The Federal Government says it has met one critical demand of the striking Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, with the inauguration of federal polytechnics visitation panels and hopes the ongoing action would be suspended at a meeting scheduled for Wednesday, this week.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Sonny Echono, at the inauguration of new visitation panels to all federal polytechnics and colleges of education in Abuja, admitted the appalling education standard in the country.
Also Read: JAMB resolves issues which led to the suspension of 2021 UTME, Direct entry registrations
While the President of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, Nuhu Ogirima, applauded the inauguration of the panels, the ASUP remained mute but faults the constitution of boards of the six newly approved polytechnics.
Meanwhile, on calls for approval of three or fewer ‘o’ level credits as a minimum requirement to boost JAMB applicants’ subscription for polytechnics and colleges of education, the Federal Government maintained that it will not lower its standard of education for any reason.
(Editor: Abaje Usekwe)
