confirmed that Nigerian students studying abroad were ineligible for the newly introduced student loan scheme. The NELFUND’s Managing Director, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this disclosure to newsmen. The Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, signed into law by President Bola Tinubu on June 12, aims to provide interest-free loans to…
The website of the student loan fund has received over 60,000 visitors since its launch, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this known during an ongoing press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. Sawyerr also noted that over 90% of federal institutions have submitted the list of students, noting that…
No fewer than 3,764 students from 126 institutions have sent in applications for the student loan as of 7:27pm on Friday, data obtained from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund has revealed. No funds have been disbursed yet as applications are currently being reviewed. To apply, students need to visit the official student loan portal, nelf.gov.ng,…
Rectors and Provosts of polytechnics and other TVET-awarding institutions will today (Tuesday) debate on the proposal to replace the HND programme with Bachelor of Technology, newsmen confirm. A letter signed by the Director, Human Resources of the National Board of Technical Education, Lawal Hafiz and addressed to all Rectors and Provosts across Nigeria said the…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointments of at least 555 persons to serve as Pro-chancellors/Chairmen and members of Governing Boards of 111 federal universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education. This followed Tinubu’s assent to a list of nominees selected by the Ministry of Education. An advertorial by the Education Ministry made available to newsmen…