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The Senate calls on JAMB to increase the cut-off marks for students going into tertiary institutions to study education courses The Senate has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB to increase the cut-off marks for students going into tertiary institutions to study education courses in order to get the best brains into the teaching profession. The Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, stated this while monitoring the ongoing National Personnel Audit by the Universal Basic Education Commission. The Joint admission and matriculation board (JAMB) and tertiary education Stakeholders in Abuja adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for 2022 admission into the nation’s universities, 100 for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education. Many critics argue that this will encourage underachievement and lower standards in an education system already struggling with quality issues. It is an issue that arose during the Senate Committee on Basic and Se...

Nigeria Air To Borrow Aircraft To Begin Operations The Federal Executive Council, FEC, has given an approval to Nigeria Air to lease aircraft to enable it start operations as country’s national carrier. Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, said this on Wednesday while briefing State House Corespondents after the FEC meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The Minister, who did not disclose when the national carrier would start operations, said the company would begin with three aircraft. He said Nigeria Air was open to investment from any of the country’s airline companies, particularly the 51% shares set aside for Nigerians. “I presented two memoranda on national carrier to allow the Nigeria Air to lease aircraft to start operations. That has been approved by the Council