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Mixed reactions on Wednesday trailed the decision of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to peg the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into universities at 120.
Read More The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Professor Oladapo Afolabi, has given assurance that the protracted strike action embarked upon by the university workers will end in days.
Read More Three major non-academic staff unions will decide tomorrow whether to join the strike by university lecturers.
Read More Parents in the university town of Nsukka have appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike, considering the setback and suffering it would cause students and their parents.
Read More UNITED Nations Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, has said that about two billion youths globally between 15 and 25 years need good competitive education, jobs and a future to look forward to. Guterres stated this at the opening ceremony of the Federal Science and Technical College, FSTC, Yaba, Model United Nations maiden conference in Lagos, themed Communicating the Future Through Information Technology For Senior Secondary Students.
Read More MASTER Chimemezie Clinton Ezeani, 16, popularly called Professor, made 9 A1s in WASSCE, scored 1380 in SAT, 105 in TOEFL and 297 in UTME examinations.
Read More LAGOS State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has said that the government will prioritize the welfare of corps members posted to serve in the state, adding that it will continue to support the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, in the state to achieve its objectives.
Read More THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has vowed to protest on August 21, should the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government fail to reach a compromise and call-off the ongoing strike. The association described the Federal Governments attitude toward the Education sector as sardonic and satanic.
Read More The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has cautioned against prolonging the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to avoid youth involvement in crime.
Read More THE Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu Wednesday admitted that the Federal Government failed to fulfill the agreement it entered into with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, after a meeting with duo last year.
Read More Following strike action declared by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the non-implementation of the 2009 Agreement with the Federal Government, Academic activities have been grounded at Ekiti State University, EKSU and Federal University,Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) with a good number of students travelling back home
Read More Government should calculate all the allowances for a year, and pay it to graduates at once to enable them to use for business
Read More ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will today take a final decision on whether it will proceed on strike over unresolved issues with the Federal Government or not.
Read More VICE-Chancellor, Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Prof. Victor Peretomode, has said that one of the factors to maintain and sustain a stable academic calender in Nigerian varsities was the need for a healthy and cordial relationship between institutions’ management and various unions in the schools.
Read More CHAIRMAN Advisory Board, of Fast Track Schools, Mr. Tom Obaseki, has urged the federal government to increase spending in the educational sector to transform it to meet the needs of the 21st century. Obaseki, who said this at the graduating and prize giving ceremony of FasTrack Schools in Lagos, decried the state of education in the country, stating that the transformation must begin at the basic level.
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