Reps Probe WAEC Chiefs Over Exam Disruptions
The West African Examinations Council's management was reprimanded by the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education and Examination Bodies on Monday for the general anomalies and operational shortcomings that marked the 2025 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. At an investigative hearing at the National Assembly, lawmakers grilled the Head of WAEC, Nigeria, Dr Amos Dangut, over what they described...
WAEC Issues Apology Over Late Night English Exams, Cites Measures Against Malpractice
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has attributed the delay in the conduct of the 2025 English Language Paper 2 to intensified measures aimed at curbing examination malpractice, particularly the leakage of question papers. In a statement issued on Thursday, WAEC acknowledged that the paper, originally scheduled for the morning of May 28, was conducted several hours late in many...
WAEC Express Discontent Over Conducting Examination Late
The West African Examinations Council has expressed regret for the postponement of the English Language Paper 2 in the ongoing 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the examination took place on Wednesday evening. In a statement by Moyosola Adesina, Acting Head of Public Affairs Department of WAEC, the council said that it...
JAMB Refute Claims Directing Candidate To Reprint Exam Slips
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, has disowned messages in circulation directing the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, to reprint examination slips for a resit examination. Despite the messages emanating from a 66019 shortcode used by JAMB, the board described the shortcode as a spoofed version. In a statement by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, JAMB categorically denied responsibility...
IG Names Special Squad To Protect Schools In Nasarawa
Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police, established the Schools Protection Squad in Nasarawa State to improve security in educational facilities throughout the 13 local government districts of the state. Egbetokun, who was represented by AIG Zachariah Achinyan of Zone 4, Makurdi, inaugurated the squad on Monday during a stakeholders’ forum on school safety. He said the initiative aims to...
JAMB Confirms Release Of UTME Resit Examination Results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of results for the resit Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted for candidates affected by technical issues during the 2025 main exam. In a statement issued Sunday morning by its Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, the Board revealed that out of the 336,845 candidates scheduled for the resit, 21,082...
JAMB Reviews 379,000 UTME Resit Results
Prior to the final release to the public on Thursday, a final audit of the results of the 379,775 candidates who claim to have taken the rescheduled 2025 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination is being carried out. The audit team includes officials from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, civil society organisations, academics and other independent observers. A source, who did...
Abia Govt Approves Recruitment Of Over 5,000 Lecturers, Teachers
The Abia State Government has announced the recruitment of 5,300 new teachers who successfully passed the recent recruitment interviews across the state. This was disclosed on Tuesday in Umuahia by the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, during a press briefing on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting chaired by Governor Alex Otti. Kanu further revealed that...
JAMB To Release Rescheduled 379,000 Candidates Result
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has declared that it will publish the results for 379,000 candidates who took the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination from Friday to Monday on Wednesday. JAMB rescheduled the exam following widespread outcry over mass failure during the initial UTME. The board admitted to technical and human errors, especially in Lagos and South-East states, which significantly...
FG Halts TETFund Support For Institutions With Fewer Than 2,000 Students
The federal government has announced a major policy shift that will disqualify tertiary institutions with fewer than 2,000 students from accessing funding from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in a bid to enforce accountability and ensure efficient allocation of public resources. Minister of Education Tunji Alausa made this known on Friday during a one-day engagement in Lagos with heads...
