₦airaland Forum

BBM stopping in ma HTC Chacha....rooted nd upgraded to V4.1....dnt knw wot d prob is.........

mcpaulydom: where is jamb office in bayelsa state

hospital(FMC) road....jst before d hospital....dere is a street.....waka de go....u go see dere stupid old building nd dere signboard.....if u no see am......u ask

Raymond405: Besto help me check this please. 36645173BD

CONGRATULATIONS......u hav been offered admission

Diamond viva: Aiit guyz tnx alot i love u all.

ok.......We(I) luv u too




no 4get d drink oh

Diamond viva: Aiit guyz tnx alot i love u all.

ok.......We(I) luv u too

Diamond viva: Haba Nani not only besto ooo sef join nw

is orit......we de wait.......#acept any course

Diamond viva: Haba Nani not only besto ooo sef join nw

is orit......we de wait.......#acept any course dey giv to u

Diamond viva: Besto pls send me ur num so wen i get 2 bayelsa i wld buy u maltina bcoz i base in abj and tnx u alot

only besto atink?

cherycoco: @nani4all,Tins dey kul,dou we dey manage..how tins??

no pros....jst wana hook-up

cherycoco: Come wetin dey hapen 4 nairaland...

babe, hw far......hw ya side?

Fabulousuzo: http://untilassucalloffstrike.com

VNTI

NO one single sentence can succinctly capture the rot that has
progressively emasculated Nigeria’s education sector.
The dysfunction is exemplified in the current strike by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities , which started on July 1
over funding dispute. The industrial action has grounded
activities in federal and state Universities , sending
undergraduates out of school for almost four months.
For a leader who wants to leave a mark, the prolonged ASUU
strike should be an opportunity for President Goodluck
Jonathan to jump-start a serious discussion about the future
of higher education in Nigeria. Since the government and
teachers have failed to agree, an emergency has to be declared
so that the problem can be solved holistically.
There are two main issues arising from the Federal
Government’s non-implementation of the 2009 agreement
between the lecturers and the government that forced them
(lecturers) to embark on their “total strike.” The first is the
non-payment of “earned allowances”, or overtime pay. ASUU
has a N92 billion figure for this.
Out of this, the government, claiming that it would go
bankrupt if it had to meet all of ASUU ’s demands, has
provided N30 billion. ASUU however insists that the money
has to be fully paid before lecturers can return to their
teaching posts.
Should there be this kind of shameful hubbub in a nation
that earned about N11 trillion in revenues in 2012? It
shouldn’t if the two parties are focused.
Two, ASUU , seeing the degradation of hostel accommodation,
libraries, laboratories and research in Nigerian universities,
wants the government to fund infrastructure development
with N400 billion.
According to Nyesom Wike, the minister supervising the
education Ministry, the government has provided N100
billion, and has added another N100 billion sourced from the
Tertiary education Trust Fund. This leaves a balance of N200
billion, which, again, ASUU insists must be given before it
calls off its strike.
But it is a fatal flaw for the lecturers to think that meeting the
demands of ASUU will end the rot in the education system,
and restore the sector to the halcyon days. No, it won’t. In
fact, paying off the lecturers will only paper the deep cracks
bedevilling the sector. This is not in the interest of the nation,
and is certainly not good for the students and parents who
have been calling on the government to end their ordeal.
Meeting the lecturers’ demands will only cement the
tarnished era producing half-baked, poorly-educated
graduates who are not fit for the labour market.
The rot in the University system is deep. To be successful in
their research and teaching missions, Universities need to be
able to take their own decisions, which only organisational,
financial, staffing and academic autonomy can guarantee. But
Nigerian public Universities are run like an extension of a
government agency. ASUU says circulars are emanating in
most cases from the National Universities Commission, NUC ,
interfering in the day-to-day running of the Universities .
While governing councils of Universities are dissolved at a
drop of a hat, vice chancellors are reportedly summoned by
SMS to come to Abuja.
Since 1999, when Nigeria returned to civil rule, lecturers have
been on strike for a total of “30 months out of 156 months, or
20 per cent of the total time in the past 13 years,” according to
TheScoop, an online publication. “This is an equivalent of six
semesters or three academic sessions,” the publication added.
The worst of the strikes lasted for six months between 2003
and 2004 when lecturers demanded that professors had to
retire at the age of 70. But more than this, our whole
education structure is in a shambles. From primary to
secondary and tertiary levels, education in Nigeria has
collapsed. Standards in Universities are at historic lows, yet,
private Universities unjustifiably issue first class degrees to
their products.
The problem is that there is so much corruption in the
system. Universities not only mismanage the little funds being
given to them, they also engage in unwholesome practices
such as extortion and examination fraud. With wanton
abandonment, they regularly admit more intakes than their
carrying capacity, with a school like the University of Ibadan,
which can carry only 12,000 students, having 40,000.
How to resolve the problem?
Our Universities face a grim choice. First, declare a
moratorium in the establishment of new public Universities
and review the guidelines for private ones. The present
number of 74 federal and state Universities is unwieldy and
the Federal Government is fooling itself that it can fund its
own share. As a matter of urgency, Abuja has to stop the 12
new federal Universities it established with a grant of N1
billion each earlier this year.
This is a political joke carried too far as it will worsen the
funding crisis. As a nation, we have to come to the painful
reality that it is time to declare an emergency in education that
will lead to a total overhaul of the system. Infusions of more
public money will not clear the rot. Ghana has gone this path
before so it should not be seen as a bad proposition.
Academic excellence is the hallmark of University education,
but it does not come cheap. Our Universities ’ overdependence
on public funding is not neat enough. State Universities have
to be separated from federal ones in the new system since
their sources of income are not the same. While the Federal
Government collects 52.68 per cent of public income, and
states 26.72 per cent, it is unjust to subject the workers on the
two platforms to the same reward system.
It should be noted that Universities are not simply vocational
Institutions churning out graduates to meet the needs of the
marketplace, and a degree is not merely a meal ticket. A well-
educated citizenry is a benefit both to the individual and to
the state. Our public Universities need huge funds to repair
decades of neglect. Also, it is time to introduce tuition for
University education , as painful as it seems. University
education is expensive and those who desire it must be ready
to pay, since the government cannot fund it wholly. The
United Kingdom may raise its University tuition benchmark
from £9,000 to £16,000 per session; undergraduates pay
heavily in the United States though a level of subsidy and
scholarships are provided by the state.
If we must put the knowledge economy at the heart of the
nation’s development, the deception that goes with funding of
our University education must end. We must set the compass
in the right direction. While parasitic bureaucracies like the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board should be scrapped,
the NUC , a creation of the military that has over-centralised
the system, has to be overhauled.

