Category: Education

Jare Olukotun Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will now commence on Monday, February 3, 2025, instead of Friday, January 31, 2025 as earlier slated. The Board’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement posted on its official X handle on Friday. Benjamin stated that the postponement was due to the suspension of law programmes in some Nigerian universities, and the approval of deceitful facilities as Computer-Based Test centres in certain locations, among other…

Kunle Adelabu The Kith & Kin Educational Schools (KKES) have welcomed its new Prefects for the 2025/26 session. The school, congratulating the new school officers, charged them on the need to allow integrity be their watch words in handing their duties. A total of 13 students of the college were appointed to administer the affairs of other students in the school. While Master Odesanya Ademola is the new Head boy, Miss Balogun Khadijah is the Head Girl. Ayodele – Alamu Oluwatomilayo and Miss Adegbemigbe Opemiposi are to serve as the…

Kunle Adelabu Hon. Olawunmi Abdulrasaq Ajetunmobi, a member of the Governing Council, University of Jos (UNIJOS) and General Secretary, Ikorodu Division Apex APC body, has charged state and local governments across the nation to do more in terms of sensitising the public on the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). He said that such sensitisation would assist in correcting some misconceptions and make students access the loan more in supporting their education and relieve their parents’ financial burden. The Governing Council member who spoke with THE IMPACT in Ijede Local Council…

Our Reporter The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in Lagos State, Mr. Jamiu Tolani Alli-Balogun, has directed evaluators from the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA) to closely monitor schools below the tertiary level in the state. The Coordinating Director, Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA), Mr. Remi Abdul relayed this directive at a recent management meeting of OEQA held recently at Alausa, Ikeja.  He emphasised the importance of fearless monitoring and evaluation of schools across the State, stating that evaluators must ensure that teachers and students are punctual…

-As Alogba library begins free CBT training soon Kunle Adelabu The Ikorodu Students’ Association (ISA) has unveiled its plan to support the education of 100 intending JAMB candidates in the community with free JAMB forms. The ISA President, Comrade Oshineye Rofiat, revealed this in a chat with THE IMPACT on Saturday, stating that the gesture is aimed at supporting the students in achieving their dreams in the face of the social and economic challenges bedeviling the society. She also sought assistance from the public – spirited people or groups in…

Our Reporter The Lagos State Government has issued a directive to all unapproved and unregistered private schools operating within the state to register immediately with the Office of Education Quality Assurance (OEQA). The Honourable Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Jamiu Tolani Alli-Balogun gave the directive as part of the state government’s efforts to ensure that all educational institutions below tertiary level meet the required standards and provide quality education to learners. Speaking recently on the directive at the OEQA office in Alausa, Ikeja, the Coordinating Director, OEQA, Mr.…