The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said that dearth in varsities was due to the surge in the exit of lecturers out of Nigeria and irregularities around the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS.
The Federal Government’s amnesty programme has sent out another batch of 20 more ex-militants from the Niger Delta region for a compulsory five-week mandatory training. When the training is completed, it will give the trainees a certification and type rating as licensed Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. According to the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, a 12-month on-the-job training (OJT) will precede this experience after which the trainees will graduate from the class course phase of the program.
The Federal Government of Nigeria is planning on establishing the National Commission for Almajirai and Out-of-School Children to enhance skill and self reliant.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured Nigerians that the era of industrial actions in the nation’s academia environment has come to an end as the administration’s Students Loans Scheme commences January next year. President Tinubu gave the assurance on Monday during the 29th edition of the annual Nigerian Economic Summit, anchored by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. President Tinubu had on June 12 signed the Students Loan (Access to Higher Education) Bill into law.
An education foundation in the country has figured out that multiple school levies imposed by schools is responsible for increasing the number of out-of-school children in the country. This was made known by the concern stakeholders during a ground-breaking summit titled ““Street to School: Panacea to a Menace”, on Nigeria’s out-of-school children crises hosted in Lagos state that ended today by a UK-based charity foundation, IA Foundation.
The Director General, National Teachers’ Institute, NTI, Prof. Musa Maitafsir, has disclosed plans to introduce a mandatory one-year Teacher Internship Programme for teachers in the country by January 2024. Maitafsir stated this on Thursday in Abuja when addressing journalists on the 2023 World Teachers’ Day with the theme: “The Teachers We Need for the Education We Want: The Global Imperative to Reverse the Teacher Shortage”.
