Here are the news updates as they were published by the dailies on 22nd November
PUNCH
‘SSANU, NASU not invited for education summit’
The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff of Educational and Associated Institutions have said they did not receive an invitation for the tertiary education summit starting today in Abuja.
SSANU president, Mr Ibrahim Mohammed, in an interview with The PUNCH stressed that JAC of SSANU and NASU were major stakeholders in the tertiary institutions, saying it was startling that an invite was not extended to them.
To read more visit https://punchng.com/ssanu-nasu-not-invited-for-education-summit/
Don seeks implementation of Oronsaye report
Senior Special Adviser to the President on Industrialisation African Development Bank, Prof. Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka has called for urgent implementation of Steve Oronsaye’s report.
Oyelaran-Oyeyinka who was the keynote speaker at the Nigerian Society of Chemical Engineers seminar, titled, ‘Rejuvenation of the Nigerian industrial sector,’ maintained that President Goodluck Jonathan, in 2011, set up the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies, under the leadership of Steve Oronsaye.
To read more visit https://punchng.com/don-seeks-implementation-of-oronsaye-report/
Vanguard
World Bank to inject $700m for adolescent girls education in 19 states
World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, has disclosed that the World Bank was set to inject the sum of $700 million for adolescent girls education in 19 states of the country.He made the disclosure on Monday, during a parliamentary summit on fast-tracking Nigeria’s demographic transition, organised by the Office of the Speaker, House of Representatives and the National Population Commission, supported by the World Bank in Abuja.
To read more visit https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/11/world-bank-to-inject-700m-for-adolescent-girls-education-in-19-states/
How Obi revolutionised education in Anambra —Archbishop Okeke
The Catholic Archbishop of Onitsha Archdiocese and Metropolitan of Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province, His Grace Valerian Maduka Okeke, has narrated how Mr. Peter Obi’s investment in education as the then Governor of Anambra State, and his handing over of missionary schools back to the Church, revolutionized education and placed the state on the global map of educational achievements.
Archbishop Okeke made the revelation at the Feast Day of Christ the King College, Onitsha, for which the Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi was in attendance. He stated that the good seeds sown by Obi in the educational sector have continued to yield fruits in the state even for years after his administration had ended.
To read more visit https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/11/how-obi-revolutionised-education-in-anambra-archbishop-okeke/
LEADERSHIP
Discrimination Harmful To Children’s Health, Education, UNICEF Warns
United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has decried all forms of discrimination against children asserting that it impacts negatively on their health, education and social development.
UNICEF stated this in a press release signed by its communication officer Blessing Ejiofor and issued to journalists yesterday in Gombe on the commemoration of this year’s International Children’s Day.
To read more visit https://leadership.ng/discrimination-harmful-to-childrens-health-education-unicef-warns/
THE SUN
Youth movement, political parties embark on voters’ education
A Civil Society group, Youth And Media Network Organisation (YOMEN), has commenced a comprehensive all-party voters’ education and mobilisation project tagged, “READY TO VOTE”.
In a pre-event press statement made available to newsmen in Abuja, the chairman Board of Trustees of YOMEN, Ambassador Emenike Nwachuku-Eme, disclosed that the READY TO VOTE programme is a collaborative partnership between the Youth and Media Network Organisation and Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), aimed at “fostering unity among youths of the various political parties įn Nigeria and to deepen democracy.”
To read more visit https://www.sunnewsonline.com/youth-movement-political-parties-embark-on-voters-education/
BBC
Exeter lecturer Dr Alison Hill wins chemistry education prize
A lecturer at the University of Exeter has won the Royal Society of Chemistry’s (RSC) Excellence in Higher Education Prize.
Nominated by peers, Dr Alison Hill was chosen by a panel of judges as one of the most inspirational, innovative and dedicated people in education.
To read more visit more https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-63706672
Teachers’ union ‘hopeful’ of new offer to avert strike
Scotland’s largest teaching union is confident a new pay offer will be made to avert a teacher’s strike on Thursday but is still preparing to take action that will close most schools.
Teachers across the country are due to stage a 24-hour walkout after rejecting a 5% pay increase, calling for 10%.
To read more visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-63694057
The Guardian
Hundreds of schools in England lose outstanding status after reinspection
Hundreds of schools in England have been downgraded by Ofsted after being reinspected for the first time in years.
According to the watchdog, only 17% of 370 “outstanding” schools kept their grade when they had a full reinspection in 2021-22.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/22/hundreds-of-schools-in-england-lose-outstanding-status-after-reinspection
Hunt under fire for using lobby group data to shield private schools from £1.7bn VAT
Education experts have slammed Jeremy Hunt’s use of data from the leading private school lobby group to justify his decision not to raise £1.7bn by adding VAT to school fees.
Delivering his autumn statement on Thursday, the chancellor took a swipe at Labour’s policy of boosting funding for struggling state schools by ending tax breaks for private schools, saying he would be “practical” instead of being “ideological”.
To read more visit https://www.theguardian.com/education/2022/nov/19/hunt-chancellor-lobby-group-private-schools-vat-labour