Vanguard
Tinubu writes Senate on 2024 budget presentation
President Bola Tinubu has signalled his readiness to present the 2024 Appropriation Bill to a joint session of the National Assembly on Wednesday (tomorrow), November 29, by 11 a.m.President Tinubu made this known in an executive communication conveyed to the Senate on Tuesday. Read more: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/11/breaking-tinubu-writes-senate-on-2024-budget-presentation/
NYSC swears in 2,031 youth corps members in Nasarawa
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has sworn in 2,031 youth corps members of the 2023 Batch ‘C’ Stream ‘II’ set deployed to Nasarawa State for the one-year national service.Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa declared the orientation course open at the Magaji Dan-Yamusa NYSC Permanent Orientation camp in Keffi Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. Read more: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/11/nysc-swears-in-2031-youth-corps-members-in-nasarawa/
Reps promise to end strikes in universities
The House of Representatives Committee on University Education has promised to work toward ending recurring strikes in Nigerian universities.
Rep. Abubakar Fulata, the Chairman of the Committee, made this known at a meeting with the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission (NUC) and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities in Abuja on Tuesday.
“This kind of meeting is necessary considering the fact that it is a new government, new assembly, new committee, and new committee’s leadership,” he said.
He said the House leadership had created six committees out of the previous two for quality oversight.
Fulata said that the committee was working toward ensuring quality, reliability, easy access, and a rewarding university education. Read more: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/11/reps-promise-to-end-strikes-in-universities/
OAU student lands in hospital after ending hand wash-a-thon for Guinness
The 200-level student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Osun state, Subair Enitan, early midnight on Monday completed 58 hours of hand wash-a-thon.
This is in a bid to set a record for the longest hand cloth washing by an individual after applying to the Guinness World Record for the task last June.
She began the quest on Friday afternoon at the Student Union Building Motor park inside the University campus with thousands of students rallying around her.Various students artist and University officials also paid solidarity visit to the task pavilion to cheer her to victory.Read more: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2023/11/oau-student-lands-in-hospital-after-ending-hand-wash-a-thon-for-guinness-world-records/
Daily post
UNILORIN male staff to enjoy paternity leave – Registrar
Mr Mansur Alfanla, Registrar of the University of Ilorin has said that male university staff will now be granted paternity leave.
Alfanla, who revealed this in Ilorin while chatting with journalists, said it is in the university’s recently amended Conditions of Service.He added that the addition of paternity leave was one of the most significant enhancements to the university’s working conditions. Read more: https://dailypost.ng/2023/11/28/unilorin-male-staff-to-enjoy-paternity-leave-registrar/
Independent
Basic School Enrolment In Nigeria Hits 45m — UBEC
Students’ enrolment at the basic school level across Nigeria is on the threshold of over 45 million pupils, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has disclosed.
Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Boboyyi, disclosed this at a one-day meeting on promoting partnership with the organised private sector in Abuja.
Boboyyi said despite allocating over N100 billion to education every year, resources from the Federal Government alone can no longer run the system.Read more:https://independent.ng/basic-school-enrolment-in-nigeria-hits-45m-ubec
ThisDay
15,750 Teachers Take Qualifying Exams Nationwide
No fewer than 15,750 teachers have sat for the November Diet of the Professional Qualifying Examination for teachers across Nigeria.Speaking with journalists during the conduct of the examinations in Abuja, the Director, Certification and Licencing, TRCN, Dr. Jacinta Ezeahurukwe, said the examination would ensure that teachers were licenced before going into the classrooms.Ezeahurukwe said the qualifying examination provided the content at the foundational knowledge that a teacher must possess and exhibit, saying this is however contained in the teachers’ professional standards. Read more: https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2023/11/28/15750-teachers-take-qualifying-exams-nationwide
Naija News.Com
Datti-Ahmed’s University Ban: Meet Top Nigerian Politicians That Graduated From The School
The Baze University in Abuja made headlines a few days ago after the Nigerian Law School banned the institution from admitting students into its Law Faculty.Naija News reported that the Acting Secretary and Director of Administration of the Nigerian Law School, Aderonke Osho, made this known in a statement, stating that the institution was banned for consistently violating its admission quota of 50 students per session as approved by the Council of Legal Education (CLE).Read more: https://www.naijanews.com/2023/11/27/datti-ahmeds-university-ban-meet-top-nigerian-politicians-that-graduated-from-the-school/
Tribune
Education sector consistently underfunded in Nigeria
Inadequate funding has been identified as one of the major challenges confronting the Nigerian education system, resulting in a shortage of qualified teachers, inadequate educational infrastructure, and a lack of learning materials.The President of the Old Students Association of Methodist High School, Idanre, in Ondo State, Dr Dokun Dairo, lamented the state of schools in the country, noting that this development has contributed to the low quality of education and literacy rates in Nigeria.Read more:https://tribuneonlineng.com/education-sector-consistently-underfunded-in-nigeria/#google_vignette