EDUCATION

PhD: Buhari, others applaud OBJ at NOUN’s convocation

Daily Dispatch January 20, 2018

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo for bagging a doctorate degree from the National Open University(NOUN). Buhari, who was the visitor at 7thConvocation of NOUN on Saturday in Abuja, described Obasanjo as the “Father of Open and Distance

EDUCATION

Pupils sit on bare floor to learn in community hosting six oil wells [PHOTOS]

Daily Dispatch January 17, 2018

With 6 oil wells, photographs of pupils sitting on bare floor while taking lessons in a Delta Primary School. The photographs taken on Wednesday, January 17, exposed the terrible situation of pupils of Otoro Primary School in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State who sit on bare floor while learning. The host community, […]

EDUCATION

Kaduna projects N337m for teachers’ training

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2018

Amidst crisis over the quality of teachers in public schools, Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) plans to spend N337.19 million on teacher training in 2018. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the figure is contained in the state’s 2018 budget obtained from the state Planning and Budget Commission. The state had […]

EDUCATION

“Stop work in states owing salary” – NUT direct teachers

Daily Dispatch January 15, 2018

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has restated its position that the teachers in 10 states that are still owing salary arrears should not resume work until all arrears were paid. Dr Mike Ike-Ene, General-Secretary of the union, spoke on the directive in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in […]

EDUCATION

Kaduna parents threatens to withdraw their children if unqualified teachers return

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2018

Hundreds of parents held protest on Friday, calling on the Kaduna State government not to bring back the unqualified teachers who failed the primary four examination. They vowed to withdraw their children if the sacked teachers return back to classrooms. The protesters who marched from Murtala Square to Sir Kashim Ibrahim House, declared their support […]

EDUCATION

NUT condemns teachers’ sack in Kaduna

Daily Dispatch January 12, 2018

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has condemned the retrenchment of 21,800 teachers in Kaduna State by Gov. Nasir El-Rufai on the basis of incompetence. Dr Mike Ike-Ene, General-Secretary of the union, said that the government would have engaged the teachers in refresher courses. Ike-Ene alleged that the government of Kaduna State did not follow […]