psalmdave:

yea......














api sunday

Gwekzy: Not a good speech 4rm a country's leader

wot u want him 2say....call ya pman name join?

psalmdave: Rewind that statement abeg,I no hear u well

Re-read am u go hear me well

e don tey.......me no de reason ASUU strike oh......but i biliv say b4 page100....ASUU go call off

lets just watch out

psalmdave: @nani4all.....Did they ask for any JAmb result slip cos people are talking about that.....and @besTo...m currently having an issue,my neCO result spelt my name wrongly,they missed a letter and my JAmb and NDu details has the correct name,so should I go to court and swear and affidavit or what...just put me through.

for me dey did not.....buh jst cary it wit u

notin serious.....dey just check d docs u use 4 d online clearance + ya jamb original admission letter........after dat.....u go meet sum guyz wey go illegally colect ya 5h....den tel u wetin todo.....ask u 2 pay skul fees on monday......Daz all......Nogo jam dat harsh woman oh

pipo no plenty as i go sha.....so i do am sharpally........faulty faulty na em dem arange

notin serious.....dey just check ya d docs u use 4 d online clearance + ya jamb original admission letter........after dat.....u go meet sum guyz wey go illegally colect ya 5h....den tel u wetin todo.....ask u 2 pay skul fees on monday......Daz all

Ball22: are u saying dat u are throug with ur physical test nd document verification bcoz u can only pay skul feez afta this.@besto nd all plz respond 2 this

yea...wento d skul 2day

am done wit verification....skul fees tins on monday

na wa 4 ASUU oh

Besto: Clearance goes as far as december.

ma broda....e don tey pesin hear ya voice oh......
i say mak i greet

Popowaa: Ever heard of the adage "what men can do women can even do it much better"

....#speechless

Hi Landers....Just tinking if police women take bribe.........dunno if any of you have seen or heard....To me have not....Lets find out

if ASUU call dis strike na mumu una be...........# oda comments reserved

[quote author=Lucky-G-]do u think am happy in my situation? Do u know hw i feel when i see pipo bin happy and me bin left out?....I am nt happy still writing JAMB....pls get me!....I am fully aware dat i might av made mistakes...no regret!...but i still av to move on...nobody understand....hw tense i am...my heart hooks![/quote]Case close

Elliotwiz1: lol....I've been trying to imagine myself in your situation...and i dont think I'll do what you're doing, what of people who get the medicine and after some years in school they transfered to another course or something bad happens...if that happens to you what would you do? I guess suicide...mehn use this your opportunity and stop complaining like the islealite when God gave them manna....if you continue declining this offer, soon your zeal for education will reduce...to stay for house for one year no be small thing o, is like you no dey see am like that o.

No mind am....d guy jst like Jamb like mad.....#no offence

[quote author=Lucky-G-]everyone thinks am wrong.[/quote]yeah.....u de take matter too far......i don taya to hear sum