Tag: Exams
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Ambrose Alli varsity cancels final year exams over wild jubilation
In a surprise move, the management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) in Ekpoma, Edo, has cancelled the final year examinations written on Jan. 29. The university’s Registrar, Mr Ephraim Isiraojie, in a memo, said the decision followed the ‘wild jubilation’ and celebration by graduating students from the Faculty of Arts, which violated the university’s directives.
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Why students perform poorly in NECO exams – SERVICOM
The Compact with all Nigerians (SERVICOM) has identified poor logistics as a major factor responsible for poor performance by students in the National Examinations Council (NECO) across the country. Mrs Nnenna Akajemeli, the Chief Service Delivery Officer of SERVICOM
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UTME begins nationwide as 1.7m candidates sit for examination
No fewer than 1.7 million candidates are set to take part in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide scheduled to run from May 6 to May 16. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) stated that the examination would be conducted for 1,761,338 candidates that successfully registered for the examination in 755 registered…
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#EndSARS: NECO picks new date for commencement of suspended exams
The 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) Suspended by the National Examinations Council (NECO) will resume next Monday, the examination body said yesterday. NECO announced the suspension of the examinations in the wake of the #EndSARS protests by youths seeking an end to police brutality. The protests disrupted the movement of examination materials nationwide. NECO’s…
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NABTEB announces new date for exams
The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) says it will conduct its NBC/NTC examinations from Sept. 21 to Oct. 15. Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB made this known in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Isiugo-Abanihe added that the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for JSS 3 Students’ admission to Technical Colleges…
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WASSCE: If You Can Hold Elections, Students Can Take Exams – OpenFees Tells FG
OpenFees, an Abuja-based non-governmental organisation that caters for the basic education of indigent students has said if politicians can hold elections following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, it should also be possible for final year students to take their exams. The group asked the Federal Government and other stakeholders to “stop the politics and…
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19 students commit suicide for failing exams
No fewer than 19 students in India’s Telangana state are thought to have committed suicide, after failing school final examinations, officials and news reports said on Thursday. Parents and students have been protesting across the state since the results of the Intermediate Examination for students of the two senior most grades were announced on April…
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2018 UTME: No rescheduling of exams for candidates – Oloyede
The Registrar, Joint Admissions, and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, on Thursday said that there will be no rescheduling of the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam (UTME) for any student like it did last year. He said that reports have also indicated that some parents had allegedly negotiated with some private coordinators who assured them…
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Buhari’s newly appointed NIA DG unqualified, failed two exams – APC Senator, Misau cries out
Senator Isa Misau (representing Bauchi Central Senatorial District) has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s newly appointed Director General of the Nigeria Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ahmed Abubakar, is unqualified for the position because he (Abubakar) had previously failed two qualifying exams. The outspoken senator insisted that Abubakar’s appointment is a further pointer to the fact that majority…
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Exam failure: Teachers union commence 3-day fasting, prayer over planned sack of 20,000 in Kaduna
The Nigeria Union of Teachers, Zaria Local Government Area Branch will on Tuesday begin three days of fasting and prayers over the planned sack of 20,000 primary school teachers. 68 per cent of the teachers had failed an examination conducted by the Kaduna State Government. The teachers failed to pass the primary four pupils’ exam…