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Mark Brooks Education Recruits 70 Nigerians Annually Into UK Boarding Schools

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Mr Mark Brooks, Chief Executive Officer, Mark Brooks Education has said that no fewer than 70 Nigerians are recruited into the UK boarding schools annually.

Brooks spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at the exhibition of eight UK boarding schools in Abuja on Monday.

He said that the exhibition was a way to help Nigerians find outstanding boarding schools in the UK so that their children and wards could have qualitative education.

“We have been coming to Nigeria since the last 16 years to help families in Nigeria find places with outstanding British boarding schools across the UK.

“We are here to develop partnerships with schools in Nigeria, bring teacher training. They are schools for students in Nigeria joining A’ Levels and also giving foundation programmes.

“We have many fantastic schools in Nigeria but we are here to give places for foundation preparation for universities. UK boarding schools offer all round opportunities to thrive in sports, co-curricular activities, training in medical schools, STEM and science, accounts and business,” Brooks said.

He said his organization was not in the country to say it was the best of Nigerian schools but their schools were the alternatives people were looking for.

“We recruit about 70 students annually to join UK boarding schools and now have 1500 Nigerian students in the last 16 years,” Brooks said.

He explained that the UK schools have contributed in the areas of partnership with schools and businesses in Nigeria, develop the students and use their skills to continue in the transformation of the country.

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“We have heard a fantastic response from parents, so we are here to recruit Nigerian students for UK boarding schools with skills in academic, music, sports.

“The UK boarding schools support values and morals, support the morals and faith of Christians and Muslims so Nigerians have no cause to fear,” Brooks
added.

Also, the Abuja representative of Mark Brooks Education, Ijeoma Uwakwe-Okoronkwo, said the exhibition was a
sensitisation programme for parents on the current pathways into UK boarding schools.

“Sometimes, people are misguided so the exhibition is to give you the correct pathways to opportunities that would meet the needs of students especially in the area of quality education.

“And from the students, they can navigate on the right way to follow in tertiary education.

“Thankfully for these eight top schools that are here, they have a lot of Nigerian students and we in Nigeria, we carry our culture with us in those schools,” Uwakwe – Okoronkwo said.

She said they had Nigerians who were head girls and head boys and this had been a recurring situation and it indicated that they valued themselves and their culture anywhere they found themselves.

A parent, Mr Emmaneul Piegbe said that he had come to choose a UK school with the intention of giving his children quality education.

When asked why he prefers to choose UK schools over Nigerian schools, Piegbe said the quality and moral values in UK education encouraged him into getting such education.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was organised by Mark Brooks Education, in association with the UK’s Department for Business and Trade.

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The schools are, Cardiff Sixth Form College, Freemen’s School, Earlscliffe College, Lancing College, LVS Ascot, Marymount International School London, Queen Ethelburga’s and St Clare’s Oxford.

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FG Directs Tertiary Institutions to Publicly Advertise Job Openings

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The Federal Government has mandated all tertiary institutions that have received waivers for staff recruitment to publicly announce their job vacancies.

In a statement released on Thursday, Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa emphasized the importance of transparency in the hiring process. The statement was issued by Folasade Boriowo, the Director of Press in the Ministry.

Dr. Alausa encouraged these institutions to advertise positions in at least one national daily newspaper, on their official websites, and in pertinent academic and professional journals.

This directive is intended to foster an open and competitive recruitment environment, ensuring equal opportunities for all eligible Nigerians.

“This initiative follows the waivers granted to federal tertiary institutions based on their submissions regarding manpower needs,” he explained. “It reflects the ministry’s commitment to strengthening the capabilities of our higher education institutions.”

He reminded all federal tertiary institutions to submit their recruitment requirements to the ministry for evaluation by the Committee on Waiver and Recruitment.

“The ministry has established effective mechanisms to ensure compliance and will not hesitate to impose penalties on any institution that fails to follow this directive,” he stated. “The Federal Ministry of Education is steadfast in its commitment to upholding integrity and fairness within the Nigerian higher education system.”

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JAMB: 585 Fake A-Levels Uncovered In Q1 Sweep

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has uncovered at least 585 forged A-Level certificates so far in 2025.

Is-haq Oloyede, the registrar, was at a virtual meeting with JAMB staff on April 2.

The meeting was to discuss operational procedures ahead of the 2025 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the main UTME.

Oloyede said JAMB discovered 585 forged A-Level certificates, 13 of which originated from the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB).

He said the professional registration centres (PRCs) that uploaded the results are now under investigation.

Of those 13 cases, Oloyede said four suspects have so far been arrested.

He said the forgeries were among the reasons for the creation of the Nigeria Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (NIPED).

NIPED is a platform designed to collect and manage data related to post-secondary education in Nigeria.

Oloyede alleged that some institutions may have internal collaborators aiding the syndicates behind the forgeries.

He said the board is working closely with police and other authorities to apprehend the ringleaders.

In 2023, JAMB also uncovered 1,665 fake A-level results during a DE registration season.

The board said its NIPEDS lagged multiple cases of forgery, with 13 additional A-level certificates recently identified as fake.

JAMB said some institutions had already processed admissions for candidates using these forged documents before they were detected.

It urged its staff to remain committed to their duties and to avoid any actions that could compromise the integrity of the board.

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INEC: Petition for Natasha’s recall yet to meet constitutional requirement

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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the petition to recall Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate has yet to meet constitutional requirement.

The commission stated this in a short notice posted on its X platform.

“The petition for the recall of the Senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended),” the notice said.

The commission, however, said that details of why the petition had not met the constitutional requirement would be made available shortly.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a group of registered voters from Akpoti-Uduaghan’s senatorial district had, on March 24, submitted a petition to INEC, urging it to commence her recall process from the senate.

The constituents, in the letter signed by the Lead Petitioner, Salihu Habib, and submitted at INEC headquarters, said they no longer had confidence in Akpoti-Uduaghan as their senator and representative in the National Assembly.

Meanwhile, INEC had, on March 25, confirmed the receipt of the petition, accompanied by six bags of documents said to be signatures collected from more than half of the 474,554 registered voters from the senatorial district.

The commission also said that it had notified the suspended senator about the receipt of the petition to recall her from the national assembly. (NAN)

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