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Oyo TESCOM Announces Cut off mark

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Oyo State Post Primary Teaching Service Commission, TESCOM says the cut off mark for the just concluded Computer Based Test result for intending Teachers is 50% in all Subjects, while the interview minimum score will also be 50%. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commission’s Continue Reading

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Osun Govt. To Employ Three Thousand Teachers

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Osun State Government says it will employ about three thousand additional teachers to ensure quality education for its students. Special Adviser to Osun State Governor on Education, Mr. JamiuOlawunmi stated this while speaking with gold FM on the new datefor schools resumption in the state. The special adviser stressed that responsible parenting is a catalyst […]Continue Reading

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School Reopening: Ekiti Government Rolls Out New Academic Calendar

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Ekiti state Ministry of Education has given updates on the reopening of schools as announced by Governor Kayode Fayemi. A statement from the ministry says the third term for the 2019/2020 academic session will start on the 21st of September and ends on October the 23rd. According to the statement, the first term of the 2020/2021 […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Govt Releases Calendar For School Resumption

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Oyo State government has announced September 21, 2020 as the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic session for primary and secondary schools in the state. A statement by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye, indicated that the first term of the new academic calendar will run between September 21 and December 18, […]Continue Reading

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Ekiti School Resumption: Parents Laud Gov. Fayemi

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A cross section of parents in Ekiti state has lauded Governor Kayode Fayemi for lifting ban on schools reopening as from next week Monday. Three of the parents, Mrs Adewumi Ojo, Mrs Yinka Ogunlade and Mr Timothy Ajayi told Radio Nigeria in Ado Ekiti that the Governor decision was a welcome development. They however appealed […]Continue Reading

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Governor Fayemi Announces Reopening Of More Classes

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Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has announced reopening of more classes with students in SS 2, JSS 3 and primary 6 resuming on the 21st of September. Also, students in SSS I, JSS 2 and Primary 4 and 5 are to resume from September 28 while students in JSS I and Primary 1 to […]Continue Reading

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Resumption Date On Social Media Is Fake – U.I

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The University of Ibadan management has described a story being circulated on the social media on the resumption date for academic activities as fake. In a statement signed by the Institution’s Registrar, Olubunmi Faluyi, the guidelines posted on social media for students to follow in the University of Ibadan did not emanate from the University, […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Govt. to Begin Academic Rating of Private Schools

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Oyo State government has charged private school proprietors to sustain the already established education standard in the State as open standard rating of each school will soon be done. The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olasunkanmi Olaleye gave the charge over the weekend, while playing host to the State’s chapter of Association of […]Continue Reading

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Ogun Conducts Exams for Over 20,000 Pupils into Secondary Schools

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Massive Turnout as Government Screens Pupils For Ogun Boarding Schools.More than 20,000 pupils in Ogun State took part in the entrance examinations conducted by the State government into 33 public secondary schools with boarding facilities across the state.Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs. Ronke Soyombo made this known when she […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Government Trains Over 2000 Head Teachers on Safe Reopening of Schools

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Ahead of Schools’ resumption in Oyo State, the State Universal Basic Education Board has just concluded training of 2, 454 Head Teachers in the State, on Covid-19 preventive measures. The Training session which was held across all Educational zones in the State, started on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 and ended on Thursday, September 10, 2020. […]Continue Reading

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I will continue to make education my primary focus – Gov. Makinde

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde says the state under his watch will continue to make education its primary focus, notwithstanding the growing developmental concerns in other sectors. The governor, who was speaking at a dinner held in honour of the Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Fund (TETFund), Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, at the Government […]Continue Reading

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Ekiti SUBEB Set Deadline for Contractors on Completion of New Schools

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Chairman of the Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB Professor Femi Akinwumi has set September 30 as the deadline for the contractors handling the construction of the four public secondary schools recently established by the government to complete the projects. He announced the deadline in Ado Ekiti during a meeting with the contractors. Professor Akinwumi Continue Reading

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School of Science Holds Entrance Exam in Line With Covid-19 Safety Protocols

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The 2020 entrance examination into School of Science in Oyo State has been held in line with Covid-19 safety protocols. Our correspondents who monitored the examination at Oyo town, Oke- Ogun, Emmanuel Alayonde School of Science and Wesley College Ibadan  report that the students who were branded in their various school uniforms not only put on […]Continue Reading

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Ogun Students Get 3 hours Daily as Schools Reopen

