Seventy-six thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five (76,855) pupils, yesterday, sat for the 2021 National Common Entrance Examination for admission into the 110 federal government colleges

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has approved the release of admission into Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1 of the 104 Federal Government colleges in the country. The approval followed the 2018 selection exercise for placement of qualified candidates into JSS1 held across the country. In a statement yesterday in Abuja, “The selection exercise employed the…

Amidst growing security challenges in the country, the management of the Federal Government Colleges (FGC), Southwest zone, recently gathered at FGC, Ijanikin, Lagos to discuss safety measures and welfare of pupils in their care.

The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) has suspended its over two-month strike in some Federal Government Colleges (FGC).

Some of the affected colleges are the Federal Government College (FGC), Ilorin, Kwara State; Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Omu Aran; FGGC, Sagamu; FGC, Ikirun, Osun State; and 10 others.

A young girl seeking admission into any of the country’s 104 Federal Government Colleges (Unity Schools) from Anambra State must score 139 points out of a possible 300 to stand a chance of being taken.

The crisis in the education sector came to a worrisome turn last week following reports of a massive hike in the school fees payable in the 104 unity schools, otherwise known as Federal Government Colleges.