Category: Eduction

From Lateef Taiwo The Council for the Regulation of Engineering, COREN, in Nigeria has approved the resuscitation of the mandatory Supervised Industrial Training Scheme in Engineering, SITSIE, under a new name of Engineering Residency Programme, EREP, which engineering students must undergo for one year at the end of their programme. COREN President Prof. Sadiq Abubakar…

Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State Government has fixed Saturday, 10th August, for the 2024 Common Entrance Examination into Junior Secondary Schools across the 16 Local Government Areas of the State. Accreditation, according to a statement by the Press Secretary,Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Peter Amogbonjaye, would commence by 8:00 am prompt in…

Nigerians allocated $38.17 million to foreign education expenses between January and March 2024, a significant drop from the $218.87 million spent in the same period last year, according to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s quarterly statistical bulletin. Despite this year-on-year decline, there was a 54% increase from the $24.82 million spent in Q4 2023. The…

In a pivotal move announced during the 2024 JAMB policy meeting, Education Minister Professor Tahir Mamman unveiled sweeping changes to Nigeria’s educational landscape. Effective immediately, the Federal Government has mandated that tertiary institutions will no longer admit candidates under the age of 18. Simultaneously, the Ministry of Education has outlined plans to introduce a comprehensive…

From Lateef Taiwo No fewer than 1,376,391 candidates registered for the on-going 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal conducted by the National Examinations Council (NECO). A statement by the Council’s Ag. Director, Information and Digital Communication, Azeez Sani, stated that the Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this on Wednesday after…

From Lateef Taiwo The National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) partners the Civil Society Organization Community Advancement and Humanitarian Empowerment Initiative (CSCHEI) in capacity development of Senior Secondary School teachers in the country. This was disclosed when the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Iyela Ajayi received the team of the CSCHEI in his office.A…

Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has expelled 175 students for various offenses. A statement by Dr. Saeedat Aliyu,Ag. Director, University Relations, said the approval of the expulsion followed the recommendations of the Students’ Disciplinary Committee (SDC), which held sittings between October 2021 and March 2024. According to the statement, the expelled…

Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete, has been selected as one of the six pilot universities for the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, and Office of the First Lady establishment of ICT Experience Centres in public tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The information regarding the selection of KWASU as a pilot institution was…

ASUU warns of impending closure of UniversitiesASUU warns of impending closure of Universities Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to do the right to save the nation’s ivory towers from being shut down again. The union made the call after its members at the University…

Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin The Association of Ilorin Emirate Professors has pledged total support to the newly appointed Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh. The Association made the pledge at a meeting convened by the new Vice Chancellor to solicit the cooperation and support of the members of the…