All first degree graduates of of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) henceforth are now eligible and qualified to participate in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Nigerian Law School (for NOUN graduates that studied Law). This followed the adoption of a report by the Senate Committee on …
Read More »The Bill To End HND/B.sc Discrimination Passes 2nd Reading
The bill for an Act seeking to end the difference and discrimination between Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates and University degree graduates yesterday passed second reading on the floor of the House of Representatives. The idea behind the bill was to create equal opportunities for graduates from Nigerian polytechnics and …
Read More »UNIABUJA Gets Full Accreditation For 12 Of Its Courses
Director of Quality Assurance, National Universities Commission (NUC), N.B. Saliu, has disclosed that the University of Abuja has gotten full accreditation for twelve (12) courses, including Accounting, Business Administration, Arabic Studies, Theatre Arts, Christian Religious Studies, and English Language. The other accredited courses are; History, Diplomatic Studies, Islamic Studies, Linguistics, …
Read More »NUC List Of Approved Universities For Postgraduate Programmes
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has noticed that some Nigerian universities are running unapproved postgraduate (Masters and PhD degrees). The Commission has also observed that some Parastatals and Institutes are awarding these same Postgraduate degrees, either on their own or through unapproved affiliations with Nigerian and foreign Universities. The commission hereby states that such practices …
Read More »University Students with CGPA Of 0.5 To Be Expelled
We have received a report that the Minister of State for Education, Professor Anthony Onwuka, yesterday stated that the Federal Government, is working on implementing a new policy that will ensure that students who come up with a Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA as low as 0.5 at the end …
Read More »Tertiary Institutions Should Be Given Autonomy To Admit Candidates – Educationist
The Chairman of Exam Ethics Marshals International, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO), Mr Ike Onyechere, has called on the Federal Government to give tertiary institutions (Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of education) the sole right to admit candidates into specific courses offered in the institutions based on their criteria instead of being regulated by …
Read More »NUC List of Approved Universities In Nigeria For Online Undergraduate Degrees
The National Universities Commission, NUC has disclosed that it has approved only Four (4) universities to run online undergraduate degree programmes in Nigeria. This information was disclosed by the Director of Information and Public Relations, National Universities Commission, NUC , Ibrahim Yakasai. He further warned that any other online degrees certificate …
Read More »WAEC 2017 May/June SSCE Results To Be Released 60 Days After Exam
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has disclosed that the council is working to ensure that henceforth, the results of the West African Senior School Certificates Examination (WASSCE) including GCE and SSCE are released 60 days after the examination. This was disclosed by Mr. Olu Adenipekun, the Head of National Office …
Read More »NUC Scraps Illegal Courses In Universities Of Agriculture And Technology
In line with its earlier directive that all specialized universities offering courses outside their mandate should remove those courses from the programmes, the National Universities Commission, NUC, has begun moves to ensure that the specialized universities comply with this directive. These specialized universities are universities of agriculture and technology. These …
Read More »MAPOLY Has Been Upgraded To MAUST
The Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta (MAPOLY), has been upgraded to Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, Abeokuta, (MAUST). This followed the signing of the bill in to law by the state Governor, Ibikunle Amosun during an executive council’s meeting. The Governor equally signed another bill into law for the re-establishment …
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