The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is facing intense scrutiny from lawmakers over its 2025 budget proposal. The National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance has threatened to cut off government funding for the examination body, citing excessive spending despite JAMB’s substantial revenue generation. During the presentation of JAMB’s 2025 budget proposal to the committee, Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede revealed that the agency remitted a significant sum of ₦4 billion to the Consolidated Revenue Fund...

No fewer than 1,811 applicants have been shortlisted for employment by the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) out of more than 55,713 applicants from across the state. According to a statement by the KWSUBEB Chairman Prof. Sheu Raheem Adaramaja, successful applicants included 1,500 teachers, mostly from STEM subjects, and 311 non-teaching staff comprising drivers, security guards, and office assistants for schools in the 16 local government areas of the state. He said the...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced the introduction of resit examinations for candidates seeking to retake their West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) papers. According to WAEC, the resit option will allow candidates to rewrite specific subjects as early as January and February 2025, providing an opportunity for students to improve their results within a shorter time frame. Speaking on JoyNews’ AM Show in Ghana on Sunday, the Head of Public Affairs...

Six inmates serving various jail terms at Umuahia Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, have graduated from the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN. Five of them earned Second Class Upper Division honours. Sarafina Nwokonnta, the Chief Operations Officer of Vision Africa Radio Umuahia disclosed this when the President of Vision Africa, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, hosted members of the Abia State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). She emphasized that providing...

In line with her three Vs of Values, Visibility, and Viability, the Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University, Prof Kate Azuka Omenugha, has honoured some students, teaching staff, and non-teaching staff members of the university, as well as those supportive of the university’s progress in 2024. This recognition which was a part of the university’s 2024 Carol of 9 lessons with the theme, “COOU Christmas: A Bouquet of Joy and Awards”, marked the gradual conclusion...

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti has approved the implementation of compulsory free education for primary schools and Junior Secondary Schools 1–3 with effect from 2025. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Goodluck Ubochi, disclosed this in Umuahia on Friday, explained that free education is part of Governor Alex Otti’s efforts to transform the education sector in the state. He was speaking when the ministry received Abia State students who performed exceptionally well in the...