Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kaduna State Government has launched an ambitious plan to return 200,000 out-of-school children to classrooms across its 23 local government areas within the next four years under the Reaching Out-of-School Children (ROOSC) programme. AHR gathered that the initiative, unveiled on Sunday during a two-day stakeholders’ workshop organized in collaboration with…
Sultan Rabiu Several students, teachers, and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members narrowly escaped death on Wednesday when an examination hall collapsed in Taraba State. The incident happened around 6:00 p.m. while students were writing the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). A heavy rainstorm, with strong winds, caused the hall to fall,…
With voices from parents, teachers, healthcare workers, and the children themselves on Children’s Day, Korede Abdullah, in this report offers a poignant look at the challenges—and hopes—shaping the future of the nation’s youngest citizens. As nations across the globe celebrated Children’s Day on May 27, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria reaffirmed his administration’s commitment…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Lagos State Government has officially commenced the 2025 entrance examination process for admission into its Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools. According to a statement released on Tuesday by the Director of the Lagos State Examinations Board, Mr. Orunsolu Adebayo, the Computer-Based Test (CBT) for eligible Primary Six pupils…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed that more than 70% of candidates who sat for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination scored below 200 marks. According to official data released with the resit results, 1,365,479 candidates, representing 70.7% of those who participated, fell below the 200 mark. Meanwhile, only 29.3%, 565,988 candidates…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) resit conducted for candidates in affected centres, indicating 21,082 were absent out of 336,845 candidates scheduled. According to a statement released by it’s spokesperson Fabian Benjamin on Friday, JAMB disclosed that, the Board noted that the resit…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano Tears of relief and joy flowed in Kano as Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf fully settled the outstanding tuition and accommodation fees of 84 Kano students abandoned in Northern Cyprus. These students, initially sent abroad under former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso’s foreign scholarship scheme, were left stranded after the succeeding Ganduje administration…
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has admitted that the technical glitches which disrupted the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) almost made him consider resigning. Oloyede made this known on Wednesday during a stakeholders’ meeting with Chief External Examiners, state technical advisers, and other education officials in…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has expressed concern over the low number of student loan applications from Rivers State University. Speaking during a strategic engagement and sensitisation campaign on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, NELFUND’s Managing Director, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, represented by Dr. Zino Ugboma, Director of Administration, revealed that while the University of Port…
The South East Caucus in the House of Representatives has called on the Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, to resign and allow a thorough investigation into the massive failure in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The call was contained in a statement signed by the Caucus Leader, Rep.Igariwey…
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