Education News update for Mondey 3rd July 2023

Here are the headlines as they were published in the dailies.

Guardian

Imperative of UTME fees, result validity review

There is growing agitation among stakeholders in the education sector over the twin issues of UTME fees and the validity of UTME results, Iyabo Lawal reports.

Following recent declaration by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) that it remitted about N50 billion to government coffers in the last six years, stakeholders have been asking questions on the role of the agency in the education sector.

Among others, they wonder if JAMB should continue to charge fees for registration, even as they asked if the agency was created to be a revenue-generating agency.

Legit

Ejikeme Mmesoma: How Fake 2023 UTME Top Scorer Who Received N3m from Innoson Motors Was Exposed, JAMB Reveals.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed the identity of the 2023 UTME fake top scorer JAMB spokesman, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said Ejikeme Mmesoma is not the 2023 UTME top scorer

According to Benjamin, Ejikeme manually manipulated her UTME result from 249 to 362 to get N3m scholarship from Innoson Motors

Newsnow.com

Police arrest two UNIBEN students over death of colleague

The Edo State Police Command has arrested two University of Benin (UNIBEN) students, Samson Kennedy, a 200-level Biochemistry student, and Wilfred Emmanuel, a 500-level Optometry student, following the death of their colleague, Francis Aniude.

It was reported that Aniude’s corpse was found in the Ekosodin River, near the Ugbowo campus of the institution.

Rufus Giwa Poly begs ASUP to end strike over 13 months’ unpaid salaries

The management of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic in Owo (RUGIPO) in Ondo has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic(ASUP) to call off its strike.

ASUP, on June 9, withdrew their services over the non-payment of 13 months’ unpaid salaries.

The rector of the school, Gani Ogundahunsi, made the plea in Akure.

Investigating conflicting narratives over allegation that Abuja teacher beat female student to coma with iron rod

… Parents, school, FCTA give conflicting accounts of incident

IN June, an online blog and a national newspaper reported how a teacher at the Government Science Girls Secondary School, Kuje, Abuja evaded arrest by the Police after allegedly beating a student into a coma with an iron rod. The ICIR’s Marcus FATUNMOLE and Theophilus ADEDOKUN investigated what transpired and presented their findings in this report.

CHRISTABEL Mimi Henry was preparing for her next West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) paper on Friday, June 2, when one of her male teachers, David Yusuf, walked into the classroom she and her classmates used for prep.

UNIBEN Student Found Dead In River, Police Arrest Colleagues

The corpse of Francis Aniude, a University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State, student, has been recovered from the Ekosodin River in the Ekosodin community hours after he reportedly drowned.

However, two of his colleagues, Samson Kennedy and Wilfred Emmanuel, have been arrested by police operatives after bruises were spotted on the deceased’s body.