
Damola Kola-Dare
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3 days ago |
thenationonlineng.net | Damola Kola-Dare |Alao Abiodun
As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative and in celebration of Children’s Day, Rite Foods Limited, has donated educational materials to 2,000 pupils in 10 schools across Lagos, Ogun State, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The educational materials donated to the schools include school bags and exercise books aimed at supporting pupils in underserved communities in their academic journey.
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3 days ago |
thenationonlineng.net | Damola Kola-Dare |Victoria Amadi |Alao Abiodun
Imagine writing an examination in the dark without proper illumination, on an empty stomach, and frazzled – this was the case last week when candidates across Lagos Ogun, Osun, Taraba and Delta states wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) English Language Paper 2. Videos and pictures went viral online showing pupils writing examinations late in the night with the use of flashlights.
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1 week ago |
thenationonlineng.net | Frank Ikpefan |Damola Kola-Dare |Alao Abiodun
Students involved in examination malpractice during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) should be barred from sitting for any external examinations by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and the National Board for Technical Education (NABTEB) for three years, the Federal Government has directed.
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3 weeks ago |
thenationonlineng.net | Simon Utebor |Damola Kola-Dare |Victoria Amadi |Udeh Onyebuchi |Alao Abiodun
There was excitement among educationists and Education Ministry officials following the news that a 16-year-old Bayelsa State student, Egba Osiovie Diekime, scored an aggregate of 360 in the 2025 University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Diekime reportedly scored 79 in English; Physics, 98; Biology, 85 and Chemistry, 98.
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1 month ago |
thenationonlineng.net | Frank Ikpefan |Victoria Amadi |Damola Kola-Dare |Alao Abiodun
Seventy-five per cent of the 1,955,069 candidates who wrote this year’s University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scored less than 200 out of the 400 maximum marks. Statistical analysis of the results released yesterday by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) indicated that 420,415 candidates scored above 200 marks while 7,658 had between 300 and 319. Those who recorded above 320 marks in the examination written between April 25 and last Friday are only 4,756.
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