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Kwara Teacher Penalised for Alleged Assault on Corps Member

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 4, 2024

The Kwara State Government has taken disciplinary action against a school teacher accused of mistreating a youth corps member assigned to Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin. Hajia Fatimoh Hamzat Nike has been demoted by two grade levels, according to a joint statement

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Kwara Secondary School Clash Leaves Several Students Injured

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 21, 2024

A clash between students from two secondary schools in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, has reportedly left multiple students injured. The altercation, which occurred on Monday around 11:00 a.m., resulted in more than ten students sustaining injuries. According to an eyewitness, the incident involved students from Government High School and Government Day Secondary School,

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Kwara Sets WAEC Fee for 2024/2025 at N30,250, Warns Against Extortion

Fadiran Ifeloluwa November 8, 2024

The Kwara State Government has officially announced that the WAEC registration fee for public senior secondary students for the 2024/2025 academic session will be set at N30,250 per student. This amount covers N27,000 for WAEC registration itself, along with an additional N3,250 allocated for e-registration and administrative expenses. This fee breakdown was provided by

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NSCDC deploys female squads to schools in Kwara

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 18, 2024

As the new academic year begins, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kwara State has increased its efforts to secure the safety of schools. To this purpose, the command has dispatched an all-female squad to protect the state’s educational institutions. He stated that its mission was to ensure the safety of educational environments […]

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62,000 students take exams for secondary school admission in Kwara

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 12, 2024

On Saturday, no fewer than 62,000 Primary Six students took the 2024 common entrance (placement) examinations for public junior secondary schools in Kwara State’s 16 local government areas. Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo-Kawu, Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, made the announcement in Ilorin. Modibbo-Kawu, alongside a team from the ministry,

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Old students association donates block of 2 classrooms to alma mater in Offa

Angel Ojonugwa June 21, 2024

OFFA ( Sundiata Scholar) – (Kwara), The Old Students Association of Nawair-Ud-Deen Grammar School, Offa in Offa local government area of Kwara, on Wednesday handed over a block of two classrooms it renovated to the school. During the project’s handing-over in Offa, the association’s outgoing National President, Alhaji Lukman Babalola, said the donation was in […]

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Unilorin expels, rusticates 19 students over examination malpractice, racketeering

max Amuchie April 2, 2024

ILORIN- University of Ilorin has expelled or rusticated 19 students involved in various offences. Their offences ranged from misconduct, theft, examination malpractice, hostel bed-space racketeering, extortion and assault to admission racketeering, Those expelled included six final year students, the varsity’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun stated in Ilorin

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About 10,000 final-year students receive Kwara state bursary

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 29, 2024

According to a statement from the Ministry of Tertiary Education, the Kwara state government has begun distributing 2023-2024 bursary grants to at least 9,989 final-year students from Kwara state. The recipients, whose true identities were established following a rigorous screening of the 27,314 total entries, were selected from the state’s 16 local government areas

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Kwara State to upgrade three colleges of education to universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 16, 2024

In an effort to elevate three Kwara State institutions of education to universities, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has asked the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for support. During a working visit with Sonny Echono, the executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, on Wednesday in Abuja, AbdulRazaq made the proposal. Kwara State College of Education,

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US organisation, group provide robotics and E-STEM training to Kwara teachers and students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 8, 2024

A non-governmental organisation called Webfala Digital Skills for All Initiative (WDSFaI) in collaboration with two US organisations, Pratt and Whitney and the North American Association for Environmental Education, have organised E-STEM (Environment, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and robotics training programmes for teachers in Kwara State. Michael

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Kwara Gov awards N6 million each and scholarships to six presidential school debate winners

Fadiran Ifeloluwa February 1, 2024

The governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq, gave six public school students who won the Presidential School Debate Championship in Abuja cheques of N6 million on Wednesday. The presentation, according to Mr. AbdulRazaq, fulfilled his administration’s promise to award the winners N6 million each and provide them with a complete scholarship for their first