The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board’s Equal opportunity Group,JEOG, will hold its First Africa Regional Conference on Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education,ARCEAHED,in Abuja on Tuesday. The conference with the theme:”Advancing Equal Opportunity Access to Higher Education: A Call to Action “, will draw participants from Ethiopia, Malawi, Egypt and other African countries. Speaking on Monday,at a press conference …

Parents of boarding students at Eva Adelaja Girls Grammar School in Bariga, Lagos State, protested against the Lagos State Government’s recent increase in feeding fees from N35,000 to N100,000, a 186 per cent increment. The protest, which began on Sunday, saw a large group of parents storming the school area, chanting slogans, and demanding an immediate reversal of the fee …

University honours Hashim, Others with Doctoral Degree A faith based University, Vine University of America (Nigeria campus) has honoured business man and President of Covenant Altar of Worship, Gbenga Hashim with a Doctorate of Divinity. In a ceremony at the Dominion Auditorium in Abuja, the Chancellor of the university, Dr. Bola Arowolo said the honour was in recognition of the …

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, and stakeholders in the education sector have identified funding and infrastructural gaps as the main reasons for the poor quality of education in Nigeria. During a radio town hall meeting on the ‘Falling Standard of Education in Nigeria’ organised by the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development …

Prominent northern leaders have blamed the scourge of out-of-school children on the failure of state and local governments to make sufficient investments in basic education. The leaders, who spoke in separate interviews with Sunday PUNCH, also identified indoctrination and insurgency as some of the factors responsible for the millions of out-of-school children in Nigeria particularly in the northern region. According …

The Federal Government has granted Maranatha University, Lagos, the full licence to operate as a private university in Nigeria. The license dated 2 September 2024, was signed by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, and the acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr. Chris. J. Maiyaki. The management said the provisional licence given to Maranatha University …

The Lagos State Government has increased boarding fees in all secondary schools across the state from N35,000 to N100,000 per term. A letter addressed to all boarding school principals, by the Director of Basic Education Services at the Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Olufemi Asaolu read: “I have the directive of the Honourable Commissioner to inform …

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Ogun State House of Assembly, on Thursday, signed a certificate of commitment to reduce the number of out-of-school children in the state. The certificate of commitment was signed when UNICEF Chief of Lagos Field Office, Mrs Celine Lafoucriere and her team paid an advocacy visit to the State House of Assembly on the …

Vice President Kashim Shettima has assured that the federal government will integrate technology into the nation’s educational infrastructure to address human capacity and resource challenges to improve learning outcomes. The Vice President noted that with the evolving global technological landscape, the administration of President Bola Tinubu will harness all available opportunities to add value to the country. Speaking on Wednesday …

The National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) on Wednesday revealed that a total of 50 selected senior secondary schools will undergo infrastructural upgrades nationwide as part of its mandates as an intervention agency. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Dr. Iyela Ajayi, made this known during the groundbreaking ceremony at one of the 50 selected secondary schools in Koton Karfe, …