Universities will merge exceptional admissions, say VCs
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As the deadline for 2022 admissions by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board draws to a close, universities with outstanding admissions will work toward a merger, Sunday PUNCH.< /p>
JAMB had at the 2022 policy meeting held in Abuja set the deadline of December 31, 2022 for conducting 2022/2023 admissions. Stakeholders at the meeting cited the ongoing strike by the Universities Academic Staff Union as a driving factor. Saturday PUNCH recently reported that as many as 400,000 admissions quotas were unused by universities in the 2021/2022 admissions session; JAMB data also revealed that there are many pending admissions for the 2020/2021 session. Coming on the development, JAMB noted that the majority of universities have suspended admissions processes due to incessant strikes. Speaking to our Admissions Backlog Correspondent, the Secretary General of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, said: "Yes, Admissions will be merged. "< /p>
ASUU had started a strike on Monday, February 14, 2022. The union had blamed the government's failure to respond to its demands, which led to the suspension of the 2020 strike. Some of the demands include releasing revitalization funds for universities; release of earned allowances for speakers; renegotiations of the ASUU/FG 2009 agreement; and the publication of the white paper report on visitor panels in universities, among others. Although the government reacted by inaugurating a committee headed by Professor Emeritus Nimi Briggs, the negotiations did not lead to solutions, which led to the declaration of an indefinite strike by the union. The strike has not yet been called off eight months later. Meanwhile, the Parents/Stakeholders Forum of Benue State University, Makurdi has called on the institution's ASUU members to step down from the body national to allow them to catch up on accumulated academic calendar years. The appeal was contained in a statement by the university's public relations officer, Mr. Tser Vanger, on Saturday in Makurdi, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The statement quoted PSF President Ms. Keziah Agundo, who expressed concern over unused months of the academic calendar, explained that the withdrawal would allow teachers to reduce the workload accumulated. She said that the 2020 and 2021 undergraduate programs have not yet been registered, while admission for the 2022 unified tertiary matriculation examination is in progress.
According to the statement, the vice-chancellor of the university, Professor Joseph Iorapuu, called for the resumption of academic activities in the institution. He explained that most teachers' grievances were about funding. The statement also said the meeting was attended by senior university officials, including ASUU BSU Branch President Dr. Victor Tarnongo, who promised to present the claims of the PSF to the competent authorities. .
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As the deadline for 2022 admissions by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board draws to a close, universities with outstanding admissions will work toward a merger, Sunday PUNCH.< /p>
JAMB had at the 2022 policy meeting held in Abuja set the deadline of December 31, 2022 for conducting 2022/2023 admissions. Stakeholders at the meeting cited the ongoing strike by the Universities Academic Staff Union as a driving factor. Saturday PUNCH recently reported that as many as 400,000 admissions quotas were unused by universities in the 2021/2022 admissions session; JAMB data also revealed that there are many pending admissions for the 2020/2021 session. Coming on the development, JAMB noted that the majority of universities have suspended admissions processes due to incessant strikes. Speaking to our Admissions Backlog Correspondent, the Secretary General of the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, said: "Yes, Admissions will be merged. "< /p>
ASUU had started a strike on Monday, February 14, 2022. The union had blamed the government's failure to respond to its demands, which led to the suspension of the 2020 strike. Some of the demands include releasing revitalization funds for universities; release of earned allowances for speakers; renegotiations of the ASUU/FG 2009 agreement; and the publication of the white paper report on visitor panels in universities, among others. Although the government reacted by inaugurating a committee headed by Professor Emeritus Nimi Briggs, the negotiations did not lead to solutions, which led to the declaration of an indefinite strike by the union. The strike has not yet been called off eight months later. Meanwhile, the Parents/Stakeholders Forum of Benue State University, Makurdi has called on the institution's ASUU members to step down from the body national to allow them to catch up on accumulated academic calendar years. The appeal was contained in a statement by the university's public relations officer, Mr. Tser Vanger, on Saturday in Makurdi, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. The statement quoted PSF President Ms. Keziah Agundo, who expressed concern over unused months of the academic calendar, explained that the withdrawal would allow teachers to reduce the workload accumulated. She said that the 2020 and 2021 undergraduate programs have not yet been registered, while admission for the 2022 unified tertiary matriculation examination is in progress.
According to the statement, the vice-chancellor of the university, Professor Joseph Iorapuu, called for the resumption of academic activities in the institution. He explained that most teachers' grievances were about funding. The statement also said the meeting was attended by senior university officials, including ASUU BSU Branch President Dr. Victor Tarnongo, who promised to present the claims of the PSF to the competent authorities. .
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