Here are the news updates as they were published by the dailies on 11^th October

THE NATION

NUC grants license for Osun College of Education to varsity

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has handed the operational license for the upgraded Osun State College of Education Ilesa, to a full-fledged University to the Osun State government.

The Commission said the approval was a sequel to the request by the State Government for the upgrade and their ability to meet the criteria for the establishment of new university or upgrade of existing institution.

The Guardian

Nile University’s School of Preliminary Studies sets national record with the best JUPEB graduate

Unity Chilam Dimkpa, 19, couldn’t have had a better opportunity than to enroll in Nile University’s School of Preliminary Studies (SPS), which prepared him for the Joint University Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB).

After receiving a Grade Total Point of 16 and placing first in the nationwide examinations, his hopes of studying his preferred course at his university of choice came true, and he was given more than he could have imagined. He is currently a proud 200-level student of medicine in the Nile University of Nigeria.

Inflation will erode funding for early years care, finds IFS

The fast pace of inflation will significantly erode funding for early years care in nurseries and childcare providers over the next three years, according to a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

The IFS said funding for childcare places in England will in effect fall by 8% by 2024-25 as a result of inflation, with providers facing costs rising by 16% over that period, mainly as the result of higher wage bills.

Teachers reveal scale of pupils’ hunger as 100,000 frozen out of free school meals

Children not eligible for free school meals are coming to school with mouldy bread, empty wraps and in some cases nothing at all, according to teachers who told the Guardian they had never seen such desperation in the communities they serve.

The harrowing accounts of widespread hunger in classrooms come as analysis by the Liberal Democrats found more than 100,000 children in England may be missing out on free school meals (FSM) at a time when costs have soared.

“The government is snatching school lunches aw

Thousands of Scottish teachers to strike on Thursday 24 November

Tens of thousands of Scottish teachers are to take strike action later in November after union leaders won an overwhelming mandate to intensify a long-running wage dispute.

The EIS, Scotland’s largest teachers’ union, said teachers would strike in nearly all Scotland’s schools on Thursday 24 November, in the first national stoppage by the union for almost 40 years, in pursuit of a 10% increase in pay.

Still on the Guardian

Hungry children miss out on free meals – and struggling schools cannot help

Headteachers say they have never seen anything like it: a “perfect storm” of rising poverty, higher prices and shrinking school budgets resulting in more hungry children in classrooms but fewer resources to help them.

While the proportion of children eligible for free school meals (FSM) in England has jumped from 15% in 2019 to more than 22% this year, headteachers say the numbers of “invisible hungry” – from families in poverty but not poor enough to qualify – has also increased.

To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/10/hungry-children-miss-out-on-free-meals-and-struggling-schools-cannot-help

Legit

ASUU: Powerful Northern Senator Tells Buhari To Slash Salaries of Lawmakers To Meet Union’s Needs’

A new agitation for lecturers to be paid their salaries in full following a recent outburst with the federal government.

Lecturers under the umbrella of ASUU were said to have received half their salary for October.

PUNCH

Spelling bee will develop students’ vocabulary’

mPulse Spelling Bee has said the spelling bee competition will help students develop their vocabulary, participate in healthy competitions and reach their full potential.

Speaking at the 2022 edition of the mPulse Spelling Bee competition, Chief Marketing Officer, MTN Nigeria, Adia Sowho, said, “The goal of the mPulse Spelling Bee is to help students develop their vocabulary, participate in healthy competition, and access pertinent resources to help them reach their full potential.

Choose careers wisely, group advises students

The Education Support Project of the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, Lagos, has told students to choose their careers wisely.

Speaking at the Ilupeju Senior Secondary School, where scholarships were given to 14 undergraduates in universities across the country, the Senior Pastor, Fountain of Life Church, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, said since 2002, the church had taken it upon itself to impact positively the six government-owned secondary schools in Ilupeju where it was based.

School seeks education sector’s development

The Mummy’s Place International Nursery and Primary School, has called on the stakeholders in the sector to rise up and rescue the sector from collapsing.

The proprietor of the school, Dr Damilola Oshin, said education needed proper funding and there was a need for the collaborative efforts of all the stakeholders to raise the standard.

NNN

UNICEF to provide quality child protection services for vulnerable children in Kaduna

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has pledged a continued partnership with the Kaduna State Government to reach vulnerable children across the state with quality child protection services.

Almajiri children, parents laud UNICEF, Kaduna State Govt. over cash transfer programme

Almajiri children and their parents in Kaduna state praised the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Kaduna government for introducing a social safety net for 2,674 children reunited with their families.

The Nigerian News Agency reports that the Kaduna government, with the support of UNICEF, inaugurated on Wednesday the disbursement of a monthly cash transfer of N5,000 under the Children in Street Situation programme.

Gov. Abubakar pledges support for S

Governor Muhammad Abubakar of Jigawa has promised to support the new leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students (S).

Abubakar also said his fellow state governors were working with the federal government to pay members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) their back wages.