Category: Education

The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, has said the implementation of the new teachers’ retirement age and years of service took effect from January 1, 2021. Mr Echocho disclosed this in a press statement in Abuja. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) recently approved 65 years and 40 years as the…

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has fixed new date for the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination for external candidates. The council stated the new date followed requests by candidates to be given more time to complete their registration process for the examination. According to NECO, the examination, which was earlier scheduled to commence on…

AS schools in Borno reopen today, Governor Babagana Zulum has approved the release of N624 million for the payment of scholarship to students in tertiary institutions. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Babagana Mustapha, revealed this in a statement issued yesterday in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Mustapha said 23,776 students…

The management of Lagos State University (LASU) has closed hostels of its medical college, Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) Ikeja because three students of the college tested positive for Covid-19. The university shut down the hostels on Thursday even as contact tracing of all the three infected persons has begun. LASU’s spokesman, Mr…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Calabar, UNICAL, branch, has accused the federal government of abysmal failure in ensuring a conducive environment for those in the academic sector. Dr Edor J. Edor, the ASUU Chairman of UniCal said the statement of the Nigerian government regarding schools resuming on January 18, 2021, was…

Amid the resurgence of COVID-19, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, not to stop the resumption of academic activities. President of NANS, Sunday Asefon, said a Taskforce would be setup on COVID-19 in universities across the country. Asefon, in a statement, said government should address…

In December, the presidential task force on COVID-19 had asked schools in the country to remain closed until January 18, 2021. But at a briefing on Monday, Adamu Adamu, minister of education, said there are concerns about the scheduled date. “It (January 18th date of school reopening) is not sacrosanct. When we decided on that…

As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues, branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have stated that universities are not ready for safe reopening. The branches came to this conclusion after assessing COVID-19 protocols in the universities. In separate interviews, the chapters of the union commented on the directive of the…

University workers, under the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), are to commence a three-day protest from Tuesday over the Federal Government failure to implement the several agreements reached in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in October last year. Rising from a…

SGtv reports that Academic activities in the nation’s ivory towers would soon kick off with the National Universities Commission directing Vice-Chancellors of Universities to commence academic activities on January 18. The announcement was in compliance with the directive of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.   SGtv reported that the Academic Staff Union of Universities…