Tag: NUT
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NUT supports TRCN on deadline for unqualified teachers
The Nigeria Union of Teacher (NUT) is collaborating with Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) on the 2020 deadline for unqualified or unregistered teachers to upgrade, a union official has said. National Public Secretary of the union, Mr Emmanuel Hwande, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja, that the ultimatum was necessary…
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Minimum Wage: NUT directs teachers to join nationwide strike
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Niger State chapter, has instructed all teachers in the state to join in the nationwide strike for increment of wages by organised labour. Addressing newsmen on Monday at the end of the State Wing Executive Council meeting at the NUT Teachers House in Minna, the state chairman, Ibrahim Umar,…
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NUT wants FG to review teachers’ retirement age to 65 years
The President, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Dr Muhammed Idris, on Thursday advised the Federal Government to review retirement age of teachers to 65 years. Idris gave the advice at a news conference to mark the 2018 World Teachers’ Day in Abuja. According to Wikipaedia, the free encyclopaedia, the World Teachers’ Day, also known as…
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Poor education funding: NUT gives Edo Govt. 21-days deadline
The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the State Government to provide adequate funding for education. The ultimatum is contained in a nine-point communiqué, issued in Benin on Sunday. The document was signed by the Chairman of the NUT in the state, Mr Pius Okhueleigbe,…
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Edo Govt. trains 1,500 persons on ICT-based teaching
The Edo Government has trained no fewer than 1,500 teachers in the public primary schools in the state on Information and Communication Technology (ICT)-based teaching. Mr Mike Itua, Secretary, Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Edo wing, disclosed this in an interview on Monday in Benin. Itua said that the trained and certified teachers had, since…
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NUT begins first inter-primary schools football competition in Yola
The inter-primary schools football competition for the Comrade Rodney Nathan Cup, organised by the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), got underway on Friday in Yola. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competition which is in its first edition kicked off with Zone H defeating Zone B 5-1 in the opening match. The…
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Teachers’ sack: Suspension of strike action by NUT is victory for public education – El-Rufai
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday said the recent suspension of the strike action embarked upon by the state’s chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) without recalling any of the dismissed teachers is victory for public education system in the state. Recall that the NUT, supported by the Nigeria Labour Congress,…
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Mass sack: El-Rufai, NUT reach truce as sacked teachers set to apply
The Kaduna Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday called off its ten days old strike and directed teachers in the state to resume duties immediately. The chairman of the state chapter of the union, Mr. Audi Amba, stated this shortly after the state’s Executive Council emergency meeting in Kaduna. Teachers in…
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Strike: Obey NUT, get dismissed from service, El-Rufai warns Kaduna teachers
The Kaduna State Government has warned its teachers on its payroll to disregard calls by the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) to embark on an indefinite strike starting from Monday (today). Academic activities are scheduled to resume in all government schools on January 8 across the state after the Christmas and…
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Teachers’ sack: NUT begins indefinite strike Jan. 8 in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Wing of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has directed its member to commence indefinite strike on Monday, Jan. 8, over the sack of 21,780 public primary school teachers in the state. This is contained in a notice of strike dated Jan. 4, 2018, signed by the union’s Assistant Secretary General, Adamu…