FG solicits support for education sector
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FG solicits support for education sector

…calls on Nigerians to support in the development of the education sector The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has called on well-meaning Nigerians to support in the development of the education sector as government alone cannot shoulder the responsibility of funding of the sector. Adamu added that the promotion and sustenance of science and technology

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AJK Varsity holds 19th Convocation, awards degrees to 12,000 students
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AJK Varsity holds 19th Convocation, awards degrees to 12,000 students

…Convocation is a landmark in the academic and professional life of a student – Vice-Chancellor MUZAFFARABAD: The University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (UAJK) held its 19th Convocation at the King Abdullah Campus of the university on Thursday and awarded a total of over 1000 degrees to the graduates in various disciplines. President Azad Jammu

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Jubilation as UNIZIK Takes Delivery of Remodeled Faculty Offices
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Jubilation as UNIZIK Takes Delivery of Remodeled Faculty Offices

…as UNIZIK VC describes benefactors as worthy ambassadors of the university The authorities of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Awka, Anambra State have taken delivery of five new ultra modern offices for the Department of Estate Management, Faculty of Environmental Sciences of the institution. The remodeled offices, attracted by Dr. Joseph Onyejiaka of the Department of

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Please don't resume strike, students beg ASUU
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Please don’t resume strike, students beg ASUU

…said, if ASUU resumes strike, their second semester exams would be affected Students of Federal University Lokoja (FUL) has begged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) not to resume its strike until after their second-semester exams. The students’ plea came on the heels of ASUU’s congress meeting on Monday, deliberating on the Federal Government’s

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Traders hail Soludo for removing Ngonadi from overseeing Anambra markets
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Anambra government denies N300 tax from pupils, students

…says government reduced fees payable in schools The Anambra State government has dismissed as untrue allegation that the State Govt. is collecting tax of N300 from school children in the State. Commissioner for Education in Anambra State, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, in a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Ministry, Nnaemeka Egwuonwu said govt.

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100 pupils benefit from Anambra NUJ, partners' N1m scholarship largesse
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100 pupils benefit from Anambra NUJ, partners’ N1m scholarship largesse

…as NUJ chairman stresses the need for every child to learn a skill for self survival The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Anambra State Council and its partners have awarded scholarships worth close to one million naira to indigent pupils in Anambra state. NUJ in the state is currently in partnership with a pressure group

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Students of Rivers State University protest no-fee-no-exam policy
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Students of Rivers State University protest no-fee-no-exam policy

…As the students appeal to the school authority to reconsider its stance. The Rivers State University students in their hundreds, took to the streets of Port Harcourt on Tuesday, protesting the no fees, no exam policy allegedly adopted by the school authority. The students while singing and calling on the school authority to rescind it’s

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Teachers recruitment: Confusion as Soludo cancels released list over irregularities
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Teachers recruitment: Confusion as Soludo cancels released list over irregularities

…released list of about 5000 recruited teachers, had sparked outcry Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo has directed immediate cancellation of released list of recruited teachers following alleged irregularities. The ministry of education had on Sunday, released a list of about 5000 recruited teachers, which sparked outcry across the state. In a release tagged, “Special

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Seminar on the Importance Of Education held at Aziz Jan School 
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Seminar on the Importance Of Education held at Aziz Jan School

…over 1000 students have enrolled in Aziz Jan PESHAWAR: A seminar on the importance education in Islam was arranged at Aziz Jan Institutue of Learning on  Sunday. A number of religious scholars,Islamic educators,parents and students participated in the seminar. The theme of seminar was the “importance of education in Islam and its role”. Renowned Pakistani-American 

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Primary school teachers' nonchalant attitude in Anambra worrisome - ASUBEB
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Primary school teachers’ nonchalant attitude in Anambra worrisome – ASUBEB

Dedicated Primary School teachers are supposed to be in school before the morning assembly which starts by 7.30 am The Chairman of Anambra Universal Basic Education Board, ASUBEB, Dr. Vera Nkiru Nwadinobi has described as worrisome lackadaisical attitude of teachers in primary schools in Anambra State. She tasked teachers in the basic education sector on the

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Varsity ranking: ASUU strike contributed to UNIZIK's 10th position - VC Awesome Ekene The Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof. Charles Esimone has welcomed the recent Ranking at the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit New York which placed UNIZIK at 10th position in Nigeria. But Esimone said the University deserved a far better placing had there been opportunity to present all basic parameters that were required for the ranking. It will be recalled that the Chairman of the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee (NURAC), Prof. Emeritus Peter Okebukola broke the news of the ranking in Abuja when he returned from the summit. According to Okebukola, at least twelve Nigerian universities with Nnamdi Azikiwe University on the list have shown remarkable improvement in world rankings and were applauded at the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit which ended in New York on October 12. He added that the ranking released by the Times Higher Education has two Nigerian universities in the 401 to 500 band. But Esimone whose ambition is to achieve number one position in Nigeria and at least 200 position for UNIZIK in the world said in a dialogue that the strike action by members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) played a major role in its lower ranking because basic parameters for the exercise were not completed. He said: "We didn't reach the optimum. We would have been about sixth or seventh because I was doing what is required strategically with the supply of information. "What we achieved was just a work of faith. The basic parameters, about four of them were not completed, including data about students distribution. "The strike action did not allow the staff to provide the data needed. " We thank God all the same. About four parameters we would have put in place to showcase what we have done." The NURAC was set up by the Executive Secretary of NationalUniversities Commission (NUC), Prof. Abubakar Adamu Rasheed to mobilise Nigerian universities for and catalyse their participation in all global ranking schemes. Over the last 12 months, NURAC has been working with all universities and building capacities to ensure the actualisation of this mandate.
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Varsity ranking: ASUU strike contributed to UNIZIK’s 10th position – VC

‘The NURAC was set up by the Executive Secretary of NUC to mobilise Nigerian universities for and catalyse their participation in all global ranking schemes’ The Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Prof. Charles Esimone has welcomed the recent Ranking at the Times Higher Education World Academic Summit New York which placed UNIZIK

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ASUU Strike: FG apologizes to students, parents
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ASUU Strike: FG apologizes to students, parents

“We apologize to all students and parents for this unduly prolonged strike, which is unwarranted ab initio.” The Federal Government(FG) has apologized to students and parents after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called off its eight-month strike. ASUU’s leadership announced the conditional suspension of the industrial action on Friday. The Ministry of Labour

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Strike: ASUU, FG has reached some agreement says UniCal branch chairman
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Strike: ASUU, FG has reached some agreement says UniCal branch chairman

‘Urges FG to jettison idea of proscribing ASUU’ The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) University of Calabar branch on Wednesday disclosed that some understanding have been reached, while some shifting of grounds have been made but only National Executive Council, NEC, will convey the resolutions. Addressing newsmen shortly after its Congress at the International

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