Category: Education

xecutive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, has said that the commission has no hand in the appointment of Vice-Chancellors, VCs, for universities in the country, He clarified this during an interactive section with newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday, explaining that the appointment of VCs was wholly vested in the hands […]

Thirteen years after it was abolished, Federal Government, yesterday, formally announced the return of history as a stand-alone subject in the country’s basic education curriculum. Also, 3,700 history teachers have been shortlisted for the first round of training for enhanced teaching of the subject. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, speaking at the reintroduction ceremony, lamented […]

Priscilla Sitienei, a 98-year-old primary school student in grade six, greets her schoolmate at the Leaders Vision Preparatory School in Ndalat village of Nandi County, Kenya, January 25, 2022. (Photo: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters) Priscilla Sitieni, the world’s oldest primary school student, who inspired a French film and received UNESCO recognition, died in Kenya at the age […]

ASUU members during their meeting with Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila Notwithstanding protests by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) against alleged payment of incomplete October salary, the federal government, Wednesday, remained adamant, insisting that it would not pay for service not rendered. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, expressed the federal government’s position on the renewed […]

Despite the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) protest against payment of alleged incomplete October salary, the Federal Government, on Wednesday, insisted it would not pay for works not done. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, expressed Federal Government’s position on renewed face-off with ASSU after the week’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over […]

Bayero University, Kano has rescheduled all academic activities and the ongoing examinations slated for tomorrow Thursday 7th, November 2022 following a lecture-free day and protest declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). A statement signed by the secretary, Information and publication, on behalf of the registrar, Bala Abdullahi noted that academic activities are […]

Secondary school pupils On Thursday, November 3, the Federal Government directed the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to delete sex education from the Basic Education Curriculum (BEC). The NERDC is an agency of the Federal Government that is charged with the responsibility of implementing educational policies in the country. Headed by its executive […]

Why Govt Must Pay Full Salaries, By Ndume Esele, NECA Ex-DG Differ On Pro-rata Payment ‘Education Vote Declines From 10.79% to 5.39% Under Buhari’ NASU, SSANU Seek Inclusion In IPPIS Conversation With the insistence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) that the Federal Government must pay […]