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Education

Zamfara: Federal University expels students for protesting worsening insecurity

Aminu Imam

The Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, has expelled four students and reportedly restricted others from accessing its registration portal for protesting against insecurity two months ago. It was gathered that 34 students were invited to face a disciplinary committee before they left for semester holiday for partaking in the protest. Three of the students who were questioned said they had been handed letters of expulsion, while others are waiting to receive their expulsion letters from the school’s management. Most of the indicted students are in 300 or 400 levels. During…

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Kaduna: Gov. Uba Sani slashes fees by 50% in State institutions

Aminu Imam

Governor Uba Sani, of Kaduna State, has announced a reduction in fees for State-owned tertiary institutions. The Governor made this downward review known during a media parley with pressmen at the Government House, Kaduna yesterday. The fees for various institutions have been decreased, ranging from 30% to 50%. This reduction, the State government said, is in line with the governor’s commitment to fulfill his campaign promises and alleviate the impact of rising living costs, particularly following the removal of petroleum subsidies in Nigeria. The move, it said, underscores the administration’s…

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FG defends hike in fees in varsities

Aminu Imam

…As Reps propose 3% hike on students’ loan The Federal Ministry of Education has defended the increment of school fees in government-owned universities, saying the development was to cover the high cost of facilities by the institutions. This is just as the House of Representatives proposed an increase of three percent as against an initial one percent for students loan from revenue generated annually, as announced by President Bola Tinubu. Permanent Secretary of the ministry, David Adejo, during a meeting with the House of Representatives Committee on Students Loans, yesterday,…

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Kano suspends fee increment by private schools’ operators

Aminu Imam

Kano State government has ordered immediate suspension of increment of school fees at all private primary and secondary schools. Special Adviser to Kano State Governor on Private Schools, Comrade Baba Abubakar Umar, who stated this yesterday, said the State has commenced issuance of application forms for the registration of private schools in the State since the withdrawal of certificate of operations of the school by the government announced on Saturday. The State government also said the sale of books and uniforms by private schools have been put on hold. “The…

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‘Three out of 4 Nigerian pupils unable to read, write’ – UNICEF

Aminu Imam

Three-quarter of pupils in Nigerian primary schools lack adequate literacy and numeracy, according to a UNICEF assessment report. The global agency’s Chief of Education in Nigeria, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, disclosed this yesterday, at the opening of the seminar, which was held at the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy seminar in Maiduguri, Borno State. According to her, “Nigeria has a severe learning crisis with three out of four children being unable to read or to solve a simple math problem. This not only hobbles children’s opportunity to learn higher order skills but is…

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Tinubu approves buses, lifts restrictions on students’ loans to support higher education

Aminu Imam

In a bid to alleviate the impact of fuel subsidy removal on students in higher institutions of learning, President Bola Tinubu has taken significant steps to ease their financial burdens. A State House press statement released by the Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications & Strategy, Dele Alake, outlined the measures aimed at supporting Nigerian students across the country. One of the major initiatives announced in the press statement is the provision of buses to students’ bodies in all universities, Polytechnics, and colleges of education nationwide. This…

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Tuition Fee still free in Unity Schools – FG

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government says tuition fee for students of Unity colleges across the country remains free while it only reviewed boarding and text book fees. The government also said that it added uniform fee for the new student in Junior Secondary school one and Senior Secondary school one in the new school fees regime to address concerns of parent paying uniform fees into separate accounts and also to end too much disparity in uniform of students. According to reports, the circular, titled: “Approved fees/ charges for Federal Unity Colleges (1st…

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Tuition Fees Hike: NANS threatens mass protest

Aminu Imam

Following the recent increase in tuition fees in tertiary institutions and government schools, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to stage a mass protest in the country. In an issued statement signed by its National PRO, Giwa Temitope and released yesterday, NANS condemned the planned increment, declaring that the government’s action is “insensitive” and “embarrassing”. The association also stressed that the government has what it takes to fund education and make it accessible, noting that the introduction of the student loan scheme is a sham and a…

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Unity Schools hike fees by 122% on FG’s directive

Aminu Imam

The management of Unity Schools across the federation has increased the school fees of new students to N100, 000 on the directive of the Federal Ministry of Education. The office of the director of the senior secondary education department of the ministry disclosed this through a memo, dated May 25, 2023, and addressed to all principals of federal unity colleges. According to the circular, titled: “Approved fees/ charges for Federal Unity Colleges (1st Term) for new students”, signed by Binta Abdulkadir, the director of senior secondary education, new students are…

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House of Reps. suspend proposed hike in federal varsities, unity schools’ fees

Aminu Imam

Reprieve came the way of financially squeezed parents yesterday, when the House of Representatives demanded that the status quo should be maintained on fees paid by students in federal universities and unity schools. The Green Chamber of the National Assembly yesterday asked universities to suspend the implementation of the recent increase in fees, which it said is capable of causing students to drop out of school. The House also asked the Federal Ministry of Education to immediately review the new fees regime in Federal Government Colleges and revert to the…

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