The Federal Government of Nigeria said that they will pay the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) N30bn before 6th November 2020. This was in the report from the ongoing dialogue between the Federal Government and ASUU. The payment is part of the pending Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) of university teachers. During the meeting on…
As Nigerian students clamor on return to schools, EXCEL MAGAZINE INTERNATIONAL takes a look at the latest developments especially reactions on if lecturers will return to class anytime soon. It would be recalled that the Nigerian federal government had signed an agreement with Academic Staff Union of Universities in 2009, with another signed in…
Kenyan authorities on Monday, 12th October 2020, allowed schools to reopen across the country after several months due to covid-19 pandemic. The shutting down of schools in March this year affected the learning of about 17 million students according to UNICEF Statistics. In various schools across the country, there was a compulsory washing of hands,…
The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has approved a new salary scale and retirement age for teachers across the country. This announceement came on Monday, 5th October during the World Teachers’ Day. This new development was announced by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. The President increased the number of service years from 35…
October 5th each year is marked all over the world as World Teacher’s day (WTD). Nigerian teachers and academia have joined the rest of the world to mark the event. The event is usually characterized by series of events including rallies but this year’s event, due to the spiral effects of the covid-19 will…
One of the badly hit sectors for the Covid-19 is the education sector. The Nigerian government shut all schools as a measure against spread of the deadly virus which was increasing in numbers. However, many months after shut-down, primary and secondary schools across the country have begun resumption. EXCEL MAGAZINE INTERNATIONAL went round schools…
Nigeria will celebrate 60th independence ceremony on October 1, 2020.
Schools were earlier shut due to the Covid-19 pandemic
With the Academic Staff Union of Universities strike ongoing and looking unlikely to end soon, EXCEL NEWS has gathered from top sources in the union on why lecturers may not resume soon. According to multiple sources that spoke to the medium, there are procedures that lead to ending of strike and none of the…
Many schools have announced resumption dates