EDUCATION

Teachers’ Day: NUT seeks `ideal remuneration’ for teachers

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2018

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has called on government at all levels to ensure teachers are remunerated properly and promptly to enable them to offer quality and effective service. The Secretary General, NUT, Dr Mike Ike-Ene, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria

EDUCATION

Plateau Crisis: Taraba evacuates 383 UniJos students

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2018

The Taraba Government said on Friday that it had evacuated 383 students from the University of Jos following renewed killings in the Plateau capital, with a student confirmed dead. The Special Adviser to Gov. Darius Ishaku on Students Affairs, Mr Samson Tor-Musa disclosed this to newsmen in Jalingo. Tor-Musa told journalists that the state government […]

EDUCATION

Teachers’ Day: Plateau NUT holds prayers to Killings

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2018

The Plateau Chapter of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) on Friday held a special prayer session for intercession to end killings in the state. Speaking at the event to mark the 2018 World Teachers’ Day on Friday in Jos, Mr Ayuba Gana, the NUT Chairman in Plateau said the state was marking the day […]

EDUCATION

Out-of-school children increases from 10.5m to 13.2m, says UBEC

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2018

Mr Hamid Bobboyi, Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), has said that the number of out-of-school children increased from 10.5 million to 13.2 million between 2010 and 2015. Bobboiyi made this known in Abuja on Thursday at a Pre-conference briefing on Northern Nigeria Traditional Rulers Conference on Out-of-school children. Bobboyi, who was

EDUCATION

ASUU raises alarm over FG’s plan to increase university tuition fee to N350, 000

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2018

The zonal coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ibadan Zone, Dr. Ade Adejumo, on Tuesday alleged that the Federal Government was making attempts to make students of federal universities pay a minimum of N350,000 as tuition fee. Adejumo said this while addressing members of the Correspondents Chapel in Ibadan. He said it was […]

EDUCATION

Edo NUT faults Obaseki’s education programme 

Daily Dispatch September 23, 2018

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Edo State chapter has planned a showdown with Edo State government education programme termed EDOBEST, which they described as negation of the laid down regulations of the Union. The Union, in a twist of fate has specifically faulted keeping of pupils in the public schools beyond 1.45 pm closing […]