You Can’t Write WAEC, NECO From SS1, SS2 — FG Cautions Students
The Federal Government has barred senior secondary school students 1 and 2 from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), National Examination Council (NECO) and National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB). The Federal Ministry of Education directed principals of unity schools to expel senior students who sit for external examinations before SS3 class, as they could...
BREAKING: FG Bans SS1, SS2 Students From Participating In WASSCE, NECO, NABTEB
The Federal Government has stopped students in Senior Secondary School one and two from participating in external West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE; the National Examination Council, NECO; and National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB. The development was contained in a circular issued to principals of federal unity schools by the Federal Ministry of Education. The circular was signed...
After Unscheduled Visit, Zulum Suspends State-Owned Ramat Polytechnic Management Team
Governor of Borno of State Professor Babagana Zulum has suspended the entire management of the state-owned Ramat Polytechnic in Maiduguri, for a period of six months. The suspension came after the governor, who was a student of the Polytechnic between 1986 to 1988, unexpectedly visited the Polytechnic around 9:00 am on Tuesday and found most of the laboratories out of...
Abia North Stakeholders Laud Sen. Kalu Over Distribution Of Educational Materials To Schools [VIDEO]
Stakeholders in Abia North have commended the Senator representing the district and Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu over the flag-off of the distribution of educational materials to primary and secondary school pupils in the zone. The exercise which took place Monday started with Ohafia, expected to go round the entire local governments that make up the zone. One...
ANA Abuja Hosts Ex-DG NAPTIP Julie Okah-Donli Saturday
All is now set for the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA Abuja chapter to host a former Director General of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP Dame Julie Okah-Donli as September celebrity guest author. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Savannah Suites Hotel, Area 3 Garki Abuja, a statement signed...
UBEC Lauds Universal Learning Solutions Over Innovation In Education Of Nigerian Children
The Universal Basic Commission, UBEC has applauded an education-centred non governmental organisation, Universal Learning Solutions, USL for the innovation, Jolly Phonics it has deployed in ensuring that children learn to read and write with minimal challenge at an early stage. Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at an event to mark the fifteenth anniversary of ULS, the Executive Secretary of UBEC,...
Minister Charges NYSC Members To Stop Influencing Posting
Dr Ramatu Aliyu, Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, cautioned youth corps members against influencing their postings to their preferred places of assignments. Aliyu gave the advice when the management of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) led by the FCT Coordinator, Alhaji Abdul Suleman, visited her office in Abuja . The minister urged the corps members...
Gunmen Invade Imo WAEC Centre, Chase Students, Parents Away
Gunmen on Monday stopped students from taking English Language paper in the ongoing WASSCE being written by senior secondary school students at the Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkume in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo state. Sources disclosed that the students were preparing to begin the examinations when the attackers came and chased them away. As the gunmen started shooting, students...
WAEC Announces Date To Release 2021 WASSCE Results
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed when the results of the ongoing 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be available. The examination council’s director of public affairs, Demianus Ojijeogu, said the results will be out 45 days after the last paper is written. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Hundreds Of Detainees Escape As Gunmen Kill Soldiers, Free Inmates...
Exam Malpractice: Bauchi, Borno, Kano Others Lead — NECO
Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi states have featured prominently in the list of schools involved in examination malpractices in Nigeria. This was noted by the Registrar of the National Examinations Council, Dantani Wushishi. Wushishi disclosed that examination malpractices are rampant in northern states and high in Bauchi, Borno, Kano and Kebbi States in the past five years. He disclosed this during his...
