The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) have raised objections to the ongoing trend of transforming public colleges of education into universities, citing concerns over the implications for teacher training and basic education in Nigeria. Speaking at a national conference in Abuja, Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc….
The student loan application portal will open on May 24, 2024, the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) said on Thursday. “Students can access the portal on http://nelf.gov.ng to begin application, said NELFUND” “The management of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) led by its Managing Director, Mr Akintunde Sawyerr are thrilled to announce the 24th of…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has issued a statement denying the extension of the closing date for the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal Registration. According to Mr. Azeez Sani, the Acting Director of the Directorate of Information and Digital Communication of NECO, the registration, which began on December 18, 2023, will close on…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has promised candidates that they will receive their certificates within three months of collecting their results. This assurance was given by the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi, at the Annual Congress of the Education Correspondents’ Association of Nigeria (ECAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. Wushishi emphasised the council’s…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an additional 36,540 UTME results, bringing the total released to 1,879,437. This comes after the Board had earlier withheld some results for further investigation. Dr. Fabian Benjamin, a spokesperson for JAMB, in a statement sent to Africa Health Report on Tuesday stated in response to a…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that most public tertiary institutions in the country are being run illegally due to the absence of governing councils. ASUU President, Osodeke, expressed this concern during a workshop organized by TETFund in Abuja on Tuesday. Osodeke criticised the decision to dissolve the governing councils of all…
The family of Ms. Namitra Bwala, a student of Lead British International School, Gwarinpa, Abuja, has filed a civil suit against the school following a viral video showing Ms. Bwala being bullied by her fellow students. The family is seeking N500 million in damages and a public apology in two national dailies for the school’s…
President Bola Tinubu on Monday launched a campaign to promote inclusive education, skill development, and gender equity. A statement sent to Africa Health Report by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, said the campaign, tagged #WeAreEqual, is an initiative of the Organization of African First Ladies for Development (OAFLAD)…
Stakeholders in the education sector from Adamawa, Bauchi and Gombe states have converged in Gombe to collaboratively tackle the issue of out-of-school children in the North East sub-region. The two-day session, supported by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), sought to formulate effective strategies aimed at mitigating the prevalence of out-of-school children to enhance retention,…
Hundreds of thousands students in Nigeria hoping to continue their education to higher levels have their dreams and expectation aborted because of the increasing wave of insecurity occasioned by terrorists’ activities. The insecurity has put the Safe Schools initiative at risk. Ogbodo Ozioma Favour in this special report writes that many students/pupils learn under the…
