Education News
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WAEC Office Shut Down By Teachers Over Unpaid Allowances
What is happening to our education system in Nigeria? Our leaders are just getting everything wrong every time. ASUU is on strike and they have insisted on staying at home until the Government meet 100 percent of their demands. The…
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President Jonathan Orders Immediate Action To End 2013 ASUU Strike
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday directed the two Federal Government committees negotiating the requests by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to take immediate measures at ending the on-going strike. Implementation Committee, Gov. Gabriel Suswam of Benue, made this known…
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FG Set Aside $6.43m To Educate 40 Million Illitrates
The Federal Government has earmarked $6.43 million “self benefiting” Trust Fund for the delivery of quality literacy programme for estimated 40 million illiterate Nigerians by 2015. Executive Secretary, National Commission for Mass Education, Alhaji Jibrin Paiko, declared this yesterday, in Ilorin…
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ASUU Strike 2013 : ASUU, FG Meeting Of Monday 19th August Deadlocked
ASUU – FG Meeting Outcome – ASUU and Federal Government (FG) Meeting of Monday 19th August, 2013Â outcome is a sign that the Strike may last longer than expected. We can tell you now that ASUU strike continues as FG, lecturers…
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ASUU Strike 2013 : President Jonathan Approves N400bn Lifeline – SSANU
This is an update on the 2013 ASUU Strike and it might raise hope in some people that the ongoing ASUU Strike would soon come to an end. This is a right step in the right direction. The Federal Government…
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ASUU Strike 2013: It Will Continue Untill FG gets Money – Prof. Okolie
The Update we can serve you on the 2013 ASUU Strike is that Prof Aloysius Okolie, the immediate past chairman of ASUU at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has said that the strike would be sustained until FG provide their…
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ASUU Strike Update: FG Offers ASUU N30bn
The latest update on the July 2013 ASUU Strike is that the Federal Government has now started to gradually dance to the tune of ASUU when it offered N30 billion as earned allowances to the striking university lecturers. The FG…
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ASUU Demand Will Soon be Settled Once & For All – Education Minister
Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, Nigerian Education Minister has raised hopes that the strike embarked upon by ASUU in July 2013, will soon come to an end as Government is determined to settle the crisis once and for all. MINISTER of Education,…
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We Demanded N87bn, Not N92bn – ASUU
The latest information on ASUU Strike is that the Academic Staff Union of Universities has come out to label the statement credited to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo- Iweala, that the union demanded for N92bn, as untrue. ASUU…
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ASUP Strike Update : ASUP To Go On Strike Again
We informed you when the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP suspended its nationwide strike. Most Polytechnic students failed to mark the word “Suspend”. Now ASUP claims the suspension will be over soon and they will resume the strike after…
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Date Of Next ASUU Meeting With FG
When is the next ASUU meeting with the Federal Government (FG)? This is the question we woke up to get on Twitter and our email box this morning after we informed our readers about the outcome of the meeting between…
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Ghanaian Varsity Affiliate Programmes Illegal – NUC
National Universities Commission, NUC has outlawed a Ghanaian University named University of Education, Winneba, Ghana affiliate programmes with Hallmark Educational Bureau Nigeria Limited. This was reported by PunchNG Online and Nigeriams have been warned to stay away from the programmes. The…
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