EDUCATION

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Monday, announced that it withheld the results of 215,149 candidates who sat for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Nigeria. The Council said the results of the candidates representing 13.98% of the total number of candidates who wrote the …

The Federal Government has said it may adopt the University Transparency Account System (UTAS) being presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as alternative payment platform to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Addressing reporters after about two and half hours closed door meeting with Senate …

As part of its contributions towards the safe reopening of schools, Xploits Consulting Limited in collaboration with Access Bank Plc over the weekend, donated hand washing devices to 10 selected schools in Bwari and Kuje area councils respectively. The schools include: Junior secondary school Dawaki; Government Day Secondary School Dutse; …

To commemorate World Teachers Day, the federal government has made new policy in favour of Nigerian education sector. The payment of stipends to Bachelor of Education students as well as granting them automatic employment after graduation is now a federal government policy, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,Mornay on has …

Stanbic IBTC Bank PLC, a subsidiary of Stanbic IBTC Holdings PLC, has introduced a School Loan product for private primary, secondary and tertiary institutions, to enable them meet their short-term financial requirements. After several months of physical and economic disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools are gearing up for …

With the impact of COVID-19 on education sector, the Federal Government has said that it is considering pursuing a new National Policy on zero rating on educational websites which would allow the consumption of contents without charges to normal data plan. The Policy, according to the Minister of Communications and …

As the nation prepares for the reopening of schools, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, has mandated schools to carry out weekly risk assessments while states and local governments are to conduct monthly and quarterly risk assessments. Mrs Elsie Ilori, Head, Department of Surveillance and Epidemiology, Nigeria Centre for …

The outbreak of the deadly virus, Covid-19 has dealt a big blow to every sectors of global economy. The educational sector being a sector that majorly focuses on traditional learning proves to be one of the most affected sectors. Covid-19, a highly contagious virus has significantly reduced the world population …

Twelve Nigerian students from the University of Ibadan, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and University of Port Harcourt have qualified for the Huawei Global ICT competition following an excellent performance in the cloud and network examination at the just concluded Huawei sub-Saharan Africa region ICT competition finals. The Huawei ICT Competition, …

Google joins the world in marking International Literacy Day (ILD) by upscaling the Read Along app, a speech-based reading app designed to help primary grade kids learn to read – anytime, anywhere. UNESCO’s theme for International Literacy Day 2020 is Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. …