The minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa has said the minimum admission age of admission seeking Nigerians into the higher institution is now officially pegged at 16 years. The minister disclosed this on Tuesday at the ongoing Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board policy meeting on readmission process in Abuja. He said; “Admission age is now…
The Federal Government has announced the scrapping of all Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory 12-year uninterrupted basic education model after which a Nigerian child can aspire to higher education. With this development, the Nigerian Government is seeking the abolition of 6-3-3-4 education system and replacing…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has mandated the return of Nigerian History as a subject in primary, and secondary schools from next year. This was disclosed by the minister of education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, during a live programme on Channels television on Tuesday. The education minister said the lack of history in schools across the country…
Tragedy struck in Lagos State early Tuesday morning, 31 December, 2024 as five secondary school teachers in the state teaching service lost their lives via an auto-crash on Ijebu-Ode/Epe Express Way. It was learnt that apart from the five teachers confirmed dead as at the time of writing this report, there are fears that the…
The federal government has reversed the policy of 18 years as minimum required age for admission into the university. Minister of Education, Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja. Recalled that the policy initiated his predecessor, Professor Tahir Mamman, had generated controversy. Dr Alausa while briefing journalists upon assumption of office, on…
The Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, Dr Tunji Alausa has urged Nigerians to have fate in the capacity of Bola Ahmed Tinubu to fix the country. Alausa said Tinubu means well for Nigeria and its citizens saying the current economic challenges will be tackled frontally by him to reposition the country as…
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has announced a pay rise for civil servants in the State. Sanwo-Olu made this announcement this during his working visit to the Secretariat in Alausa on Tuesday. The Governor also announced the approval of personalised vehicles for directors in the ministries with the first 100 to be disbursed by month end….
