Leadership (Abuja)
James Uwem
18 December 2011
President of the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie said the ongoing strike is not aimed at frustrating students as speculated in some quarters. He said, rarther, it was aimed at rescuing the education sector in the country.
Prof Awuzie in an exclusive chat with LEADERSHIP SUNDAY pointed out that ASUU in its magnanimity allowed universities to complete their second semester exams, stressing that the strike will be called off as soon as government shows ASUU a working plan and commensurate commitment towards raising academic standards in universities .
His words: “As intellectuals, we cannot continue with such degrading academic standards. However, I am rightly informed that government is working out some developmental plans, soon as they come up with these plans with commitment towards its implementations, ASUU will call off the strike, ” Awuzie assured
The ASUU strike caught up with the second semester exams of some universities. Students could have lost a semester and probably one full academic year if ASUU had not been lenient to give those universities within Monday 12 and Wednesday 15 of December, to complete their exams.
At the University of Abuja, investigations reveal that while students were happy for not missing an academic year, they however condemned the “unbearable conditions under which the exams were conducted.”
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