The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) have said Persons Living With Disability who wish to sit for the 2024/2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can register at no cost. The JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this while explaining the registration process for interested candidates across the country which commenced today (Monday), 15th January 2024. "To support the PLWD, JAMB will issue free application documents to all categories of Persons Living with Disabilities in the advertisement for the 2024 UTME/DE," Oloyede said. Oloyede, said the board has placed adequate measures to ensure a smooth exercise for all candidates, adding that audiobooks will now be provided for all blind candidates. He noted that the development was a digital adaptation of the traditional reading book, noting that it will come in popular audio formats such as MP3, WMV, and WMA which will be compatible with all devices that can stream audio records.

The Federal Government through the Ministry of Education has inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee to look into the proliferation of unapproved institutions and phony degree certificates within and outside of Nigeria.

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, met with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to work out modalities for early resolution of industrial disputes before it snowballs into major crisis.

Following the investigative report by a Daily Nigerian Journalist of a university in Benin Republic that offers degree program in six months, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education has today announced the suspension of accreditation of all degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo till further notice.

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has disclosed that more than 3,900 teachers across the nation failed the November 2023 Professional Qualifying Examination, a mandatory test for professional teachers in Nigeria. This was revealed by the TRCN Registrar, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye on Monday during an interactive session with journalists in the nation's capital. The body revealed that only 72.9% of the 15,753 candidates who sat for the test in 38 centres nationwide passed. This translates to 3,963 teachers failing the assessment.

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has applauded President Bola Tinubu led federal government over its resolution to exempt universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and other tertiary institutions from the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS). The student body said the move would serve as a catalyst that would usher a relief for the tertiary institutions in addressing persistent concerns raised by academic authorities over IPPIS bottleneck to the academicians.