The Federal Government has clarified that there are is no age restriction for sitting for the National Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC) examinations. Contrary to recent reports suggesting a minimum age of 18 years, the government explained that it only restricted the age for sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination…
The recent decision by the Federal Government to peg the minimum age for candidates sitting for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination may have come to stay, the House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education has said. The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, had in July stated that with effect from 2025, any candidate…
Authorities of the Ogun State-owned Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode have announced the rustication of 31 students and an indefinite suspension of 47 others for various forms of academic and behavioural misconduct. This was contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Office of the institution on Tuesday. Among those sanctioned is…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has asked HND graduates not to hold it responsible for their inability to participate in the recent National Youth Service Corps. The board was responding to claims by the prospective NYSC candidates that it was responsible for their inability to participate in the mandatory one-year NYSC scheme. “It…
The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have scheduled a follow-up meeting for September 6, 2024. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known at the end of a meeting with the union leadership on Wednesday at the Federal Ministry of Education. Following resolutions reached at the union’s national executive…
The federal government has announced the recognition of three tertiary institutions in Togo and five in Benin Republic The Education Minister, Prof. Mamman Tahir on Channels Television Sunday Politics. During the programme on Sunday, the minister said the Federal Government only recognised three institutions in Togo, and five in Benin Republic while it tagged others…
The proposed meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities initially scheduled for Monday (today), has been postponed. According to Channels Television on Monday, the ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, confirmed that the meeting which was previously announced by the Minister of Education on Friday will no longer hold. Although no reason…
Education Minister Tahir Mamman says underage candidates will no longer be allowed to sit for secondary school leaving examinations. The minister stated this on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme. He said the Federal Government has instructed the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) which administers the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examinations Council…
The federal government has slated Monday to meet with the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)in the wake of the union’s fresh threat to embark on strike over unmet demands. ASUU had issued a 21-day strike notice to the government on Wednesday asking the President Bola Tinubu-led administration to address all unresolved matters…
All degree certificates from Cotonou University issued between 2017 and the present will be rendered invalid. Additionally, all personnel currently employed by the Federal Government are to be terminated immediately. The federal government has authorized the termination of employees in both the public and private sectors who possess counterfeit degree certificates acquired from the Republics…
