President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has yesterday commence the disbursement of the Student Loan Scheme, which is one of the cardinal programmes of his administration renewed hope agenda. Accordingly, N32 billion made available for the programme and will be disbursed as loans to successful applicants across the country.

The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the results for the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for Unity Schools. This was made known by the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu during a press briefing about the outcome of the examinations at the ministry’s headquarters in Abuja.

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), has planned its 2024 Edition annual policy summit to hold on July 18, as well as begins admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions. The summit affirms the commencement of the year’s admission exercise, setting the grand norms, and any institution that violates these collective norms will face sanctions. “This year’s exercise will also feature the National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award, NATAP-M Awards, where the overall winner will receive N500 million, and other consolation winners will share N250 million collectively.”

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) in Kebbi State have joined the nationwide strike over salary arrears owed to members. This was reported by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that both unions from the Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, (FUBK), were protesting the non-payment of their salary arrears by the Federal Government, thereby shutting down the university on Tuesday.

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have directed their members to mobilize for a nationwide protest. This follows the recent breakdown of dialogue between the Ministers of Education and Labour, and the Joint Action Committee of the two bodies. In a circular directed to all branch chairmen of the two unions, the protest will commence on 9th July 2024, across the state chapters of the federation, and a national protest in Abuja on 18th July.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has uncovered about 3,000 Nigerian students who falsified as graduates. JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, announced this in a meeting with the delegation of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State Universities in Nigeria, COPSUN, in Abuja. Oloyede also condemned the illegal admissions practice in some universities across the country. “Some graduates had never entered the four walls of a university owing to the endemic corruption in the system but the board had documented over 3,000 of such cases.