The House of Representatives has approved a bill that will remove the long-standing dichotomy between BSC and Higher National Diploma in employment. The House, in a committee of the whole, considered the report and approved the recommendation, awaiting third reading and final passage. The bill stipulates a fine of N1 million for anybody or institution […]
In recognition of good performance, the West African Examinations Council, WAEC, on Thursday honoured the best students in the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Examination, WASSCE, with prizes. One of the prize winners, a student of Princeton College, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos, Yinka-Banjo, Victory Morenike, with No 4252067/039 came first, having scored A1 in her […]
The Academic Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government have reached a truce after the intervention by the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. The truce was reached at a reconciliation meeting held at the National Assembly on Thursday. The speaker invited the minister of education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, the minister of finance, Zainab […]
Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, says the federal government should use basic education to end banditry in the country. Speaking at a meeting with Adamu Adamu, education minister, on Wednesday in Edo, Obaseki said many uneducated Nigerians are taking risks to leave the country to do menial jobs abroad. “First, if we do not […]
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, has commended Dr Bibiana Okoli, the first female visually impaired to bag a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the institution’s Department of Special Education. Adebowale, who gave the commendation in his address at the 73rd Founder’s Day and convocation ceremony of the institution, in Ibadan on […]
Teachers in Kaduna state have said that they would not write another competency test as was demanded by the El-Rufai led administration in the state. The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) vowed that it will not present its members for another competency test by the Kaduna State. NUT spoke at the end of their congress […]
In Kano state, thousands of outgoing secondary school students may not be able to access admission into tertiary institutions because NECO has withheld their results due to the inability of the Kano State Government to clear debts. The post secondary school future of over 80,000 students in Kano state, hangs in the balance, a BBC […]
Chris Ngige, minister of labour, says the strike threatened by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not take place. On Monday, ASUU issued a three-week ultimatum to the federal government to implement the earlier agreement reached with the union. Emmanuel Osodeke, the ASUU national president, said the industrial action became necessary due to […]
To avert the impending industrial strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the House of Representatives, Tuesday, urged the federal government to honor its agreement with the body and pay lectures. To consolidate on the move, the Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila invited the Minister of Finance, the Minister of Education […]
The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday said no Nigeria professor earns more than N416,000 as salary. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Dele Ashiru advocated for better welfare packages for university lecturers. He noted that despite the renegotiated agreement, the Federal […]
