Akintunde Sawyerr, the managing director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), says over 110,000 applications have been received for the student loan scheme. Sawyerr was at the ceremonial launch of the student loan application portal at the statehouse council chambers in Abuja. He said 160,000 students had registered for the scheme while over 110,000…
Online registration for 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream II will commence on Thursday, 18th July, 2024
No fewer than 1,376,391 registered for the ongoing 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (internal) conducted by the National Examinations Council. The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this on Wednesday after monitoring the examination at some centres in Enugu. According to a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs, Azeez Sani, the…
President Bola Tinubu launched the Student Loan Scheme on Wednesday, July 17, marking the formal commencement of the programme’s implementation. In an update on ‘X’ according to the special adviser on social media, Dada Olusegun, the launch of the student loan scheme is currently taking place at the State House, Abuja. Recall that the President…
Thousands of students at the University of Ibadan have protested against a hike in school fees and other issues. As early as 8 a.m., the visibly angry students moved in large numbers to all the entrances of the institution and blocked them. Both academic and non-academic staff were locked outside the gates. After blocking all…
The stage is now set for admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions as the long awaited 2024 policy meeting held annually by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination, JAMB, holds tomorrow. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, will chair the 2024 policy meeting, slated for Thursday, July 18, in Abuja. The policy meeting will…
The under-listed students from various Faculties/Departments are hereby invited to write the 2022/2023 Recall/Make-up Continuous Assessment (CA) for Rain Semester. Date: 30 July 2024.Venue: CBT Centre, University of llorinTime:8.00 am
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has onboarded Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, as a beneficiary institution for the student loan. In a statement On Tuesday, NELFUND announced that 22 new state-owned tertiary institutions had been added to the program, enabling their students to apply for loans. The statement reads, “The Management of Nigerian Education Loan…
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has set a new qualifying exam as a condition for polytechnic graduation. Idris Bugaje, the board’s executive secretary, says polytechnic students must now undergo a “mandatory skills qualification” (MSQ) to graduate. The NBTE boss, who spoke at the board’s head office on Monday in Kaduna, said the policy…
Candidates who sat for the 2024 UTME and scored 120 and above are eligible to apply. Such candidates are required to ensure that they do a change of institution to the Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan as the first choice. They should also ensure that they upload their O’Level result on JAMB CAPS at the…
