Management of the Federal Polytechnic, Oko led by the Ag.Rector , Dr. Uche Onyegbu has denied any hike in the examination fee of the institution, describing purveyors of such malicious story as enemies who do not mean well for the institution. Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Chijioke Ibeziako in a statement, explained that
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Students of Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra State have protested compulsory N5000 examination fees on them by the school management. The protesters, numbering over 1000 from different departments sang solidarity songs and carried placards with varying inscriptions such as “reduce the cost of texts books”; “allow us to do our medical and data capture”; “say no
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As schools resume for the third term of the 2023/2024 academic session today, Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, has called on parents and teachers to rise to the challenge of providing qualitative education to the children by employing enabling environment created by Governor Chukwuma Soludo. The Commissioner, in a statement, explained that the Governor’s
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National Association of Nigerian students’ (NANS) Anambra State has called on the State government to commence the process of getting students in the state into its budget of expenditure. Chairman Joint Campus Council (JCC), Anambra State Axis. Comr. Mathew Okoye Okpala made the appeal in a press conference in Awka shortly after his election victory
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Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chuma-Udeh has called on parents and Head teachers of Anambra State primary schools to ensure the registration of all eligible candidates in the ongoing registration for 2024 admission into JSS 1 of Federal Government Academy, Suleja. The Federal Government Academy Suleja is for the gifted and talented children
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Persons living with disabilities working with Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State have raised the alarm over their four months unpaid salaries. The staff, numbering ten said they were not just suffering but were dying as most of them had been ejected from their apartments for inability to renew their rents, while others were indebted
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KHYBER: The firstever centralised exams system introduced in district Khyber successfully concluded in which 48,425 students of states-run primary schools participated,officials said on Sunday. Assistant Subduvisional Education Officer(ASDEO)Wajid Khan told this correspondent that on the directives of directorate of education Khyber Pakhtunkhwa they introduced centralised exams system in all goverment schools. He said they constituted
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Onyinyeomachukwu Empowerment Foundation, a nongovernmental organization has offered scholarships to 100 indigent primary school pupils Living Christ Nursery and Primary School, Onitsha, Anambra State. The foundation also distributed over 700 basic cleaning kits containing toiletries, toothpaste and brushes, hand wash and sanitizers, among other materials to encourage children to live clean and healthy lifestyle. It
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Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh has said that Governor Chukwuma Soludo has provided education without difficulties for the people of the State. Speaking on impact of Soludo’s policies in education, Chuma-Udeh disclosed that the rate of school dropout has reduced from 32.4 percent, met by the current administration in 2021 to 15.2
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Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Somtochukwu Udeze has assured the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC) that its law would be domesticated in the State in six weeks time. The speaker disclosed this during an advocacy and sensitization visit to the State held at headquarters of Post Primary Schools Service Commission
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Former Dean, Faculty of Arts, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State, Rev. Fr. Prof. Chijioke Obiefuna has urged fresh students of Economics Department of the institution to eschew all forms of cultism and examination malpractices as they target graduating with first class. He also challenged them to learn skills to be better individuals to themselves,
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Wife of the Anambra State Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo has launched the organic garden competition in secondary schools in the state. Addressing Healthy Living teacher ambassadors in Awka on Saturday, Soludo’s wife said the project was targeted at encouraging children to learn more about food and farming. She described organic farming as process involving the
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Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has assured that the era of schools without teachers is over in the State. Soludo gave the assurance at the official flag-off of distribution of multimillion naira instructional materials and commissioning of six Shuttle Buses for quality assurance monitoring visits, held at the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board,
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Vice Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof Charles Esimone has disclosed that the institution was the first in the entire southeast to make study of Igbo language compulsory. Esimone made the disclosure at the press conference ahead of lunching of ‘500 OCHIE Igbo STEM Project’ conceived to use Igbo language to advance
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Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB) has described as totally untrue, unfounded and misleading report alleging favouritism in the award of N6.7billion UBEC contracts. Chairman of the board, Vera Nwadinobi stated this on Wednesday in Awka during a press conference over media speculation that political patronage lists of contractors who never bidded for the
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