ASUU urges FG to declare emergency on education sector
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, to declare a state of emergency in the country’s education sector without further delay.It also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure that Nigerian children were exposed to global educational standards just as his children had abroad.
Chairman, University of Ibadan chapter of ASUU, Dr. Deji Omole, who stated this in Ibadan at the weekend, added that it has become imperative to remind the minister that the future of the children of the masses must not be used to play politics.
He wondered why in the last week of April, the plan to declare state of emergency in the sector had not been perfected, as earlier pronounced by the minister.ASUU said it was sad for a government that had failed to improve access to quality education for Nigerian youths who are yearning for education to state that the same youth were lazy and waiting for freebies.
“What has the government done to salvage the condition of 12 million out-of-school children in Nigeria? What has the government done to ensure employment for over 16 million unemployed Nigerians? He asked.
He cautioned that if the government fails to attend to the needs of the youth, they would become a nightmare for the country in future.ASUU recalled that the minister had raised the hope of declaring emergency in the educational sector in April apparently to proffer solutions to the low quality of education being offered Nigerian children.
Full Article https://guardian.ng/features/education/asuu-urges-fg-to-declare-emergency-on-education-sector/
Dangote Foundation donates secondary school in Lagos worth N120m
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Dangote Group, said he has plans to implement a scholarship programme for less privileged children in the state.
The Dangote Foundation said it has donated a well-equipped secondary school in Lagos valued at N120 million as part of its interventionist programme to boost education. The foundation has also offered annual free tuition to 250 indigent pupils. Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Chief Executive Officer of Dangote Group, said this at the inauguration and handing over of the school with well-equipped laboratories to Nawair-Ud-Deen Comprehensive College, Idi-Oro, Mushin, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
In a statement signed by Tony Chiejina, the head of communications of the group, Dangote said: “Aliko Dangote Foundation started in 1993 with the principle of `to whom much is given, much is expected’ and looking at the less privileged ones among us have compelled the foundation to provide some reliefs.
2017/2018 NAOC TERTIARY SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME: APPLICATION/EXAMINATION
NIGERIAN AGIP OIL COMPANY LIMITED
( Operator of the NNPC/NAOC/OHL Joint Venture )
The Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOC) Joint Venture in pursuance of its Corporate Social Responsibility invites suitably qualified applicants for its 2017/2018Session Tertiary Scholarship Scheme, effective from 17th to 30th April, 2018.
Category of Awards
- Host Communities Merit Award – For applicants strictly from NAOC Host Communities
- National Merit Award – For applicants from Non-Host communities
Requirement / Eligibility
To qualify for consideration, applicants MUST be:
- Registered Full TIME undergraduates in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions
- Certified 100 level students at the time of application (Only students admitted in2017/2018 academic session)
NOTE: The following categories of students should not apply:
- 200 level students and above
- Current beneficiaries of similar Awards from other Companies and Agencies
- Dependants of NAOC/NAE/AENR
Only Indigenes of NAOC Host Communities in Rivers,Bayelsa,Delta and Imo States SHOULD apply for the Host Communities Merit Award.
Course of Study
Only applicants studying Engineering, Geology, Geosciences and Agricultural Science are eligible for the National Merit Award.
NOTE: The aptitude test will take place at designated centers to be communicated to applicants on a later date and applicants are to fully bear the cost of transportation to and from Aptitude test centres.
Deadline: Application closes 30th, April 2018