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FG approves 40% pay rise for lecturers

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FG approves pay rise

…Introduces ₦140,000 professorial allowance The Federal Government has approved a 40% salary increase for lecturers and introduced a new professorial cadre allowance, giving Professors a monthly top-up of over ₦140,000. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, announced the measures on Wednesday, following the signing of a new agreement with ASUU that ends a 16-year stalemate over the 2009 FGN–ASUU pact. He said the deal includes nine clearly structured Earned Academic Allowances, and assured that funding has been secured for full implementation across federal tertiary institutions.

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Proposed 12-yr education model: ‘FG to engage stakeholders’ – Minister 

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Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, yesterday said the Federal Government will engage stakeholders over the proposed 12-year basic education model. Alausa, who made this known yesterday during a press briefing in Abuja, during the Extraordinary National Council on Education Meeting, presented a proposal that aims to transition to 12 years of compulsory education within the existing 6-3-3 system. However, he said that this is a proposal for discussion, not an immediate policy shift. A major feature of the proposal, he said, is the removal of the examination barrier between…

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Education Minister bows to pressure, accepts 16yrs as admission age for 2024

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Minister Mamman

Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has waved the 18 years benchmark for admission into tertiary institutions. At an on-going policy meeting organised by the Joint Admission Matriculations Board (JAMB) in Abuja, Mamman had announced that only applicants who were 18 years and above were eligible for admission. The Minister’s declaration was however met with instant resistance from the packed hall of stakeholders representing tertiary institutions nationwide, forcing him to pause his address. The session turned rowdy, with the Minister asking, “Are we together?” only to be met with a…

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“I have failed as Education minister” – Adamu Adamu admits

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Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, says he has failed as a Minister, as he could not solve several challenges he ought to have solved despite being the longest serving minister of education. The Minister made his statement at the 66th National Council on Education (NCE) in Abuja yesterday. Adamu is said to have also accused the States’ ministries of education of adding to the factors that aided his failure as a Minister. The Minister highlighted that, from out-of-school children, which has increased during his time in office to challenges of…

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FG appoints 43 traditional rulers as Varsity Chancellors

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The Federal Government yesterday approved the appointment of 43 traditional rulers as Chancellors, and 27 other individuals as Pro-Chancellors of some federal universities and inter-university centres across the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja, said that the decision was in line with the establishment of new universities and also to replace deceased chancellors. He said, “Mr. President has, following the establishment of additional universities, approved the appointment, reassignment of chancellors to 43 federal universities. The exercise is intended to also…

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Buhari’s State, Katsina has second highest number of out-of-school children, says Education Minister

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The Minister of State for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba has stated that Katsina State has the second-highest number of out-of-school children in Nigeria. Daura, an ancient town in Katsina state is the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari. Speaking on Monday in Katsina, during the inauguration of the Better Education Service Delivery for All, (BESDA), a World Bank-assisted project, the minister said poor standards of education could affect the country’s ability to compete in the 21st-century global economy. Nwajiuba said the World Bank project will improve literacy and boost the standards of…

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FG approves take-off grant for new universities

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The Federal Government has approved the disbursement of N18 billion as take-off grant for four new universities. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Sunday Echono, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja yesterday. According to Echono, the take-off grant came after the promise made by President Muhammadu Buhari to establish Universities of Technology and Health Sciences in Nigeria during his campaign in 2015. Echono added that the Federal Government had approved the plans of establishing two new Universities of Health, Nutrition and Medical Sciences to be located in Bauchi…

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20 private universities get provisional licenses

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The Federal Government yesterday presented provisional licenses to the 20 new private universities earlier approved by the Federal Executive Council, (FEC). This brings the total number of private universities to 99. The Federal Executive Council had in February approved the establishment of 20 new private universities. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said the approval for the establishment of the universities is a testament to the continued partnership of the Federal Government with the private sector towards widening access and quality of university education in Nigeria. The approved universities are,…

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‘Schools may not resume Jan. 18’ – Minister

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FG set to review date The Federal Government is set to review the January 18 resumption date for schools in the country following rising COVID-19 cases. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this in Abuja at the Presidential Task Force, (PTF), on Covid-19 briefing. Adamu said the government was reviewing the resumption date for schools in the country. “On the January 18 resumption date, we are reviewing it. We are going to review it. At the PTF meeting today, we considered it, and tomorrow, the ministry is going to…

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‘Many Nigerian graduates can’t read or write’ -Education Minister

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The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has expressed concern about the decline in the standard of education in the country.Adamu, who spoke in Yola, Adamawa State, during the official commissioning of completed projects in the college, he said a number of graduates can neither read nor write in a tolerable manner. The minister further stated that students and even graduates had been found to be unable to write one full sentence without multiple corrections needing to be made.The minister, who was represented by the Director of Tertiary Education in the Federal…

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