Still unsure how to enhance your education? Fret no more, as hundreds of universities around the world no offer their courses online for free (or at-least partially free) in a process collectively called MOOCS, or Massive Open Online Courses. In the past six years or so, close to 800 universities have created more than 8,000 […]
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Okebukola By Rukayat Adeyemi The admission of academically weak students by Nigeria higher institutions was responsible for the trending sex-for-mark menace in the system, Prof. Peter Okebukola, former Executive Secretary, National University Commission (NUC), said on Tuesday. Okebukola, who made the assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said […]
Six candidates representing both public and private schools in Lagos state have scaled through to the finals of Nigeria’s leading pure science competition, PZ Cussons Chemistry Challenge (PZCCC). After an impressive participation at the different stages of the 2018 edition of the competition, six students have now qualified for the finals to compete for the grand prize […]
The 23-year-old son of a retired civil servant, Goodness Aimieghemen, has emerged best graduating student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), in the 2017/2018 academic session. The civil engineering graduate who bagged First Class honours achieved the feat with a total 4.89 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). Aimieghemen who also carted home six laurels at […]
By Zubairu Idris The 2017/2018 Annual Schools Census (ASC) indicates that the student-teacher ratio is 75:1 in the state’s public primary schools, the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Katsina State Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabir Ruma, has said. Ruma disclosed this on Wednesday during a paper presentation on the status of implementation of Girls Education […]
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN 2019/2020 ADMISSION EXERCISE PROGRAMME CUT-OFF MARKS The Faculty Admissions Committee, on behalf of the Senate of the University of Ibadan, met from Wednesday 18th through to Friday 20th September 2019. They agreed to the respective cut-off marks which we are publishing in the spirit of openness and transparency for which our institution […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has registered 1.5 million students to write its 2018 West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). The Council’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Damianus Ojijeogu, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos. He said the council had concluded arrangements for the conduct of the examination […]
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) is committed to ensuring that weather stations across Nigerian Higher Institutions are upgraded to meet World Meteorological Organization (WMO) standard. Director-General of the Agency, who doubles as Nigeria’s permanent Representative with the WMO, Professor Sani Abubakar Mashi, said this at the donation of weather station to the Ladoke Akintola University […]
The Nigerian Army on Monday sealed a partnership agreement with the University of Ilorin on the training of senior military officers in Peace and Security/Strategic Studies at Masters level. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in Ilorin between the Vice-Chancellor of the University Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali and the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. […]
Vice-Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Professor Adeniyi Gbadegesin in an handshake with the best graduating Medical Doctor, Adedokun Stephen Ishola, at the induction ceremony The Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, headed by Professor Dapo Afolabi, has directed that the proposed tuition fees […]