Tag: Teachers
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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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Bayelsa Govt allays teachers fear over reforms
Gov. Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa has assured that the State Government would not sack any teacher as a result of the on-going public service reforms. Public primary and secondary schools in the state were shut down due to the on-going strike which entered its 11th day on Thursday. A statement signed by the Special Adviser…
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We won’t sack you, Dickson assures Bayelsa teachers
Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State on Thursday assured teachers on its payroll that the state government wouldn’t sack them. Instead, Dickson said the government would train and retrain the teachers for greater productivity. A statement signed by Dickson’s Special Adviser on Media Relations, Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, said the governor gave the assurance when he…
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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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Kaduna teachers dare E-Rufai, commence indefinite strike
In an apparent disregard to the earlier warnings of Governor Nasir El-Rufai for teachers on the payroll of the state government not to join the proposed strike by the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), teachers in public secondary and primary schools in Kaduna State on Monday began an indefinite strike, protesting job security and welfare.…
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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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Court stops sack of over 20,000 Kaduna teachers
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Kaduna division, on Thursday, stopped the planned sack of 21,780 primary school teachers who failed a competency test organised by the state government. The lawyer representing the teachers, Samuel Atum, had on October 30 filed a motion of “interlocutory injunction”, asking the court to restrain the government from dismissing…
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Borno promotes 3,000 teachers
The Borno State Government on Sunday said it had promoted 3,000 teachers in an effort to improve teachers’ welfare and transform its education sector. Alhaji Kaka-Ali Abba, the Education Secretary, Maiduguri Municipal Council, said this in an interview in Maiduguri on Sunday. Abba said that the state government approved the promotion of teaching and non-teaching…
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Africa needs services of 11m doctors, nurses, teachers to avert impending ‘disaster’- UN
Africa needs 11 million more doctors, nurses and teachers by 2030 to prevent a “social and economic disaster” that could propel millions to migrate, the UN said on Thursday. It said the 11 million were needed to help the continent cope with a booming population, with the number of children set to increase by 170…
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Exam failure: Teachers union commence 3-day fasting, prayer over planned sack of 20,000 in Kaduna
The Nigeria Union of Teachers, Zaria Local Government Area Branch will on Tuesday begin three days of fasting and prayers over the planned sack of 20,000 primary school teachers. 68 per cent of the teachers had failed an examination conducted by the Kaduna State Government. The teachers failed to pass the primary four pupils’ exam…