CHIDIMMA UCHEGBU The Federal Government has urged all the state governments to ensure judicious and accountable utilization of the matching grant disbursed to them for implementation of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBE). Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, made the call on Monday in Abuja while declaring open a…
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CHIDIMMA UCHEGBU A total of 12,539 teachers have written the May Diet of the Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE) for teachers across the country conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). TRCN conducts the examinations to test the professional knowledge of those in the teaching profession while certificates obtained…
CHIDIMMA UCHEGBU The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) have opposed the growing trend of converting public Colleges of Education to universities. They described the development as disturbing, considering the important role colleges of education play in producing teachers at the basic…
Chidimma Uchegbu – Abuja The management, staff and stakeholders of Nigeria Christian Pilgrims (NCPC) have celebrated Bishop Stephen Adegbite who marked his first 100 days in office as the fourth substantive Executive Secretary of the Commission. While acknowledging major changes the new Executive Secretary brought into the Commission, the staff…
CHIDIMMA UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC), has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for patience as the Federal Government is making efforts to reconstitute the governing councils of 61 public universities. Acting Executive Secretary of NUC, Mr Chris Maiyaki, who made the appeal at a media…
Chidimma Uchegbu The National Examinations Council (NECO) has not extended the closing date for the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Internal Registration. The Registration which started on Monday 18th December, 2023 will close on Monday 3rd June, 2024. Azeez Sani, the Acting Director of the Directorate of information and…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Registrar, National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, has said that the complexity of its examination may not allow for immediate migration from paper to Computer Based Test (CBT). Wushishi was speaking during an interactive session with newsmen on key milestones achievement of the council in Abuja…
By Chidimma Uchegbu The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has declared that Christian pilgrimage is now a journey of spiritual development and rejuvenation. He made this statement during his first official visit to the NCPC North Central zonal office in Gwagwalada, Federal Capital…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Africa Plus Partners in partnership with Akwa Ibom State University, are set to launch the construction of a 1,600 capacity student hostel through the support of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). The launch, according to the executive secretary of TETFund, Arch. Sonny Echono will take place tomorrow…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released additional 36,540 UTME results, which were earlier withheld for further investigation. This was in addition to the 531 results released the previous week now bringing the total results released to 1,879,437. In another development, the attention of the Board…