ShareBy Aluta News July 18, 2021 No fewer than 1.6 million candidates are expected to participate in this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) scheduled to begin on Aug. 16. The Head of National Office (HNO) of West African Examination Council (WAEC), Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the figureContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 16, 2021 The Federal Government has began verification exercise for 196, 873 pupils in public schools in Nasarawa state under the National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development made this known during a courtesy callContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 13, 2021 Poor knowledge of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is affecting the performances of Nigerian students in the annual Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination. Mr Castro Ezama, the Special Adviser to Gov. Ben Ayade of Cross River on Education, stated this in anContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 11, 2021 Miss Amina Abdullahi, a 15-year-old Senior Secondary student of Gobarau Academy, Katsina, has been awarded automatic scholarship by Gov. Aminu Masari for her exceptional talent in art paintings. Miss Amina bagged the scholarship during a public exhibition attended by Masari in Katsina on Saturday.Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 9, 2021 The Kaduna State Government on Friday said scholarships had been approved to cover full school fees for brilliant indigent students of the state in all tertiary institutions. Mr Rilwan Hassan, the Executive Secretary, Kaduna State Scholarship and Loans Board, made this known in anContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 7, 2021 World Health Organisation (WHO) says it has delivered nearly 96 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to 135 countries. The organisation also said it delivered other essential health products through COVAX. WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)Continue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 7, 2021 The Senate on a Wednesday at plenary, passed a bill to upgrade the Maritime Academy, Oron in Akwa-Ibom into a full-fledged University for Maritime Studies. Also passed was a bill to establish the Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Ogoja, Cross River. Both bills were passed after theContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News July 4, 2021 The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has officially handed over the programme of funding and management of Girl Child Education to the Zamfara government with effect from July 1, 2021. Ms Miriam Moreso, UNICEF Chief Education Manager, Sokoto Office, handed over onContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 30, 2021 Mrs Felicia Marinze, a 71-year-old PhD student of the University of Lagos, has emerged one of the best graduating students from the institution’s School of Postgraduate Studies (SPGS). The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe announced this at a news conferenceContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 30, 2021 Prof. Steve Nwokeocha of Sociology of Education, University of Calabar says plans are underway for teachers to bear the title “Distinguished” as borne by senators. Nwokeocha, who is Executive Director, Academics, Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities, made this known in an interview withContinue Reading
