NANS, others flay FG over ‘irrelevant’ course remarks
By Ndigwe Ifunanya The Federal Government’s plan to phase out university courses considered irrelevant to the national economy has brought about criticisms from student leaders and undergraduates who view the move as an attack on academic freedom. This follows recent comments by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, who described several disciplines, particularly in the social […]
We are poorer because of IPPIS —SSANU
Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) said that the introduction of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) by the federal government has mutilated their salaries and made them poorer.
2021 UTME: JAMB issues new instructions on how to check results
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation, JAMB, has issued a new directive to candidates on how to check their 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME results.
Girls in North constitute highest percentage of 13.5m out-of-school Nigerian children— LEDAP
A non-governmental organisation, NGO, Legal Defence and Assistance Project, LEDAP, has said 13.5 million children in Nigeria are unable to access free and quality basic education with girls in the North-East sub-region constituting the higher percentage.
Insurgency, banditry, kidnapping damaging education in North— Lawan
PRESIDENT of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, weekend raised the alarm that insurgency, banditry and kidnapping were further impeding the growth of education in the north, considering its backwardness in the sector.
SSANU threatens industrial action over FG directives on Staff schools workers
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, (SSANU), has advised the Federal Government to withdraw the circular directing that workers of the Staff schools should not be captured in the 2022 budget. The President of SSANU, Mr Mohammed Haruna, gave the advice while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Abuja, He threatened that the union […]
