Education
Lawmaker Offers Free JAMB Registration To 1,000 Candidates
Senator Suleiman
Adokwe (PDP – Nasarawa South) has purchased 1,000 JAMB forms for distribution free to indigent candidates in the state.
The lawmaker told newsmen in Lafia that the forms would be given to 1,000 less privileged students whose parents could not afford to buy the JAMB forms for the 2013/2014 season.
He explained that 200 students would benefit from each of the five local governments in the senatorial district.They are Lafia, Awe, Keana, Obi and Doma.
According to him , the offer is the second phase of the scheme which commenced last year with 500 students. Adding that apart from the free JAMB registration, six Internet centres were opened across the senatorial district for free WAEC registration.
“The scheme, he said, is expected to assist students to realise their dreams and cushion the financial burden of parents that cannot afford the exams fee.
“Education, which is the life wire for the development of any society, requires the contribution of wealthy individuals for the nation to move forward’’, he said.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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