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Tribune

5 easy steps to check your 2023 UTME results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released first batch of results for all candidates who participated in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Stop looking for paid jobs, be employers of labour, Ondo coordinator tells Corps members

The NYSC Ondo State Coordinator, Mrs Victoria Nnenna Ani has asserted that academic qualifications with acquisition of skills will guarantee a secure future for graduate youths.

The State Coordinator made this assertion when she flagged-off the opening ceremony of 2023 Batch ‘A’ (Stream II) Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) in-camp programme recently.

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Legit

“We Don’t Charge Tuition Fee”: University of Abuja Releases Breakdown of How Much Students Will Pay.

The University of Abuja has released the fees for the 2022/2023 academic session for new and returning students.

The fees for new students range from N96,500 for Arts to N137,500 for Agriculture, while returning students will pay between N82,000 and N225,000 depending on their course of study Despite the increase, the university claims to have one of the lowest fee structures among universities currently reviewing their fees Many Nigerians have expressed their concern over the increase, citing the current economic situation and the low salaries graduates receive after completing their studies.

University of Abuja Raises Medical Students School Fees to N225k, Arts, Others, Gives Reason.

The management of the University of Abuja has announced the increment of the tuition fee of the institution According to a recent release by the university’s management, medical students will now pay N250,000 and above, while Arts and other related faculties will pay between N80,000 and N100,000 or more Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, the vice-chancellor of the university, explained that the increment was part of the school’s effort to give the students the best.

Daily post

Sustain your tempo of best practice – Adeleke to UNIOSUN management

Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has called on the Management of the Osun State University, UNIOSUN to sustain the tempo of best practice and professionalism.

Adeleke also called for transparency and responsibility in the management of the university and its colleges.

Punch

Masters, PhD required to attain rank of professorship in medicine- NUC

The recently-inaugurated Committee on the Status of Medical Education in Nigerian Universities has met with the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, to present to him an interim report on their assigned task.

This is as the NUC reiterated its stance on the need for medical doctors in the academics to acquire Master’s and doctorate degrees to enable them attain the rank of professors.

Stop shutting varsities during strike, ex-labour leader warns unions

The Director General of the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies, Ilorin, Issa Aremu, has warned trade unions in Nigerian universities against the total shutdown of tertiary institutions during strike.

Aremu noted that there was a need for the unions to understand that industrial disputes were not industrial wars and no need for a total shutdown of the institutions.

Danjuma donates 500-capacity hostel to UNIBEN

A former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd.), on Saturday, donated a 500-capacity female hostel in the name of his wife, Daisy Danjuma, to the University of Benin.

Inaugurating the storey building at the Ugbowo campus of the institution, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said the “donation is another testament to Danjumas’ philanthropy and desire to always uplift the downtrodden.”

Ado Poly awards scholarships to 63 students

The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, has given N630,000 as scholarship awards to the best returning National Diploma II and Higher National Diploma II students in the various departments as part of measures to motivate the newly admitted students to excel.

BBC

Teacher strikes: More schools than ever unable to fully open in England

More schools than ever were unable to fully open in England’s latest teachers’ strike, Department for Education (DfE) data suggests.

Teachers belonging to the National Education Union (NEU) took part in their fifth day of national strike action on Tuesday.

Members of four teaching unions have rejected a pay offer which ministers said was “fair and reasonable”.

Labour set to ditch pledge for free university tuition, Starmer says

Labour is set to abandon its promise to scrap university tuition fees in England if it wins power, its leader has said.

Sir Keir Starmer told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the party was “likely to move on from that commitment”, blaming the economic backdrop.

The Labour leader pledged to support getting rid of fees in his 2020 leadership campaign.

But he now said the party was looking at alternative options for funding.

School uniforms need to be affordable – Wales’ education minister

Schools in Wales are being urged to review their uniform to make it cheaper for families.

But the Welsh government has stopped short of calling for school logos on clothes to be ditched, saying they should “not be compulsory”.

Education Minister Jeremy Miles said families should be told about any changes before the end of this term.

Headteachers said schools were being asked to consider policies at an “extremely busy time of year”.

Welshpool: Pupil ‘kiddywatts’ heat energy-efficient school

A “groundbreaking” energy-efficient school will use pupils’ heat to keep its classrooms warm.

Ysgol Gymraeg y Trallwng, in Welshpool, Powys, which welcomes its first children on Tuesday, is the first hybrid “passivhaus” building in the UK.

That is a German term used to describe buildings that have the absolute highest standards of energy efficiency.