Education

The Kwara State University (KWASU) will welcome over 1,380 students to its Ilesha-Baruba and Osi campuses for the 2024-2025 academic year. A statement by the university’s acting director of University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, noted that 1,200 students at the Faculty of Agriculture and 180 students at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences will soon resume…

All tertiary institutions in Nigeria must submit their matriculation lists to the Federal Ministry of Education through the dedicated channel of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) not later than three months after matriculation ceremonies. This directive from the Federal Ministry of Education aims to ensure compliance with innovations introduced by JAMB to address…

Schools wishing to present candidates for the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, have been advised to complete their recognition and upload their Continuous Assessment Scores, CASS data before 13 December 2024. WAEC disclosed this on Tuesday, when it announced the opening of online portals for school recognition and the upload of Continuous…

The Management of Lagos State University (LASU) has announced a change in the ongoing second semester examination for the 2023/2024 academic session. The previously scheduled Computer-Based Exam (CBE) has been replaced with a Pen-on-Paper exam. All students of the university should take note of this latest developments.

Following the recent announcement of loan disbursements by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), we are issuing a further notice to students from the six institutions that were part of the recent disbursement cycle. Students who applied for the student loan between May 24th and July 17th, 2024, and have had their applications approved as…

The Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kwara State command, Hajia Fatima Abiola-Popoola, has urged the National Universities Commission to make drug tests a requirement for admission into tertiary institutions. The commander, while answering questions from journalists in Ilorin, on Sunday, said students should pass drug tests before their admission into the universities….

The management of Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, has released the admission screening requirements for the 2024/2025 academic session. Details are contained in the document attached to this report

The National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) started yesterday meant to take a decision on some contentious issues affecting members welfare and face-off with the Federal Government. The crucial meeting may alter academic activities in the Nigerian University System (NUS) going by decisions reached by various branch congresses….