Category: EDUCATION
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Five buses join fleet of Ondo free school shuttle buses
As part of the present administration’s effort at providing quality education to school children, the Ondo State Government, through the Ministry of Transport, has handed over five additional free school shuttle buses to benefitting communities. The handing over event took place at the Ministry of Transport premises in Akure, the state capital. The Special Adviser…
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Ondo TESCOM holds recruitment CBT for applicants
The Ondo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has said that the CBT Exams would be conducted for applicants by Thursday, May 23, 2024, and Friday, May 24, 2024, starting at 9 a.m. The message was conveyed to the successful applicants via a Text Message. Successful applicants are expected to log in with their Username and…
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Students Loan Scheme takes off, Friday
The long-awaited student loan programme will take off on Friday with 1.2 million students in federal tertiary institutions across the country, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, has said. Sawyerr, who spoke at a pre-application sensitisation press conference in Abuja, on Monday, said 1.2 million students in federal…
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FG Approves N1bn For Construction Of Hostels In 12 Institutions
The Federal Government has announced the approval of 1 Billion Naira to be utilised as equity contribution in partnership with private developers to construct hostels in twelve selected tertiary institutions in the country made up of six universities, three polytechnics, and three colleges of education. Speaking at a workshop on ‘Emerging Areas of Students Needs…
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Just In: Ikere varsity expels students over bullying
BAMIDELE OLUMILUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNLOGY, IKERE-EKITI*May 7, 2024.*RE-A VIRAL VIDEO OF BULLYING OF A FEMALE STUDENT IN BOUESTI*It has come to our attention that a disturbing incident involving some students of the Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI) has surfaced on social media platforms. A video showing one…
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TUITION INCREMENT: FUTA STUDENT UNION KICKS, DEMANDS REVERSAL TO STATUS QUO.
In an open letter to the Vice Chancellor of the institution which was made available on the union’s X account on Wednesday, the students’ executive frowned at the hike in tuition saying it has placed undue financial burden on them thereby hindering the pursuit of their education “We want to emphasize that this is not…
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Rejig education sector for effectiveness, stakeholders urge government
Governments at all levels have been urged to rejig the Education Sector in line with international standards in the overall interest of the younger generation. Experts in the education sector said the budget of education needs to be jerked up to enhance the welfare package of the teachers . In Nigeria, the issue of teachers’…
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FUTA student, Olusa breaks current Longest speech marathon record
A 24-year-old post graduate student of the federal university of technology,Akure futa Christopher Olusa has broken the Guinness World Record for the Longest Speech Marathon by an individual. Olusa commenced the speech on Monday September 11 in his attempt to deliver for 120 hours and quash the record of 90 hours and two minutes by…
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I later realised I got 249 in UTME – Mmesoma
Anambra student who was accused of manually inflating her 2023 UTME result by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Mmesoma Ejikeme, on Wednesday confirmed that she received an automated text message from JAMB indicating that her score was 249. Mmesoma made this known during an interview with Sunrise Daily on Channels Television which was monitored…
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JAMB approves 140 cut-off mark for 2022/2023 admission
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has set 140 and above as cut off mark for 2022/23 admissions into universities in the country. The Registrar of JAMB Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a presentation at the 2023 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions and awards on Saturday in Abuja. Oloyede…