EDUCATION

Some of our members are misfits – ASUU President

Daily Dispatch December 22, 2019

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has decried the recruitment system in the universities, saying many people are not qualified to teach have found their way into the system. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ogunyemi made this

EDUCATION

ASUU has no factions – Ogunyemi

Daily Dispatch December 22, 2019

Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has debunked the insinuation in some quarters that the union now has a splinter group. Ogunyemi made the clarification when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja on Sunday. “I do not believe that there is a faction in […]

EDUCATION

Exam malpratices: JAMB deploys drones to exam centres

Daily Dispatch December 19, 2019

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday said it will deploy drone cameras to all the identified 700 examination centres to check any activity that can jeopardise the efforts of the Board from being a transparent agency of government it is known for. It also announced it generated N20 billion from University and […]

EDUCATION

FG disburses N25million to five academies

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2019

By Ene Ikpa The Federal Government on Tuesday made a grant of N25 million to five Academies as a token of appreciation for their contribution to national development. The Academies are the Nigerian Academy of Science, the Nigerian Academy of Engineering, the Nigerian Academy of Letters, the Nigerian Academy of Education and the Nigerian Academy […]

EDUCATION

Why Niger Delta needs a federal polytechnic – Omo-Agege

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2019

The Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has proclaimed that the federal polytechnic, Orogun when established, will address youth restiveness in the Niger Delta region. He stated this at a one-day public hearing in Abuja on a bill to establish Federal Polytechnic, Orogun Delta. The event was organised by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and […]

EDUCATION

Bill seeking free basic education, two others scale second reading in House of Rep

Daily Dispatch December 12, 2019

Three bills have scaled through the second reading in the House of Representatives chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja. One of those which scaled through the second phase during Thursday’s plenary is the bill seeking to amend the Constitution to give legal backing to making free, compulsory, and basic education a fundamental human right […]