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Schools in Ogun State are to keep pupils in primary and secondary classes for only 3 hours per day when they reopen for the 2020 /2021 session on Monday 21st of September. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Somorin in Abeokuta.  The Governor pointed out […]Continue Reading

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Covid-19: Stakeholders in Ondo Call for Reopening of Schools

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After six months of shutting down schools due to coronavirus pandemic, there have been agitations for reopening of schools. Those who spoke with Radio Nigeria reporter, Olufisoye Adenitan in Akure, the Ondo State capital were of the opinion that continuous closure of schools was doing a lot of damage and doing no one any good. Some Parents, […]Continue Reading

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Governor Abiodun Appoints Eight Principals and Headmasters-General

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Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has appointed four principals of Secondary schools and four head-teachers of Primary schools as principal-general and headmaster-general. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Somorin, Governor Abiodun said the step became necessary to motivate teachers and give them the opportunity to attain the highest level Continue Reading

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Oyo Govt. Set to Reintroduce Boys Scout in Public Schools

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Oyo State Government has expressed its readiness to reintroduce Boys’ Scout Club to public primary schools across the State, for character moulding and sound learning of pupils. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Nureni Adeniran said this in Ibadan during an advocacy visit by the State Commissioner of Boys’ Scout. […]Continue Reading

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Don Tasks Universities on Evolvement of Ideas for Economic Growth

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Nigerian universities have been challenged to make research, innovation and new discoveries, especially in the area of disease control and management. The Vice-Chancellor, Redeemer University, Ede, Professor Anthony Akinlo stated this in Ede while playing host to the management of Radio Nigeria Gold FM. Professor Akinlo said Nigerian universities must remain focused and Continue Reading

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Ekiti SUBEB Head Solicits Staff Support in Improving Education Quality

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The new Executive Chairman of Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Professor Femi Akinwumi has assumed duty with a call on staff of the Board to cooperate with him in the task of improving the quality of education in public primary schools in the state. Professor Akinwumi made the call in Ado Ekiti during his […]Continue Reading

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90 Percent Of TESCOM Applicants Scored below Average in Oyo.

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Chairman, Oyo State Teaching Service Commission, TESCOM, Pastor Akinade Alamu says only 10 percent of applicants who sat for the Computer Based Test, CBT to recruit secondary school teachers in the state scored above fifty percent. Pastor Alamu who stated this on Monday while featuring on an Ibadan-based Radio station said the TESCOM board was disturbed […]Continue Reading

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Lagos To Re-Open Tertiary Institutions Sept.14

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The Lagos State Government has directed all state-owned tertiary institutions to resume on September 14. Governor Babajide sanwo-Olu stated these in his COVID-19 briefing Today. According to him, tertiary institutions will re-open from September 14 while primary and secondary schools are tentatively billed for re-opening from September 21. Sanwo-Olu said The decision is Continue Reading

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TESCOM Releases Results of Applicants’ CBT Test

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The Oyo State Post-Primary Teaching Service Commission has released the results of the recently held Computer Based Test for applicants into the State teaching service. HOW TO CHECK THE RESULT Applicants who sat in for the exam are to visit https://tescom.jobportal.oyostate.gov.ng/ and login to check their results.  Recall that the Oyo State government disclosed that Continue Reading

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Oyo Speaker Assures NYSC of State Support

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 Speaker, Oyo State House of Assembly, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin has assured the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, in Oyo State of government’s support and improved welfare packages.  The Speaker gave the assurance when the Oyo State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs Ogbuogebe Grace paid a courtesy visit to him in his office. Mr. Ogundoyin said the NYSC […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Assembly Calls for Appointment of Governing Board for Cooperative College, Ilora

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Oyo State House of Assembly has called for the immediate setting up of governing board for the state’s College of Cooperatives and Entrepreneurship Studies, Ilora, in Afijio Local Government, to enable it commence full operation.  The call followed a motion on the need to implement the Oyo State College of Cooperative and Entrepreneurship Studies Law […]Continue Reading

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NYSC Restates Commitment to Equipping Youths for Self-Reliance

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National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, says it will continue to training its corps in various vocational skills to make them self-reliant. The Osun State coordinator of the scheme, Mr Adewale Adegoke stated this while playing host to the management of Gold FM, Ilesa in his office. Mr Adegoke noted that the vocational training of the […]Continue Reading