A student of Greensprings Secondary School, Lagos, Fareedah Oyolola has been honoured as one of the brightest students in the world by The John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Fareedah’s emergence follows her exceptional performance in the advanced School and College Ability Test (SCAT), a test carried out by the institution to ascertain every intending student's academic abilities before gaining admission into the talent search programme.

President Buhari has approved the reappointment of Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for the second term of five years.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) disclosed that it would announce the cut-off points for 2021/2022 admission into tertiary institutions by August 31. The board’s policy meeting where decisions such as the cut-off mark have been fixed for that date.

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has announced that the 2021 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would commence on Monday, August 16, 2021.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled examination for over 18,000 candidates who experienced biometric verification challenges and those who genuinely missed the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as a result of a clash with this year’s National Business and Technical Examination as a result of a clash with this year’s National Business and Technical Examination Board examination. This is coming two days after the examination body announced the withdrawal of results of 14 candidates and withheld 90 others’ for allegedly being involved in various forms of examination malpractice. JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this Thursday in Abuja, Said, said candidates slated for the examination, which will take place on Friday, August 6, 2021, are being notified through both text messages on their designated phone numbers and their JAMB profiles. He added that the candidate can check using their registration number on http://www.jamb.gov.ng./2021mopup.

 The Federal Government has on Monday announced that it will be empowering 20 million Nigerian youths with education, training and employment over the next few years. Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo made the announcement during the official inauguration of the “Generation Unlimited” (GenU) programme, a global multi-sector initiative between the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), the government and private sector.