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Nigerian unions to protest shutdown of public universities due to strike

Nigerian unions to protest shutdown of public universities due to strike

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will embark on a two-day protest on July 26 to demonstrate against a six-month shutdown of public universities across the country due to pay disagreements between the government and teachers, it said. The NLC, the country's main umbrella union, represents millions of workers across most sectors of Africa's biggest economy, including parts of the oil industry. It said in a statement it will mobilise workers for the protest for good governance. Strikes by Nigerian public university teachers are common. The current strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities started on Feb. 14. A previous…
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Kenyan universities face big challenges going digital. But it can be done

Kenyan universities face big challenges going digital. But it can be done

KENYA has over 70 universities, 38 of them public and 35 private. Over 500,000 students were enrolled in the last academic year. Public universities took the lion’s share with over 400,000 of these students. SHEHU SHAGARI AWANDU, Head/Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology While public universities are challenged by overcrowding, inadequate numbers of lecturers and degraded facilities, private ones have lower student to staff ratios and have better facilities and equipment. But all universities have been affected by the pandemic. An entire year of learning was lost due to government closure and universities…
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