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Update: Authorities fire principal of Kindergarten school who hired sexy pole-dancers to welcome over 400 children back to school

Yesterday, LIB reported the story of a principal at a Kindergarten school in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen who hired sexy pole-dancers to welcome children back to school from holiday. Read the previous post   here. Now, the principal of the Kindergarten school, Lai Rong , has been fired because of it. Principal Rong admitted the decision to include pole dancing for more than 100 parents and nearly 500 kids between the ages of 3-6 was "not well thought out.” According to the State Times, some of the boys who were watching the performance were noticed mimicking the moves of the pole dancer. ??? The local education bureau stated , “The district education bureau believes performing pole dancing for kindergarten children is not appropriate," and has asked the school to apologize to students and parents. Rong was immediately fired after the video made it rounds to education authorities. Rong has since issued an apology letter, admitting that ...

Holiday homework: is it really necessary?

For many children, Christmas holidays will often include lots of homework. But if schools are teaching correctly, the majority of homework is irrelevant, says John Walmsley If schools are teaching correctly and engaging students, the majority of homework becomes irrelevant   Photo: Getty Images Regardless of your personal beliefs, I hope that your Christmas will be a time for family, friends and festivities. However, as a teacher and a parent, I must regrettably admit that for too many pupils, these Christmas holidays will also include no small amount of homework. The debate around holiday homework has raged for years and it’s a topic which divides teachers, parents and pupils alike. Recently, the discussion has been brought to the fore by a number of new free and academy schools who have declared that they would not issue homework. The increasing trend of ...

JAMB 2018: Identical twins arrested for exam malpractice in Borno

Two siblings, who are indistinguishable twins, were captured for affirmed examination negligence at the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), at the University of Maiduguri focus, Borno today March tenth. The carbon copy siblings deceived invigilators and security staff to get access to the middle. One of them attempted to sit for the examination for the benefit of his sibling. One of the twin siblings, Hussain Andulhammeed, was caught in the biometric enrollment for the Compute Base Test (CBT) yet his other twin sibling, Hassan, exploited their similarity and sat for the examination set up of his sibling. He was captured by the invigilators.

JAMB explains how UTME candidates can get exam details

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has prompted competitors sitting for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) but then to get their examinations subtle elements to visit its site for such data. The examination initiated on Friday in JAMB endorsed Computer Based Test focuses with somewhere in the range of 1.6 million hopefuls enlisted for test holding as from March 9 to March 17. The board's Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said hopefuls must not sit tight for the board to send the points of interest yet to visit its site www.jamb.org.ng – and take after the guidelines gave to view and print out their examination slips. He disclosed to NAN that the board would not be in charge of any individual who missed the test or neglected to cling to guidelines on the activity. Some candida

Top 10 Courses You Can Study In Nigeria And Be Safe From Unemployment

A lot of Nigerians have given up on studying within the country, due to the low standard of education in most institutions and the high fees that are not so affordable in the few institutions that manage to provide standard and quality education. However, a couple of courses are quite interesting to study in Nigerian Institutions as they offer the best possible learning environment and knowledge needed for students to excel after graduation. For those who are looking for the ideal course that can give you a good job after graduation and still leave you with plenty time while you are studying them, these courses have been selected out of the many courses in Nigerian universities and from the experiences and opinions of those who studied them. According to keen observations in the past years, these courses are considered the most prestigious to study in Nigeria; graduates from these departments do not have to hunt for jobs endlessly before they get a good...

JAMB official makes U-turn, says N36m 'collected by superior' and not snake

Philomina Chieshe, the authority of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), who a little while prior guaranteed that the board's N36 million was gulped by a snake, has influenced a U-to turn. Chieshe, who fills in as an agent at the JAMB office in Markurdi, Benue state, at first told top authorities of the examination body that a "baffling snake" gulped the cash gotten from the offer of JAMB scratch cards. Be that as it may, when she showed up before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), she admitted that the cash was gathered by one Samuel Umoru, her prevalent. A reality sheet discharged by the Antigraft organization demonstrated that Chieshe was first tested on February sixteenth 2017 and she put forth extra expressions on April 7 and 13 2017, May 30, 2017 and June 28, 2017. Philomina Chieshe, the woman in the eye of the Naira eating snake storm in JAMB, has been singing before the EFCC. What's more, in spite of her claim before...

