The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has donated N50bn from the proceeds of crime to support the Student Loan Scheme which is being coordinated by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This was made known by the Commission on Tuesday during a courtesy visit by the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NELFUND, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr and his management team to the EFCC Headquarters in Abuja.
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has withheld the results of over 215,267 candidates who sat for the 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) over alleged examination malpractice. This was disclosed in a statement issued during a briefing on Monday Dr. Amos Dangut, the Head of WAEC’s Nigeria Office, adding that this is a 4.37 percent decrease from the 16.29 percent recorded during the 2023 WASSCE for school candidates.
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.
