UTME Candidates When JAMB sanctioned erring CBT centres Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu looks at the measures the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has taken to check sharp practices by licensed agents of JAMB in the ongoing registration and reports that eleven centres have been sanctioned. Eleven licences withdrawn The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has […]
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Total education budget not enough for TETfund intervention – C’tte chairman
Prof Nazifi A. Darma Total education budget not enough for TETfund intervention – C’tte chairman Nazifi Abdullahi Darma is a professor of Development Economics at the University of Abuja, and co-chairman and coordinator of impact assessment ad hoc committee of TETfund interventions in 20 years. In this chat with UJI ABDULLAHI ILIYASU, he discloses the […]
Dubious CBT centre’s licence will be revoked – JAMB registrar
Oloyede Dubious CBT centre’s licence will be revoked – JAMB registrar By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is’haq Oloyede has said that panic buying by UTME candidates and encouraged by parents encourages the extortion of candidates by unscrupulous elements, the action he says is worse […]
TETFund committees are working round the clock – Prof Darma
Prof Darma TETFund committees are working round the clock – Prof Darma By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The co-chairman and coordinator of impact assessment ad hoc committee of TETFund interventions in tertiary institutions, Nazifi Abdullahi Darma, a professor of Development Economics at the University of Abuja said the three ad hoc committees inaugurated by the […]
FCE Okene tasks newly appointed committee on targets
Dr Hassan FCE Okene tasks newly appointed committee on targetsBy Oyibo Salihu Lokoja The Provost, Federal College of Education, Okene, Dr Umar Hassan, has charged the newly appointed Committee of Deans and Directors of the college to always be proactive while discharging their duties in order to achieve the targeted goals of the college. Dr […]
FCTA reaffirms commitment to close down illegal schools
Dr Bobboyi FCTA reaffirms commitment to close down illegal schools By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has reaffirmed commitment to close down all illegal schools operating in the nation’s capital as part of efforts to promote quality education. The FCT Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu stated this at […]
Educational centre organises reception for General Sarham
Ganduje Educational centre organises reception for General Sarham By Bashir Mohammed Kano Rawdah Educational Centre, Dandago, Kano, has recently organised a special reception in honour of its member, Jamilu Sarham, on his promotion to the rank of Major-General and his subsequent appointment as the Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna. The event took place at […]
JAMB’s recent policies and impacts on youths
JAMB’s recent policies and impacts on youths Oloyede Uji ABDULLAHI ILIYASU looks at the recent developments in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), especially its national identification number (NIN) requirements and consequent suspension due to limited time space, and reports that JAMB’s impact on the youth is far reaching. Background The Joint Admissions […]
TETFund’s ad hoc committees and silence on their progress
Bogoro TETFund’s ad hoc committees and silence on their progress The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), oversees the scholarly and infrastructural needs of the nation’s public higher institutions of learning. Within a short period that the Executive Secretary of the Fund, Professor Elias Suleiman Bogoro was reinstated to his duty post after the sack […]
FG to blacklist foreign schools issuing fake degrees
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education FG to blacklist foreign schools issuing fake degrees By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Federal Government has vowed to blacklist any university, especially in African countries found to have issued or are issuing fake degrees to Nigerians. The government said it would publish the list, so that Nigerian parents will […]