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Nigerian universities

IPPIS: FG out to cripple university system, ASUU alleges

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday, described the federal and state governments’ insistence and forceful application of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS) on its members as a deliberate ploy to cripple the Nigerian University system. Benin Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Fred Esumeh, in statement in Benin City, the […]

Nigerian universities and harvest of first class degrees?

The newly built Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences complex at the Nigerian Army University Biu, Borno State.

First class degree, the equivalent of a distinction, is something quite rare, and awarded by departments after very careful consideration. But the rate at which they are awarded today by universities, especially private institutions is worrisome. Available statistics shows that 36 Nigerian universities produced 2,288 graduates with first class honours degrees in 2019. The first […]

NUC orders varsities to revert to 5-point grading system

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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the abolition of four-point grading scale and the immediate adoption of five-point grading system in all Nigerian universities. The development was sequel to series of inquiries the commission recieved from international organisations and foreign universities on the status of the four-point scale in use and previous degrees issued […]

23 varsities adopt JAMB’s new cut-off mark

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23 Nigerian universities have adopted the new cut-off mark that was set up by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The universities, mostly private, are among the 168 universities in Nigeria whose cut-off marks were released in a document obtained by The Daily Times from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The universities […]

Making Nigerian universities research oriented

Federal Universities

Recently, the Vice Chancellor of Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State, Professor Friday Ndubisi urged Nigerian   universities to be research inclined, so as to come up with solutions to the numerous crisis facing the country. He said that time has come when our universities must produce intellectuals and this can only be achieved if they go […]