Tag: NUC
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The University Campus without Students – By Hope Eghagha
The university campus, anywhere in the world, is virtually dead without students. The lecture halls miss them. Lecturers miss them. The porters and security personnel miss them. Food and petty vendors miss them the most. Food vendors have had their businesses paralyzed and so cannot meet their obligations to their wards or landlords. There are…
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ASUU Strike: FG advises Nigerian Students to apply for UK’s Chevening scholarships
The Federal Government through the National Universities Commission (NUC) has urged qualified Nigerians to submit applications for the Chevening scholarships, an initiative of the United Kingdom government. This is following the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Deputy Executive Secretary, Administration of the NUC, Chris Maiyaki, made this known in…
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TheNewsGuru launches ASUU-Edu desk
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG), poised to become a leading voice in delivering incisive and succinct reports on education in Nigeria, has launched an education desk.
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ASUU: We ‘ve tried out best – Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu
Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the National Universities Commission (NUC) Abuja, He said all avenue has been deployed to ensure an end to the strike but to no avail. He said he and many government officials had engaged the union on several occasions to end the seven-month-old strike. “We have done the best…
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ANALYSIS: 200 days of ASUU strike deepen uncertainty about Nigeria’s grounded public universities
A warning strike commenced by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on February 14, which was supposed to last about four weeks snowballed into an indefinite strike action that commenced on August 29, and has now exceeded 200 days.
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ASUU strike: NUC set to meet VCs, Education Minister in Abuja
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has scheduled a meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to deliberate on the ongoing strike embarked upon six months ago by public university lecturers in the country. The meeting has been fixed for September 6 at the NUC headquarters in Abuja.
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“Don’t vote for a politician who cannot take care of your interests”- ASUU President advises students
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has advised Nigerian students not to vote for politicians who have their children studying in institutions outside the country. Speaking on a Twitter Space Webinar, organised by Premium Times and tagged, ‘ASUU strike, Revitalisation Fund and the Way Forward’, Osodeke said “Anybody you…
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OAU, UI, two other Nigerian universities move up in world rankings
“In the 2022 GRAS ranking which was also released on Monday, Nigeria featured as follows: in Veterinary Sciences, the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, emerged in the 201 to 300 group; in Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University was also in the 201 to 300 group; while in Psychology, University of Nigeria emerged in…
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Strike: ASUU to petition NUC, ICPC over conduct of examination by KASU management
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) says it will petition the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) over the conduct of examination by Kaduna State University (KASU) management amidst the ongoing strike by the union.
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NASENI urges NUC to overhaul entrepreneurship education curriculum
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) on Monday called on National Universities Commission (NUC) to overhaul the curriculum used in teaching entrepreneurship courses in the nation’s universities.