'Wasted eight months of my life' Lecturers in Nigeria say they will go back to work after a strike that closed most of the country's universities for eight months, leaving hundreds of thousands of students angry and frustrated.
Students in Nigeria's public universities schools tend to spend at least an extra year on four-year coursesLecturers in Nigeria say they will go back to work on Monday after a strike that closed most of the country's universities for eight months, leaving hundreds of thousands of students angry and frustrated.
Asuu said it decided to call off the strike "as a law-abiding union and in deference to appeals" by Nigerians but that "issues remain unresolved". It is not clear how the major sticking-point in negotiations since 2020 - the method of paying lecturers - was resolved, raising concerns that another strike may not be far off.
Students who have now missed almost a full session of academic work, two years after a Covid-disrupted one, are now expected to resume classes on Monday and many are not pleased they will not be able to graduate when they ought to. Children of many politicians, including those of President Muhammadu Buhari and senior professors, often attend school abroad, increasing frustrations that the government and universities' management are not invested in finding a solution to the crisis.Nigeria First Lady Aisha Buhari posted this photo of her daughter's graduation in the UK
Experts believe one solution would be to grant universities the autonomy to raise fees and attract funding. But in a country where many families are poor and there is a record population of out-of-school children, there are fears this could make matters worse.
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