As students from both private and public schools are billed to resume school today, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Ekiti State chapter has directed its members not to resume at their duty posts until the August and September salaries, as well as the July deductions were paid. Speaking with newsmen in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, the NUT
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Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, has described his mother, Ahaja Aishetu Oshiomhole, as “a strict disciplinarian’’ who gave him good moral upbringing. He made the remarks on Saturday in Iyamho, near Auchi, at the launching of a book, “ Igovina Emosi.’’ a biography of Ahaja Aishetu Oshiomhole, mother of the governor. The book was written
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As both primary and secondary schools nationwide are expected to resume today in compliance with the directive by the Federal Government, parents and teachers have, however, been thrown into confusion following counter-directives by some state governments which have fixed different dates for schools to resume. The Nigeria Union of Teachers, on its part had earlier
Following protests and criticism from several individuals, organizations and teachers over the scheduled resumption for schools across the country in the face of Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has given a useful explanation on the matter. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja, at the meeting of the National Executive Committee of
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Lagos and other South West states besides Osun, have directed the resumption of primary and secondary schools on Monday as directed by the Federal Government, with a stern warning from Lagos State government that it will sanction schools that default in implementing the basic preventive measures Ebola Virus Disease EVD, as directed by the Minister
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The Registrar/Chief Executive of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has said there is no going back on the use of Computer Based Test, CBT, by JAMB’s candidates with effect from next year. The registrar, who was answering questions from journalists in Minna, Niger State, yesterday, said the board had been sensitising
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The Senate yesterday advised both private and government schools to put in place precautionary measures to curtail the spread of Ebola as schools resume next week. It also concurred that enough efforts had been made for resumption of schools. The Senate equally urged the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, and the African Union,
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As the new resumption date by the Federal Government for the nation’s public and private schools continues to generate controversy, the National Association Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPS, in Bauchi State has thrown its weight behind the new resumption date, saying schools should adopt preventive measures against the Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, instead keeping students
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Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Tuesday , directed it members to ignore the 22nd of September, 2014, resumption of primary and secondary schools in Nigeria. National President of NUT, Comrade Micheal Olukoya, gave the directive while briefing journalists in Abuja. He said the teachers should only resume if the Federal Government sufficiently trained and provide
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Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, on Monday, disclosed that the results of April 2014 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls is ready. The minister, who disclosed this at a stakeholders’ meeting, organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Education, over the Federal Government’s directive that schools resume on September
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