The management of the West African Examination Council (WAEC) is set to release the results of the May/June 2024 West African Senior Certificate Examination (WASSCE) today, 12th August 2024.
A total of 1,814,344 candidates from 22,229 secondary schools nationwide reportedly sat for the examination The candidates comprised 902,328 males (49.73%) and 912,016 females (50.27%), who were examined in 76 subjects, comprising 197 papers. Some 30,000 secondary school teachers supervised the examination.

The Federal Government (FG) has reduced the allowances of foreign scholars who are studying under the Bilateral Educational Agreement (BEA) Scholarship by 12.7 per cent due to economic hardship. The BEA scholarship is an education exchange program between Nigeria and the partnering countries supervised by the Federal Scholarship Board under the Federal Ministry of Education.

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Ministry of Education has stated that a new curriculum would be introduced for secondary schools nationwide by September 2024. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, stated this during ‘2024 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board Policy’ conference in Abuja on Thursday. In his statement, he said, “We are working hard to ensure that a new curriculum is introduced for secondary schools by September”. Mamman also acknowledged that the exercise is being prioritized with a forthcoming stakeholders meeting scheduled for August 6, 2024.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) official cut-off marks for the 2024 admission exercise into tertiary institutions in Nigeria have been announced. The marks were announced on Thursday at the policy meeting held in Abuja, which was presided over by the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, and attended by all relevant stakeholders in the education sector. The policy meeting agreed on a minimum score of 140 for candidates seeking University admission, and 100 for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.

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.