Okebukola made the assertion while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of the Eighth Convocation and honorary award of doctorate degree of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos.
He said the current NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, was on a revatilisation mission to improve quality in the university system and enhance standards.
According to him, the standards turned out yearly by the Commission are richer and higher in terms of scope than the previous year.
Private universities to get their own share of the TETFund
Speaking during a briefing organised ahead of the 10th convocation ceremony of the university, the VC said that a total of 287 undergraduates of the school would be conferred with Bachelor degrees and certificates, while 339 postgraduate students would also graduate from the school.
WAEC to publish names of schools, candidates, invigilators and supervisors caught aiding and abetting examination malpractice
The committee, which is the highest decision-making organ of WAEC on examination-related matters in Nigeria, made the recommendation to WAEC, ANCOPSS and all the ministries of education in the 36 states of the federation, in a statement issued at the end of its 66th meeting in Lagos.
According to the statement, the committee had received reports on cases of irregularity, special and clemency arising from the conduct of the WASSCE for both private candidates and school candidates in 2017 and 2018 during the meeting.
JAMB announces admission offer to 200,000 UTME candidates
The Head, Media and Information of the JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos, said that the admission took effect after the board’s policy meeting in June in Gbongan, Osun state.
Experts seek awareness on cyber security education
He noted that the level of Automated Teller Machine (ATM) and card fraud witnessed in the country in the last two years is quite alarming coupled with other security threat such as identity theft, private information compromise, spread of computer virus and malicious programs have led to increased number of organisation being hacked.
Obiorah explained that the high level of e-channel fraud and system compromise could be attributed to ignorance on the part of the public resulting from low level of information and e- channel security awareness.He said that global rise in information security and electronic banking fraud resulted in the birth of ‘online wisdom,’ a platform created by some seasoned information and e-business security professionals to promote electronic banking, create awareness campaign to the public organisation and schools, banks, government establishments, ministries military and law enforcement agencies.
YOUTHVILLE: FCT, Ondo reach Cowbellpedia semi-final
Secondary school students representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Ondo State have qualified for the semi-final stage of the on-going 2018 Cowbellpedia Mathematics Television Quiz Show.
In a statement by the organizers, Chiedozie Uzochukwu of Nigerian Tulip International College, Abuja, got the semi-final ticket for FCT at the preliminary Group D of the junior category while Ayomiposi Adiji of Preston International School, Akure, representing Ondo State in the senior category advanced to the next stage.
ASUU calls on Osun, Oyo govts to save LAUTECH
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, Port Harcourt Zone, on Monday called on the Osun and Oyo State governments, the joint owners of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, to fund the institution and save it from collapse.
ASUU urged both governments to urgently take full responsibility of funding the university rather than shifting the financial burden of running it to the students.
The Coordinator of ASUU, Port Harcourt zone, Uzo Onyebinama, said the union was still negotiating with the governments of Osun and Oyo to finance the institution.
He said, “Education is a social service and it ought to be treated as such. All hands must be on the deck to compel the Osun and Oyo State governments to do the needful and take full responsibility for the funding of LAUTECH and save the institution.
71.48% candidates get credits and above in NECO 2018
About 71.48% of candidates that sat for this year’s National Examination Council (NECO) June/July Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) got credits and above in English and Mathematics.
The Acting Registrar of the Council, Abubakar Mohammed Gana stated this on Monday while releasing the results in a press statement issued in Minna.
According to him, “a total of 1,032,729 candidates sat for the examination while 742,455 candidates representing 71.48%, made credit in English and Mathematics.
He said that 90.47% of the candidates that sat for the examination have five credits and above irrespective of English and Mathematics adding that 875,464 candidates scored credit in English while 850,331 candidates representing 82.34% scored credit and above in Mathematics.
Gana explained that there was an increase in the number of candidates with five credits and above in 2018 with 71.48% compared with last year with a figure of 70.85%.
He explained that there was general drop in cases of malpractices by candidates in the 2018, adding that 7,960 candidates were involved in cheating which were detected at the marking venue as well as copying of foreign materials.
Academy School Celebrates Its Best Ever Student Success
Students at a school in east London have achieved record A-Level results at the institution, with nearly 100 of them gaining three As or higher as they picked up their grades on results day.
Brampton Manor Academy in East Ham has been tweeting about the success of its students, congratulating them on the impressive grades and sharing where they will be going to university.
Baker Lubwama got three A*s and will be studying medicine at Cambridge as a result. “My mum was screaming down the phone saying ‘You’ve made us proud’,” he told HuffPost UK.
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NAAT blames mass failure of students on low budget for education
The National Association OF Academic Technologists (NAAT) has blamed the abysmal performance of secondary school students on the dwindling allocation of resources to the education sector.
The union in a communiqués reached at the end of its 37th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, held at Obafemi Awolowo University (O.A.U), Ile-Ife, noted that despite the existence of ‘special centres’, the results of the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) keeps dropping year on year.
The union observed that the abysmal performance is equally to blame for the falling standard of education across the tertiary levels. The communiqué read in part: “In spite of the worrisome existence of ’special centres’, the results of SSCE keep dropping – implying poor quality of secondary school graduates. This may not be unconnected with the poor allocation of financial and human resources to the education sector.
Full article: https://guardian.ng/appointments/naat-blames-mass-failure-of-students-on-low-budget-for-education/