The West African Examinations Council has release the results for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for school candidates. WAEC announced this on Monday in a statement issued on social media. The regional examination body confirmed that candidates who sat for the exam can now access their results online. “The West African Examinations Council…
By Michael Adeyemo The Cheshire High School Old Students Association, in collaboration with the Grateful Heart Foundation, has awarded twelve top outstanding students of the school with the cash sum of twenty thousand naira each. The event was part of activities marking the inauguration of the association, which took place at the school premises at…
The Adamawa State Government has banned the growing practice by graduating secondary school students called Marker Day. The government attributes the ban to concerns for discipline and morality. The state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development effected the ban by issuing a directive prohibiting the organization, promotion, or participation in Marker Day celebrations. The…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Maiduguri chapter, has rejected and condemned the Federal Government’s decision to rename the institution after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, vowing to challenge the move in court. In a statement issued on Friday and jointly signed by its Chairperson, Abubakar Mshelia, and Assistant Secretary, Peter Teri,…
A new policy document on Non-State Schools launched by the Federal Ministry of Education last week has pegged the entry age for pupils seeking admission into Junior Secondary Schools after completing six years of primary education at 12. Non-State Schools, also referred to as independent or private schools or non-government schools, are educational institutions not…
About 1,367,210 candidates are sitting for the 2025 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination across the country, using dual mode of Computer Based Testing (CBT) and Paper, Pencil Testing (PPT). Out of the 1,367,210 candidates, 685,551 are male while over 681,300 are female. Kano State is listed among the highest number of registered candidates with more…
Hospitals, schools and other government parastatals in Ogun State have been left deserted as the statewide industrial strike embarked upon by the labour unions entered its seventh day. The state hospital visited by our correspondent had patients neglected and unattended as at the time of filing this report. Newsmen reports that workers in the state…
A former Chairman of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TET Fund, Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, has attributed the growth and transformation of the Fund to the vision and leadership of late President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement exclusively obtained by newsmen on Tuesday following Buhari’s demise, Ibrahim-Imam, said the former President demonstrated a deep belief in education…
The University of Maiduguri Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has promised to make its decision on the renaming of the institution after late President Muhammadu Buhari by President Bola Tinubu known soon. In a telephone interview on Sunday with PUNCH Online, the chairman of the university ASUU, Dr. Abubakar MShelia, said their…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, NELFUND, says the agency is developing a centralised job portal to give beneficiaries early access to employment opportunities in Nigeria and abroad, although it does not guarantee jobs. The Managing Director, NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr made this known during a media engagement series in Abuja on Thursday to mark one year…