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“THE STATE OF BASIC EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: THE WAY FORWARD”
BEING A PAPER PRESENTED BY OBONG I. J. OBONG, SECRETARY GENERAL, NIGERIA UNION OF TEACHERS (NUT) TO THE 47TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (STAN) HELD AT CALABAR FROM 13TH – 19TH AUGUST, 2006

In this paper, an attempt is made to discuss operational framework of basic education in Nigeria in the light of one of the reform programmes of the Federal Government with a view to highlighting its impact on the future of Nigerians and with particular reference to its meeting the EFA and MDG’s. This discourse may not be elaborate as time, space and research are major constraints militating against its comprehensiveness. Read more...

MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY.

The attention of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has been drawn to the numerous acts of intimidation, harassment and torture continuously meted out to trade union leaders, particularly members of your organization, the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association. Read more..

Your Excellency,

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), a professional cum trade union organization of all teachers in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools and institutions in Nigeria is concerned by the governmental intimidation and harassment of trade union leaders and members of the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association (ETA) headed by Gemoraw Kassa. Read more...

THE TEACHERS’ SALARY STRUCTURE (TSS): THE JOURNEY SO FAR.

PREAMBLE

Contemporary world attention is today focused on education as an instrument of launching nations into the world of science and technology and with consequential hope of human advancement, in terms of living conditions and development of the environment.

This is because education in the life of any nation is the live wire of its industries. It is the foundation of moral regeneration and revival of its peoples. Education is the force and bulwark of any nation’s defence. Therefore, no nation can afford to pay lip service to the education of its people. The nation that thinks lightly of education does so at its own peril. Read more..

MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY.

The attention of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has been drawn to the numerous acts of intimidation, harassment and torture continuously meted out to trade union leaders, particularly members of your organization, the Ethiopian Teachers’ Association. Read more..

OMAR ASSUMES OFFICE AS PRESIDENT OF THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS (NLC)

Mallam Abdulwaheed Ibrahim Omar, National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and a member of the Executive Board of Education International (E.I.) was on Friday 16th February 2007, elected by a landslide victory, as the National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), which is Nigeria’s major Central Labour Organization, made up of thirty seven main trade unions in the country. By a majority vote of 927, he defeated his only rival, Comrade Fidelis Edeh, National President of the Nigeria Civil Service Union (NCSU), who polled 210 votes, at a nerve-cracking and issue-based 9th National delegates Conference of the NLC which was held at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, on 15th and 16th February, lasting to early hours of Saturday 17th February, 2007.

Until his election, Comrade Omar served for four years as Deputy President to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the fearless, courageous and indefatigable immediate past President, whose eight years on the saddle have been variously described as the most glorious and image-boosting years of the NLC in its entire years of existence. Read more...

International Workshop for NUT Members

The Pan African Teachers’ Centre (PATC), Lome, Togo in conjunction with the Nigeria Union of Teachers, (NUT) National Head Office, Abuja, recently organized an intensive five-day international Website Development Workshop in Abuja for the first batch of participants drawn from the National Head Office and State Wings nationwide. On the whole, twenty two participants took part in the programme.

The Workshop which was held between the 12th and 16th of March 2007 was well packaged to, predominantly, expose and make the participants relevant to the current developments in the Information and Communication Technology world, and also, to meet up with its concept of making the most use of the NUT Website ( www.nutnigeria.org ) and other computing facilities provided at the National and State Offices. Read more...