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Firm donates educational materials to 2,000 pupils

3 weeks 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.
WAEC exam crisis: Forestalling a recurrence

3 weeks 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.
Fed Govt proposes three-year ban for malpractices

1 month 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.
Tackling mass failure of candidates in UTME

1 month 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.
75% of candidates score below average in UTME

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.
Varsities, polys, others grapple with new operational guidelines

2 months ago | thenationonlineng.net | Damola Kola-Dare |Victoria Amadi

As part of reforms in the education sector, the Education Minister, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced two policies that would perhaps shape the trajectory of the sector, especially tertiary institutions.
Fresh Fed Govt’s pills for primary education, teachers’ capacity

2 months ago | thenationonlineng.net | Damola Kola-Dare |Victoria Amadi

With the launch of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) School Based Management Committee-School Improvement Programme (SBMC-SIP) for Teacher Professional Development (TPD) and tackling the out-of-school syndrome, the Federal Government has matched words with action in a bid to deepen its reforms in the education sector.
No plan to extend service year by NYSC, says Education Minister

2 months ago | thenationonlineng.net | Damola Kola-Dare |Alao Abiodun

Education Minister Tunji Alausa has denied reports that he advocated the extension National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) service year from one to two years. ‘’I didn’t say NYSC should be extended for two years,” Alausa said while delivering the 28th convocation lecture of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo yesterday.
Anglican Archdeaconry hosts synod

2 months ago | thenationonlineng.net | Damola Kola-Dare |Alao Abiodun

The Ijebu Ife Archdeaconry of the Anglican Communion is set to host the 1st session of the 17th synod, scheduled to hold between April 24 and 27, at Christ Anglican Church, Iwade, Ijebu-Ife. It has a theme: “A Vessel unto Honour” (2 Timothy 2:20–21). Chairman of the Local Organising Committee, Akin Doherty, made this known during a media chat in Ijebu-Ife.
Contractors seek intervention on release of project funds

Mar 26, 2025 | thenationonlineng.net | Damola Kola-Dare |Alao Abiodun

Contractors handling federal projects across the country have appealed to the Federal Government to expedite action on releasing funds for the projects. Delay in the disbursement of funds, they stated, has not only forced them to abandon sites, but caused them to incur more losses. Speaking through Austin Emegwagwa, the contractors, claimed that contractors were last paid in October last year.