NUT wants teachers’ retirement age at 65
The Nigerian Union of Teachers has called on the Federal Government to review teacher’s retirement age in the country to 65 years.
The NUT President, Mr Muhammed Idris, stated this in Abuja on Thursday at a news conference to mark the 2018 World Teachers’ Day, calling for a review from the present 60 years.
The theme of the conference was, “The right to education means the right to a qualified teacher.”
The NUT president, who noted that it was important retain qualified and experienced teachers in the system, called for an urgent review of retiring teachers annually without providing corresponding recruitments to fill the vacant positions.
JAMB announces admission offer to 200,000 UTME candidates
Over 1.6 million candidates wrote JAMB-organised 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The Head, Media and Information of the JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos, said that the admission took effect after the board’s policy meeting in June in Gbongan, Osun state.
According to him, the exercise is done through the Central Admission Process (CAP), an automated process to eliminate all human interference.
13.2 million Nigerian children now out-of-school –UBEC
The Universal Basic Education Commission has said that the population of Nigeria’s out-of-school children has increased from 10.5 million to at 13.2 million.
The UBEC Executive Secretary, Dr Hammid Bobboyi, stated this in Abuja on Thursday during a United Nations Children’s Fund briefing on out-of-school children.
Bobboyi, who was represented by the Director of Social Mobilisation, Bello Kaigara, said the 2015 Demographic Health Survey had confirmed the development.