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#ENDSARS: NECO Postpones SSCE Exams Indefinitely over Protests

25Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security

#ENDSARS: NECO Postpones SSCE Exams Indefinitely over Protests

The National Examination Council (NECO) has announced the postponement of the ongoing Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination indefinitely. Head, Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, Azeez Sani, announced the development in a statement released on Sunday. “In making this decision, the board noted that due to these security challenges: a. Some state governments imposed curfew and closed schools in order to safeguard lives and property; b. In the circumstances, it has become difficult for the Council to move examination materials across the country; c. Students in the affected locations were unable to sit for the papers already scheduled in the examination time table. “The Governing Board further resolved, that when normalcy returns, the Council will con...

#ENDSARS: Oyo Schools Forced to Close as Protests Continue

20Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

#ENDSARS: Oyo Schools Forced to Close as Protests Continue

Most public and private schools in Oyo state have suspended academic activities as at Tuesday morning, African News Today observed. Although there has not been any official by the State Government over the closing of schools, most private schools said the decision was taken as a result of the hardship students experienced by students due to the #EndSARS protest in major parts of the state on Monday. Most proprietors maintained that the safety and security of the children is paramount while the protests last informed the decision. It was observed that most private schools opted to send the notice of closure late in the night in the form of advisory, citing the uncertainty of the protests going awry. Some state owned schools awaiting State Government directives opened but student...

NECO Reschedules Exam Due to #EndSARS Blockade

19Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

NECO Reschedules Exam Due to #EndSARS Blockade

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced postponement of the Paper 1 Computer Studies Practical scheduled to take play on today due to blockade occasioned by the persistent #EndSARS protest. The examination body said the paper has now be rescheduled to take place on November 16. This was disclosed in a statement by Head of Information and Public Relations Division of NECO, Azeez Sani on Sunday. The statement read, “This unforeseen incident has been caused by the ENDSARS protest that blocked the free movement of transport at the City entrance gate Benin. The NECO delivery truck had left its take-off point well in advance on Friday, October 16 2020, earlier to deliver examination materials to some states and has been held up in the blockage since then,” the statement r...

NUC, FME to Undertake Safety Standards Verification Visit to Varsities

17Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Covid-19, Education, News, Nigeria, Safety

NUC, FME to Undertake Safety Standards Verification Visit to Varsities

A joint inspection team made up of staff of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Federal Ministry of Education (FME), is set to embark on verification visits to monitor the compliance of universities with Quality Assurance/Safety standards. The visit Follows the reopening of universities after the COVID-19 lockdown and ahead of the resumption of academic activities in view of the imminent suspension of the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). A letter by the office of the Executive Secretary NUC, to all Vice-Chancellors obtained by African News Today titled, “Fresh directives for the safe re-opening of Universities for academic activities during the covid-19 pandemic”, informed the management of tertiary institutions of a visit to ascertain ...

Breaking: FG Reopens NYSC Orientation Camp

15Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Youths

Breaking: FG Reopens NYSC Orientation Camp

The Federal Government on Thursday announced the re-opening of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps across the country. The Minister of Youths and Sports, Sunday Dare made the announcement via Twitter adding that the orientation camps are scheduled for reopening on November 10. “The Resumption of the NYSC Orientation Camp for prospective Youth Corpers has been approved and opens on November 10th, 2020. Full COVID-19 Protocols will be enforced,” Dare posted on his official Twitter handle.

Exclusive: NUC Board Appoints Mayaki as Deputy Executive Secretary, Administration

14Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Nigeria

Exclusive: NUC Board Appoints Mayaki as Deputy Executive Secretary, Administration

Mr. Chris Jibreel Maiyaki has been appointed Deputy Executive Secretary (DES), Administration, by the Board of the National Universities Commission (NUC) chaired by Emeritus Professor Ayo Banjo, sequel to his nomination by the Executive Secretary, NUC, Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, mni, MFR, FNAL. His appointment took effect from 1st October, 2020. In his letter of appointment dated 29th September, 2020, the Executive Secretary said the appointment is in recognition of his performance, loyalty, commitment to duty and high sense of responsibility. Until his elevation, he was the Director, Executive Secretary’s Office (DESO), where he was deployed in 2017 by Professor Rasheed, where he ran his immediate office as well as the NUC Board Secretariat. Mr. Maiyaki graduated, with a B...

ASUU Strike: FG, Senate, ASUU Meet to Appraise UTAS

14Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Legislature, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: FG, Senate, ASUU Meet to Appraise UTAS

As part of ongoing negotiations towards resolving the dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal government, Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige led a delegation of the Federal Government to a closed doors meeting with the Senate to evaluate the University Transparency Account Systems payroll system developed ASUU. The meeting convened by the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, as part of efforts to bring an end to the eight-month strike action by ASUU had in attendance the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, the Accountant Gneral of te Federation, Ahmed Idris and the ASUU leadership headed by the President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi. In his interaction with journalists at the end of the meeting, Ngige said, “ASUU has demonstrat...

Lawan Tackles FG as Senate Intervenes in Govt, ASUU Impasse

13Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Legislature, News, Nigeria

Lawan Tackles FG as Senate Intervenes in Govt, ASUU Impasse

Ahmed Lawan, President of the Nigerian Senate has reproached the Federal Government for committing to an agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which it knows it will not fulfill. He disclosed that in a closed door meeting between the leadership of ASUU and the Senate in Abuja on Monday where the body presented its alternative payroll system, the Univeristy Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). He said,” Sometimes you wonder how somebody would sign some of the agreements and later say I cannot implement them. “Why did you sign in the first place?” “When we negotiate, we must negotiate in such a manner that the final product will be implementable.” The senate president urged ASUU to adopt compromise in its demands for the sake of students who ha...

Nigeria: Edo State Recruits Teachers for Rural Communities

12Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, Infrastructure, News, Nigeria, Uncategorized, Youths

Nigeria: Edo State Recruits Teachers for Rural Communities

The Edo State Government has commenced the recruitment of teachers for rural and remote communities. The recruitment which is under the Edo Supporting Teachers to Achieve Results (EdoSTAR) Teaching Fellowship Programme will be spread across the state’s three senatorial districts. The EdoSTAR Teaching Fellowship Programme is a three-year intensive training and field experience employment programme for teachers and aspiring teachers who will subsequently be transited into the Edo State Civil Service upon satisfactory job performance. She said, “Those who have not received their teaching qualifications will be required to attain their PGDE or PDE through the Edo State College of Education during the first two years of the programme.” “The EdoSTAR Teaching Fellowship Program...

Varsity Workers Won’t be Cowed into Enrolling on IPPIS – ASUU Tells FG

12Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

Varsity Workers Won’t be Cowed into Enrolling on IPPIS – ASUU Tells FG

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), accused the Federal Government of engaging in blackmail of its workers into enrolling on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). Dr Austen Sado, Chairman of the University of Port Harcourt Branch of ASUU, on Sunday said members of the union will not be pushed into enrolling on IPPIS despite some of its members not being paid salaries since February. Sado spoke in reaction to the order stopping the salaries of university workers who are yet to enroll on IPPIS. He said, “The directive to stop salaries clearly shows that there is something the Federal Government is not telling the people. “What they are doing now is just blackmail and threat to see how they would weaken our members to go and enroll (on IPPIS...