7 Oil Company Scholarships in Nigeria

a). Chevron/NNPC National University Scholarship The NNPC/Chevron National University Scholarship is for Nigerian students in their second year of full-time study in approved courses in Nigerian Universities. Scholarships cover the entire program. Please note that applicants to other Chevron scholarships, including the Agbami scholarship program, are ineligible. Deadline is in March... read more b). Chevron Agbami Undergraduate Scholarships Star Deep Water Petroleum Limited offers the Agbami Undergraduate Scholarships (also, Agbami Special Medical and Engineering Scholarship) for undergraduate Nigerian students in medicine and approved health and engineering courses across ALL states of the Federation. Awardees receive full funding for their studies. Deadline is usually in March... read more c). Agbami Scholarships Programme Star Deep and its Agbami partners offer the "Agbami Medical and Engineering Professionals Scholarship" to FULL-TIME Year 1 and Year 2...

JAMB 2018: 1.6 Million UTME Forms Sold.

With just two days (2) days to the end of 2018 UTME Registration, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed that about 1.6 million registration forms have been sold. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Lagos. He mentioned that this year’s registration for the examination has proven to be one of the best in recent times. He however, warned that there will not be any more extensions in future registrations as some mischevious elements usually take advantage of that to undermine the integrity of the exam. He stressed that the board is seriously considering reducing the subsequent registration periods to about one month.

8 Ways Procrastination Can Destroy Your Life

We are all guilty of procrastinating at some point or other; no one is a stranger to it, right? Some of us might be lucky enough to identify it in time and still do something about it. Unfortunately for others, it steals dreams and can even destroy lives. The reason we procrastinate varies from person to person and is not always obvious. Sometimes it is a hidden fear that we don’t want to acknowledge, or it could even be as simple as not wanting to do something because it just doesn’t motivate us. Whatever the reason may be, if you know you are a procrastinator, be careful: it has far more damaging effects than you may realize. Here are the eight most common ways that procrastination can destroy your life: 1. You will lose precious time How much time have you wasted procrastinating? It isn’t easy to tell, but I am sure you can imagine. The worst thing about procrastinating is the moment you realize that you are two, five or ten years older and nothing has ...

When Is JAMB Reprinting Starting Date?

You might be asking of the date that you are allowed to do Reprinting of slip, please read on to know the date of Reprinting. According to the popular sources, all candidates were expected to reprint their registration slips to know the details of their exam as from April 25th, 2017/2018. The 2018 Date of Reprinting shall be made known For those JAMB candidates sitting for Mock Examination, the reprinting date will be out by this month. It all depends on when the Mock Exam date will be released. We expect JAMB to know that email delivery may be unreliable, so they should make adequate arrangements quickly to ensure that candidates are able to reprint their exam slips directly from their profile on the JAMB portal. When this is available, we will let you know on this website. Follow  the steps Below to Reprint your JAMB UTME Exam Slip . How To Reprint Your JAMB UTME Exam Slip If you recieve a text message from JAMB concerning the reprinting of your slip or not, kindly follow t...

JAMB Extends Deadline For 2018 UTME Registration (See New Date)

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended registration for the unified tertiary matriculation examination till Sunday 11th February, by 12 midnight. The spokesperson of the board, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a press statement on Tuesday evening.

List of Schools Whose Post-UTME Forms are Out – 2017/18

2017/2018 Admission Screening / Post UTME Forms of Nigerian Universities. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko – AAUA Post UTME – 2017/18 Ekiti State University – EKSU Post UTME – 2017/18