Tuesday 14th July Top Educational News on Allschool Forum

Tuesday 14th July Top Educational News on Allschool Forum

1. WASSCE: Order partial reopening of schools, Reps tell Buhari

The House of Representatives has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to order a partial reopening of schools to allow pupils sit for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination...Read More

2. FG’s decision not to reopen unity schools for WAEC exams not binding on states, says minister

THE Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, on Monday clarified that the decision of the Federal Government not to reopen its 104 Unity Colleges for the forthcoming West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination is not binding on the state governments...Read More

3. Private schools’ owners to Fed Govt: we are ready to resume  

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has assured the Federal Government of the readiness of the schools under its fold to resume for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and other terminal examinations...Read More

4. Private school candidates may approach Ghana, other countries for May/June 2020 WASSCE

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) on Monday expressed concern that some parents are making plans to approach other member-countries of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) for their wards to write the May/June 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE)...Read More

5. Review schools’ resumption guidelines, SDP state chairmen beg FG  

THE 36 states’ chairmen of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, have appealed to the federal government to review the guidelines it released Monday preparatory to schools’ resumption, saying it was too difficult for implementation...Read More

6. Alleged financial misappropriation: Ibarapa Poly gov council chair debunks rumour of arrest by EFCC

THE newly appointed Governing Council chairman of The Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa, now Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Dr Samuel Ogundiran has debunked rumour of his arrest by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over alleged financial misappropriation, saying that the fake new was targeted to tarnish his image...Read More

7. Cultist jailed 20 years for raping FUOYE undergraduate, friend

Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, on Monday, sentenced a cultist, Tayo Bakare, to 20 years’ imprisonment for raping an undergraduate of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, and her friend.…Read More

8. IPPIS targetted at violating university autonomy – ASUU  

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has said that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Informa­tion was aimed at violating the univers­ity autonomy.…Read More

9. COVID-19: WHO reacts to reopening of schools amid pandemic

The World Health Organisation, WHO, has issued a warning to countries on the reopening of schools, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Michael Ryan, a senior WHO official said reopening of schools should be based on data-driven COVID-19 public health strategies and not just political...Read More

10. Parents have started asking us for a refund of their children’s WAEC exam fees ― Private schools

The private school owners in the country have said some parents of their students, who registered for this year’s school-based West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE) being conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) as well as that of the National Examinations Council (NECO) have started to approach them for a refund of their children registration fees for both exams…Read More