By Joseph Erunke, Vanguard Newspaper THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, ended its National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting late Monday (yesterday), with a resolution not to embark on another strike action over the payment of half salaries to members by the Federal Government. However, the union, according to Vanguard source, resolved to wait for
“They used to be a functional Cross River State Scholarship Board. They sourced for scholarships even outside Cross River State for students. I benefited from one of those scholarships. Board members came with scholarship forms to the University. In far away Sokoto. Went from faculty to faculty… In fact department to department to get qualified
By Mary Bassey The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Benedict Ayade has approved the recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff for the Smart School established by the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, located at Kakum in Obudu Local Government Area of the State. Smart School is said to have been established by UBEC with
By Patrick Obia The Government of Cross River has mandated operators/owners of private schools in the State to pay a fee of N20,000 for re-accreditation – N5,000 for form while N15,000 as a fee. The directive which was contained in a circular with reference number MOE/QAD/1779/VOL.1, signed by Elder Emmanuel Agbor, Director/HOD Quality Assurance, on
By CrossRiverWatch Admin Prof. Florence Obi, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar has appointed new acting Heads of Departments (HODs) “to deliver on her mandate,” the school public relations unit announced. In the announcement made available to CrossRiverWatch, the school said: “The latest appointment was conveyed in a letter dated October 6, 2022,
By Muawiya Shuaibu, Daily Trust Newspaper The National Coordinator, Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics (CONUA), Niyi Sunmonu has said that the members of the newly registered union are not on strike and will teach students if they are back to class. The federal government had on Tuesday formally registered two new university unions, the CONUA and
By Ogar Monday The Cross River State government has confirmed that it is taking over the running and management of Community Secondary School, Adagom in Ogoja LGA. In a letter signed by Elder Emmanuel Agbor, Director who also serves as Head of Department, Quality Assurance for Commissioner for Quality Education, the Cross River government said
By Ben Aroh, The Whistler Mr. Chinedu Uroko is among over 2, 000 authors/publishers who submitted books to the Enugu State Education Resource Centre, an arm of the state education ministry, for reviews and possible recommendations for secondary school students in the state in 2021. The books are reviewed every three years, and secondary schools