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CPC berates FG over varsity strike, funding

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Education, Party Politics Sunday, July 7th, 2013

Congress for Progressive Change has accused the Presidency of lacking “needed direction and patriotism” to turn things around in the education sector. The party also wondered why the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan, which voted N4bn for the First Lady’s pet-project and increased budget for Vice President’s new home from N9bn to N16bn, could not […]

We can’t continue to graduate unemployable students – ASUU

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Saturday, July 6th, 2013

NATIONAL President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Issa-Fagee, has said that the Nigerian universities will not continue to churn out unemployable graduates because of lack of training facilities in the institutions. The ASUU President, who spoke to Saturday Vanguard in Abuja, said that though the strike affected both parents and students, […]

Senate moves to end 67-day-old ASUP strike

Posted by admin Education, Legislature, National Politics, Senate, Top Stories Thursday, July 4th, 2013

By DAYO ADESULU, LAJU ARENYEKA & EKEMINI EYOH THE Senate has waded into the 67-day-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics ASUP, raising hope of imminent resolution. President of ASUP, Dr. Chibuzor Asomugha, said yesterday that the Senate Committee on Education has intervened to end the protracted industrial action. According to him:”The Senate […]

ASUU, ASUP strikes ground varsities, polytechnics

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Thursday, July 4th, 2013

BY DAYO ADESULU, LAJU ARENYEKA & IKENNA ASOMBA In what could be described as a near collapse of the nation’s tertiary education sector, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is now in the fourth day of its indefinite strike action. The ASUU strike is the newest cart in the bandwagon of industrial actions in […]

FG to scrap JAMB, NAPEP exams

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

By Ben Agande ABUJA—The Federal Government is scrapping the National Examinations Council, NECO, and the National Poverty Eradication Programme, NAPEP among other government agencies. It is also divesting the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board of powers to conduct examinations into tertiary institutions in the country. Some candidates during Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations The government is […]

Unilag, OAU, Unijos, among top ten Nigerian Law Faculties

Posted by admin Education, Headlines Sunday, January 13th, 2013

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA – Sequel to the perceived decline in the standard of legal education in the country, the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, NIALS, Sunday, released a list of top 10 law faculties in Nigerian universities. According to a statement by the institute’s Director-General, Professor Epiphany Azinge, SAN, the action of the […]

UniAbuja shut indefinitely over students’ protest – Second semester exams stopped – As hooligans hijack protest

Posted by admin Abuja (FCT), Education, Headlines, State News Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

THE authorities of the University of Abuja, on Tuesday, closed down the university indefinitely, over students’ rampage that prevented the conduct of the second semester examinations. The exams were billed to commence on 19th of November, but could not hold because of the two-day protest that led to the shutdown of the institution by the […]

Time for State of Emergency in Education – Anthony A. Kila

Posted by admin Anthony A. Kila, Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists Wednesday, September 19th, 2012

An important event this week is the reopening of schools for most our children. They will be resuming today as you read these notes, and it is important we reflect on the sate of education in the country. I say most, not all, because in reality many other schools opened two weeks ago in conformity […]

Varsities, polys get N95bn intervention fund (All of which will be embezzled)

Posted by admin Education, Latest Politics Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund has earmarked N95bn for intervention in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. Out of this figure, N70bn is the TETFund’s annual allocation to institutions, while the remaining N25bn is for the Special High Impact project in tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, said […]

Exam fraudsters earn N25bn yearly – FG

Posted by admin Education, Headlines, Top Stories Saturday, July 7th, 2012

The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja expressed concern over the increasing rate of examination malpractices. It regretted that fraudsters had made about N375bn fortune in the past 15 years (that is, N25bn per annum). The FG thus asked the National Assembly to enact a legislation making it possible for parents and employers to institute […]