The Athabasca University, Canada on 16 June 2022 added Nigeria to the list of countries exempted from English language proficiency tests before admission. The waiver for Nigeria comes after Dr Olumuyiwa Igblalajobi, a Nigerian postdoctoral research fellow in Canada, whose efforts also led to the granting of a full waiver to Nigeria by the University of Alberta, Canada, in June, wrote a letter of protest to the university. “I write to call your attention to a list on your...

ABUJA — Heads of tertiary education institutions in the country and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) have pegged the minimum cut-off mark for admissions in the 2022/2023 academic session. The 2022 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions, presided by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja pegged minimum cut-off marks for universities 140, Polytechnics 100, and Colleges of Education 100. JAMB’s Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, announced the cut-off after thorough debates...

Students of Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic (ATAP) Bauchi and other institutions in Bauchi state on Tuesday embarked on a protest which later turned into violence and looting of public properties. The other institutions are A.D. Rafai College for Legal and Islamic Studies Misau; Bauchi State College of Agriculture, Bauchi; Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare, and  Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education, Kangere.” The protesting students also blockaded the Bauchi-Jos Highway used by commuters from...

Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has said the federal government cannot afford to ignore the funding of higher education while spending trillions of naira on other projects. Falana said this in a statement reacting to the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU has been on strike since March to protest the no-implementation of its demands, some of which relate to funding. “Having regard to the way and...