NCCE Moves To Digitise Curriculum Amid 278,000 Teacher Shortage

  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,…

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Venture Capitalist Floats N154tn Plan To End Nigeria’s Out-of-School Crisis

  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…

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NAPTAN: Why Kidnappers Target Rural Schools

  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…

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JAMB Opens Portal for Printing 2026 UTME Original Result Slips

  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…

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JAMB Sacks Worker for Extorting Admission Seekers

JAMB Releases Mop-Up Results, Begins University Ranking

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,…

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Court Directs Registration Of New Non Teaching Staff Union In Universities

  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…

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UN Stresses Safe Havens For Learning Amid School Attacks

  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…

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