The United Nations, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to increase its current budgetary allocation to the education sector from seven to 20 per cent in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4—universal, inclusive and equitable basic education for all school-age children by 2030. The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mathias […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected the proposed payment of N10, 000 per session by each parent to assist the Federal Government in making more funds available for universities. It had been reported on Wednesday that the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria proposed the levy and sought an audience with the government over […]
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The National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria has sought audience with the Federal Government over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The association is also proposing the payment of N10, 000 per session for each parent to assist government in making more funds available for universities. NAPTAN’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Ademola […]
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Education minister, Adamu Adamu Warns of indefinite strike over 2009 pact Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Federal Government of misleading citizens on underlying issues of the protracted strike with falsehood and cheap blackmail against the lecturers. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, had claimed that the Federal Government had fulfilled almost all […]
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has refuted media reports that he plans to give out Federal universities to state governments if given the mandate as President come 2023. The Media Adviser to Atiku, Paul Ibe, stated this in a statement, Monday evening, in Abuja, saying that it was phoney. Ibe […]
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The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the industrial action, it has been learnt. Sources among the union’s NEC members told our correspondent on Monday that the meeting will hold at the […]
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Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi’s administration’s transformational policies in the education sector have been attributed to the recent ranking of Enugu State as first among public secondary schools that presented candidates for the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) examination in Nigeria, in 2021. According to recent data released by WAEC and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) […]
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The Federal Government on Saturday called on the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plights of Nigerian students who have stayed at home for six months and call off the strike. Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah, made the call in Owerri while fielding questions from Journalists. He said […]
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Oyo State Government has said it is excited with the news that some non-formal learners, under the Intensive Literacy Programme of Better Education Service Delivery for All programme (BESDA) have been mainstreamed into formal schools. Speaking during a verification tour of the 21 Local Government Areas implementing BESDA in Oyo State, the Executive Chairman, Oyo […]
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The National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday said it would commence consultations to sue the Federal Government and the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The association made this known in a statement made available to our correspondent in Abuja. The minister had during […]
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