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West African Examinations Council,WAEC, has lamented the rate of examination malpractice among students, vowing to publish names of erring students,supervisors and schools as well as sanction them.According to the Head of Public Affairs WAEC, Demianus Ojijeogu, the decision to publish names of culprits was part of resolutions of the 66th Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) at Ogba, Lagos. “Candidates, invigilators and supervisors caught aiding and abetting examination malpractice will be sanctioned as WAEC, ANCOPSS and states Ministries of Education will publish their names to serve as a deterrents to others”, he said.

While many graduates believe that white collar jobs are scarce, experts in employment are saying that our graduates can be globally competitive in term of job opportunities, if our obsolete curricular are upgraded.

THE Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has threatened to withdraw their services if the Federal Government fails to address the problems in the Polytechnic education.

DESPITE occupying unenviable positions in most international human development index ratings, great things frequently happen to reassure our people that Nigeria is still one of the greatest countries in the world in term of human and natural resource potentials.

In an effort to build on the milestones recorded by the CodeLagos initiative since 2017, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the expansion of the project to enable access for more Lagos residents.

Fresh details have emerged as to how Edo State recorded the least number of out-of-school children in Nigeria, beating 35 other states in ensuring that children remain in classrooms.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said about 200,000 candidates have been offered admission into tertiary institutions, for the 2018/2019 academic session.

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on teachers in the country to be positive change agents in the growth, development and well-being of the students and nation.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Akwa Ibom Chapter, has raised concern over the recent poor performance of students of the state in public and internal examinations.

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has called on government at all levels to give priority to training and welfare of teachers to enable the advancement of the education sector.

The Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri in Imo is the best polytechnic in Nigeria, according to the National Board for Technical Education