Education

Hundreds of commuters plying the ever busy Sango-Eleyele Road in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, are currently stranded. The protest was triggered by Governor Seyi Makinde’s recent announcement to rename the institution. Just a few days ago, the governor revealed plans to change the school’s name from The Polytechnic Ibadan to Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic, Ibadan. He served between October and December 1983. It reports that students of the institution are […]

The National Association of Nigerian Students has condemned the West African Examinations Council for delaying the English Language exam in the ongoing Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations. In a statement released on Thursday, NANS’ National Public Relations Officer, Adeyemi Ajasa, said, shifting the exam from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. put students’ safety at risk. Ajasa stressed that WAEC’s failure should not affect the students. The National Association of Nigerian […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has released the results of the recently conducted 2025 UTME resit examination for candidates at centres impacted by technical glitches, saying 99 per cent scored below 200 The results indicated that of the 336,845 candidates rescheduled for the examination, 21,082, representing 93 per cent, were absent. No reason was, however, given for the high absence rate of the candidates in the rescheduled examination. […]

Workers under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee (JAC), at five tertiary educational institutions owned by the Oyo State government have commenced an indefinite strike over non-payment of minimum wage. The affected institutions are: The Polytechnic, Ibadan, The Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki, Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, and Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate. The strike is coming few days after the commencement […]

The Oyo State Government has approved the appointment of three new Executive Secretaries for the State Universal Basic Education Board. The board’s chairman, Nureni Adeniran, announced this during a meeting with Administrative Officers of all Local Government Universal Basic Education Authorities, held at the board’s headquarters in Ibadan, the state capital. He stated that the new appointees—Kemi Adeosun, Adebola Ayegboyin, and Raji Fatai—were appointed by Governor Seyi Makinde to oversee […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that candidates below the age of 16 may be considered for admission into tertiary institutions if they achieve an outstanding score of 80% or higher in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The decision follows the recent reversal of the mandatory 18-year admission age policy introduced by former Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman. The current Minister of Education, Olatunji Alausa, has […]

The Federal Government has proposed a 12-year basic education model; however refuting reports that it has scrapped the Junior and Senior Secondary School systems. A statement by the Ministry of Education noted that the Minister, Tunji Alausa made the statement at the Extraordinary National Council on Education Meeting held in Abuja where he presented it as a proposal for discussion, but not an immediate policy change. Speaking with newsmen, the […]