Category: Education

For Nigeria’s education sector to receive the desired facelift, a ban must be placed on the children of public office holders seeking foreign education. The is the submission of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Akure zone on Sunday while claiming the move will help checkmate the decadence in the nation’s educational sector. ASUU […]

Efforts by the state government and the research and innovative directorate of the Lagos State University, LASU, to strengthen Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, MSMEs, have shown  that there is hope for the youths  to be  innovative and be fulfilled in life. This was stated by the wife of the Lagos State Governor,  Mrs […]

We have embarked on several measures to accelerate learning and deliver qualitative teaching for our students. Covid-19 has also enabled us to be more pro-active and dynamic in our teaching endeavor. We had to adopt three approaches as students were not forced to come to school. The three learning methods are online , Hybrid – […]

The Federal Government’s insistence on the implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) in the payment of university lecturers’ salaries and allowances does not go well with the union  who insists it would erode university autonomy.ASUU proposed a home-grown payment platform, the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) which they believe, guarantees […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said the integrity test being conducted on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAs) software being proposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, would last between six and eight months. ASUU has been on strike in protest against the Federal Government’s preferred Integrated Payroll and […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the Federal Government alone can’t finance universities in Nigeria. Buhari said the private sector must be involved in financing universities in the country because the burden is too much for the government alone. Speaking at the 2020 convocation and 72nd foundation day celebration of the University of Ibadan on […]

Indications have emerged that the current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, may continue despite the Federal government’s acceptance of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) as proposed by them. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the government has no money to procure the necessary hardware for the immediate […]

The statement said Ogundipe’s removal did not follow “due process” as he was not granted the opportunity to defend himself over the allegations leveled against him. The panel also faulted the process adopted by the Babalakin-led council in the appointment of Prof. Omololu Soyombo as Acting Vice Chancellor of the university, adding that the process […]

Public universities, polytechnics and Colleges of Education in the Northeast have met to deliberate on successful takeoff of their regional Academic Publishing Centre (APC) in the Adamawa State capital, Yola. The Academic Publishing Centre for the Northeast is domiciled at the Moddibo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH) from which publishing of text books and other […]

Presidents of students’ union governments in tertiary institutions in Southwest Nigeria have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to end the protracted strike by lecturers or face nationwide protests. Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been on strike since February over non-implementation of agreements and the use of a […]

In a bid to ensure Nigeria’s education system is at par with global standards, stakeholders in the  sector have urged the Federal Government  to increase investment in online learning platforms to alleviate the impact of the pandemic on education across the country. These recommendations came as part of the education survey carried out by Eduplana, […]

Ekiti Assembly has passed a bill changing the name of the newly upgraded University of Education Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti to Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology (BOUEST). The House, at its plenary on Tuesday presided over by Speaker Funminiyi Afuye, unanimously passed the bill into law following a motion moved by Hon. […]

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund has said it would spend N10 billion to develop critical infrastructure at the University of Abuja. It stated that part of the money would go into the construction of a new senate building, and a 1,000 capacity international conference centre, while the agency would collaborate with the authorities of the […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed that its members cannot go back to the classrooms on an empty stomach, insisting that the Federal Government adopt its recently invented payment system for universities, University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), as an alternative to Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). ASUU also maintained […]

The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) has released the lists of Primary six pupils to all the six education districts in the State. LASUBEB Chairman, Wahab Alawiye-King, said in a statement that pupils whose names appear in the lists were qualified for placement into public Junior Secondary Schools (JSS). He said parents and […]