The Federal Government has approved the upward review of school fees of all Federal Government Colleges, FGCs also known as federal unity colleges from N45,000 to N100,000 for new students. This was contained in a directive from the Office of the Director of Senior Secondary Education Department of the Federal…

Nigerian Governor Declares Free Primary and Secondary Education, Gives Reason Taraba State Governor, Dr. Agbu Kefas, has declared primary and secondary education free and compulsory in the state, starting from the next academic session. The governor said the move is to cushion the effects of the removal of subsidy on…

A former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, has called for an independent technology investigation into the controversy surrounding the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result of Mmesoma Ejikeme. Mmesoma, a candidate from Anambra State, had claimed that she scored 380 in the UTME, but JAMB accused her of forging her…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the minimum cut-off marks for admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education for the 2022/23 academic session. According to the JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, who made the announcement at the 2023 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions and…

As the signing of the student loan bill into law by President Bola Tinubu is raising excitement in some parts of the country, the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), expresses displeasure about the development.President Tinubu on Monday, June 12, 2023 signed the student loan bill “in…