EDUCATION

Why I abolished school fees in primary and secondary schools – Makinde

Daily Dispatch August 27, 2019

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Monday promised to spend at least 10 per cent of the state’s annual budget on the education sector. Makinde, who made the pledge on Monday in Ibadan at the opening of the 34th Conference of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, also

EDUCATION

Oyo to devote 10% of budget to education —Makinde

Daily Dispatch August 26, 2019

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Monday promised to spend at least 10 per cent of the state’s annual budget on the education sector. Makinde, who made the pledge on Monday in Ibadan at the opening of the 34th Conference of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, also said his administration would increase […]

EDUCATION

Parents, students appeal to FG, varsity staff to end strike

Daily Dispatch August 20, 2019

Some parents and students on Tuesday appealed to the Federal Government to resolve the ongoing dispute with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unions under the aegis of Joint Action Committee (JAC) announced on Friday that they would […]

EDUCATION

SSANU, NASU begins warning strike

Daily Dispatch August 19, 2019

All gates leading into the University of Ibadan are currently under lock and key as the non-academic workers of Nigerian universities, under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, began a strike it had announced earlier. The unions said it would embark on a five-day nationwide […]

EDUCATION

BudgIT, others, calls on NASS to amend UBEC Act to cover primary and secondary education

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2019

A civic technology organisation, BudgIT and three other civil society organisations have called on the National Assembly to amend the Universal Basic Education(UBEC) Act 2004 to cover from primary to secondary education, which will be 12 years of free compulsory education, as against the present nine years. The civil society organisations said this step would […]

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US teachers sue government over $1.5trillion students’ loans

Daily Dispatch August 18, 2019

Teachers across America have gotten so frustrated with low pay and a broken federal loan forgiveness system — which supposedly forgives loans for people working in qualifying public service jobs after a decade of payments — that they’ve decided to sue the Department of Education (DOE). America has a $1.5 trillion student debt problem. The […]