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FCT-UBEB Lauds Wike For Approving N30.9bn For School Resuscitation—-The Federal Capital Territory Universal Basic Education Board (FCT-UBEB), has commended the FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike for approving N30.9 billion for rehabilitation of public schools in the federal capital.

The acting Chairman of the Board, Dr Hassan Sule, gave the commendation while speaking with newsmen  I n Abuja on Sunday.

Sule who is also the Secretary of the Board said the move would strengthen the provision of basic education in the nation’s capital.

He noted that, if properly utilised, the fund would assist in tackling over-population in FCT schools and address the problem of out-of-school children in the territory.

The UBEB boss said infrastructure in public schools were overstretched due to increase in enrollment of pupils and students, occasioned by the massive influx of people into the city.

He said schools in Kwali, Abaji, Gwagwalada and Kuje area councils were experiencing enrollment explosion, thereby overstretching most of the facilities on ground.

“As the enrollment is increasing, most of our schools need simultaneous attention to ensure continued access to quality basic education for children in the FCT.

“We thank God that the FCT Minister has approved over N30 billion to address most of the challenges facing these schools,” he said.

He disclosed that some of the schools in the area councils that could not be captured in the N30.9 billion intervention would be taking care of in the 2023 UBEB Intervention Action Plan on remediation of primary schools.

He identified the area councils as Abaji, Gwagwalada, and few nomadic schools that were established by communities.

On the achievements of his board, Sule said the FCT-UBEB had rehabilitated and constructed over 400 classrooms and trained more than 7,000 teachers.

He said the board had also distributed more than 150,000 textbooks to improve the quality of teaching and learning in basic schools.

“We want to ensure that we reduce the incidence of out-of-school children by taking basic education to the doorsteps of the people in our communities.

“A total of 18 new junior secondary schools and 30 new primary schools have been established a few years ago to increase access to quality basic education,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Mandate Secretary, Education Secretariat, FCT Administration, Dr Danlami Hayyo had announced Wike’s approval of N30.9 billion for massive rehabilitation of schools in FCT.

According to Hayyo, N13.3 billion was approved for the renovation and rehabilitation of 40 schools, which would be completed in 100 days and N13.1 billion for an accelerated whole-school rehabilitation, beginning with 18 schools.

He further said that four schools would also be renovated in the second batch of the whole-school rehabilitation approach at the cost of N4.5 billion.

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379,997 To Rewrite 2025 UTME As Jamb Registrar Oloyede Weep And Admit To Technical Glitch

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379,997 To Rewrite  2025 UTME As Jamb Registrar Oloyede Weep And Admit To Technical Glitch—-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has admitted responsibility for the mass failure that trailed the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.

JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, fought tears at a press conference on Wednesday, while admitting to the ugly development.

This followed widespread complaints of technical glitches, unusually low scores, and alleged irregularities in the just-concluded UTME.

Prof. Oloyede, who wept profusely, intermittently wiping his face with a handkerchief, said he took full responsibility for the negligence of its staff, revealing that 65 centres in Lagos and 92 centres in Owerri Zone covering the five states in the South East, would rewrite the exam.

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Finally, JAMB Admits To Errors In 2025 UTME Examination, Orders Resit For Almost 400000 Candidates

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Finally, JAMB Admits To Errors In 2025 UTME Examination, Orders Resit For Almost 400000 Candidates—-The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has admitted to a technical error that compromised the integrity of the results from the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in 157 centres nationwide.

Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, during a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, said the results of over 387,000 candidates were affected.

He said the board discovered discrepancies linked to faulty server updates in its Lagos and Owerri zones, which led to the failure to upload candidates’ responses during the first three days of the examination.

Oloyede said the problem, which was caused by one of the two technical service providers for the exercise, went undetected before the results were released.

He said 65 centres in Lagos (206,610 candidates) and 92 centres in Owerri zone (173,387 candidates) were affected, bringing the total number of impacted candidates to 387,997.

To address the issue, JAMB said it will conduct a rescheduled UTME for all affected candidates starting Friday, May 16.

The board said affected candidates will be notified via SMS, email, and phone calls, and are advised to reprint their examination slips for details on the rescheduled tests.

Oloyede noted that JAMB has engaged with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to ensure that the rescheduled UTME does not clash with ongoing WASSCE examinations.

“As registrar of JAMB, I hold myself personally responsible, including for the negligence of the service provider. I unreservedly apologise for it,” Oloyede said.

The results from JAMB’s 2025 UTME were released on May 9.

An analysis indicated that more than 78 per cent of candidates scored less than 200 points out of the 400 maximum obtainable points.

This spurred protests that questioned the overall integrity of the examination process.

Oloyede said, following mock examinations and system updates, the board insisted on implementing shuffled answer options in the UTME.

Despite layers of testing, he said an oversight occurred during grading updates for the LAG examination zone, which includes the south-west, south-east, and parts of the north.

He said this led to the deployment of a software patch, which was not properly applied in some delivery servers in the affected zones.

“The technical personnel deployed by the service provider for LAG inadvertently failed to update some of the delivery servers. Regrettably, this oversight went undetected before the release of the results,” Oloyede said.

The registrar said the board fast-tracked its usual post-examination review in response to public outcry and brought in independent experts, including top psychometricians and computer scientists, to audit the system.

He said a detailed sampling across all states has shown no abnormalities outside the identified centres.

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