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The controversial payment system introduced by the Federal Government, the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, may lead to the disruption of activities in the nation’s polytechnics, as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has cried out against the lapses inherent in the system and is threatening industrial ... Read more

The Save OAU Campaign of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State has called on the school authorities to refund the acceptance fees paid by students in the first year. In a statement issued on Thursday, the body stated that there was no transparency in the system while promising to embark on strike if there were no ... Read more

Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The National Association of Nigerian Students’ President, Comrade Sunday Asefon has described the amount allocated to the education sector in the country’s 2021 budget as the worst in a decade. Nigeria budgeted 6.3 per cent of its 2021 national budget on the Federal Ministry of Education. A sum of N742.5 ... Read more

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has directed that its Staff Club should be closed to guard against the spread of COVID-19. Its vice chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, who gave the directive that the club should be close with immediate effect, said: “The directive is necessitated to curb the spread of COVID-19 as a result of a ... Read more

U.S. Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, has resigned in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol building. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported the development on Thursday, citing the resignation letter. “That behaviour (violent ... Read more

The National Association of Private School Teachers (NAPST) has appealed to the Federal Government not to close down schools beyond Jan. 18 as a result of the second wave of the COVID-19. Its National President, Mr. Olumhense Akhigbe, made the call yesterday at a news conference on the plight of private school teachers in Abuja. Akhigbe ... Read more

Students of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo on Friday morning staged protest against recent fee hike, calling on the government to immediately return to the old fee. The protest Daily Sun learnt was coordinated by a group identified as Concerned LASU STUDENTS following an alleged refusal by the Students Union executives to spearhead the agitation for a reversal. The management of LASU ... Read more

President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon, has frowned at the 2021 budgetary provision for education under President Muhammadu Buhari, describing it as the worst in the last ten years. Disturbed by the neglect of the education sector, which was apportioned with a paltry of 5.6 percent and the high ... Read more

The Delta State Government has directed all public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to resume on January 18, 2021. This is a change from the January 11 date earlier set by the government for the resumption of schools in the state. The announcement is contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, and shared on ... Read more

University of Oklahoma — USA is providing the International Student Emergency Relief Scholarships to provide emergency assistance to international students who have experienced emergencies leading to unexpected financial obligations they are unable to meet with their available financial resources. Application Deadline: February 1, 2021 Eligible Countries: International Type: ... Read more