Education

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency use his fatherly intervention to resolve the lingering ASUU Strike by personally brokering peace to enable students return to school. Addressing newsmen in Abuja, the newly elected President of NANS, Comrade Usman Barambu described as worrisome the lingering dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) and the Federal Government which had lasted for about seven (7) months. He noted that the incessant strikes had affected the academic calendar of Public owned universities and had negatively impacted on the future of…

Another batch of students who were offered foreign scholarships by the Senator representing Abia North senatorial district, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu to study Medicine and Surgery have left Nigeria. The beneficiaries would study at Venezuela's prestigious University, Latinoamerican Medicine School, Escuela. According to a statement signed by the media office of the Chief Whip of the Senate, the scholarship was extended to the students under the auspices of the Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation. The statement named Favour Chimeremeze Chukwu, Ikenna Marvellous Kanu-Ubah, Chika Onwuka Mark and Prince Kingseed Chiziterem as beneficiaries. "As usual they were selected purely on merit based…

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Kalu, in a post on his verified Facebook page on Wednesday afternoon said he prevented teachers from strike actions when he governed Abia State through investment in education. He wrote, "I appeal to president Muhammadu Buhari to put more pressure on his Ministers and get the students back to class . ASUU should also make the negotiation easier . A lot of people from my constituency are out…

On Tuesday, 19th of July, 2022, the Distinguished Senator Orji Uzor Kalu represented by Barr Victor Etie, his Legislative Aide and accompanied by Chief Emeka Onyeabor, the OUK Chairman Isuikwuato LGA embarked on the second distribution of educational materials and fact finding mission to various schools in Isuikwuato LGA - namely: Otamkpa Central School, Umuobiala Community School, Eluama Primary School and Amaiyi Central School, Oguduasa Isuikwuato. In continuation of the Senator's educational programme for the children of Abia North, the Senator as usual doled out various free educational materials to the students ranging from school bags, various textbooks, writing materials,…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for degree awarding institutions for the 2022 admission process. After a mild disagreement, an ongoing meeting between JAMB and heads of tertiary institutions also adopted 100 as the cut-off mark for polytechnics and colleges of education for the admission year. The decisions were Thursday taken after a vote by heads of tertiary institutions across the country at the ongoing 2022 Policy Meeting at the International Conference Centre in Abuja. Meanwhile, due to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) JAMB did…

The founder and proprietor of Gregory University Uturu Prof Gregory Ibe has decried the recent withdrawal of the accreditation status of Abia State Polytechnic Aba by the National Board for Technical Education(NBTE). Reacting to the development, Prof Ibe who is also the Abia state flag bearer of the All Progressives Grand Alliance for the 2023 general elections, sympathized with the students and staff of the institution whose academic programme has subsequently been truncated by the NBTE pronouncement. According to Prof Ibe, “This is one withdrawal of accreditation too many. It is definitely not a good time to be an Abian…