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More than 186,000 pupils who completed Nigeria’s nine-year Basic Education programme now have a clear path into senior secondary school, after the National Examinations Council released the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination results on Thursday and approved a date for candidates who fell short in core subjects. A total of 186,291 candidates registered for…
Nigeria’s colleges of education are set for their deepest overhaul in decades, as the National Commission for Colleges of Education prepares to roll out a competency-based, fully digitised curriculum aimed at producing a generation of technology-ready teachers and restoring the battered prestige of teacher training. The Executive Secretary of the NCCE, Dr Angela Ajala,…
A privately authored, five-year blueprint proposing N154 trillion to overhaul Nigeria’s education system has entered public debate at a moment when the country still carries the world’s heaviest burden of out-of-school children and continues to fund the sector well below international benchmarks. The plan, branded the Nigeria Education Transformation Initiative, was set out in…
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, Chief Deolu Ogunbanjo, has urged authorities to deploy armed security personnel and fence all schools to protect students from kidnappers who deliberately target vulnerable institutions for maximum impact. Ogunbanjo, in an interview with Vanguard Learning, said criminals focus on schools…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has activated the portal for printing 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination original result slips, a step that formally clears the way for millions of candidates to begin chasing admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions for the 2026/2027 academic session. In a statement issued on Wednesday by JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian…
Nigeria’s tertiary admissions cycle has entered its final, crucial phase following a decisive administrative intervention. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Tuesday released the results of the 2026 mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. This final batch of scores clears the path for the board to begin ranking candidates and coordinating admissions for universities, polytechnics,…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has released the results of the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination mop-up exercise, clearing the way for the ranking of candidates and the start of the admission cycle for tertiary institutions nationwide. The Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed in a statement on Tuesday that candidates who…
The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Federal Government and the Registrar of Trade Unions to register the National Association of Non-Teaching Staff of Nigerian Universities as a trade union under the Trade Unions Act. Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae delivered the judgment in suit number NICN/ABJ/345/2023, filed by the association through Comrade…
The Edo State government has ordered the immediate closure of three secondary schools in Akoko Edo Local Government Area after receiving credible intelligence of a planned mass abduction of students by suspected bandits. A circular issued by the State Ministry of Education and signed by its Permanent Secretary, Mr Enodolomwanyi Otamere, directed the shutdown…
Nigeria’s education sector faces renewed pressure from armed group attacks on schools, with the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr Malick Fall, urging stronger collective commitment to safe, inclusive and violence free teaching and learning environments. Mr Fall made the call after meeting a delegation from the National Safe Schools Response Coordination Centre…
