Education

ASUSS Faults Delay of WAEC CBT Rollout

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By Adenitan Akinola

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) has warned that postponing the introduction of Computer-Based Testing (CBT) for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) until 2030 amounts to abandoning the reform entirely.

Speaking to journalists in Osogbo, Osun State, National President of ASUSS, Comrade Sola Adigun, described the House of Representatives’ resolution to delay the rollout by five years as “a subtle but effective way of killing a progressive policy that is long overdue.”

“The truth is simple: postponing this programme for another five years is the same as abolishing it completely,” he said. “By 2030, the political will, the officials driving it, and even the urgency will be gone.”

He noted that the Federal Ministry of Education had developed a clear CBT transition plan over the past two years, including nationwide accredited centres and a 2026 deadline that will require schools hosting WAEC examinations to possess computers and power generators.

He praised the initiative as crucial to reducing logistics challenges and curbing widespread malpractice in the current paper-based system, pointing to the “dramatic success” recorded by JAMB since adopting CBT.

Adigun rejected the National Assembly’s justification that poor electricity and internet connectivity in rural areas necessitated the postponement.

“Since the removal of fuel subsidy in 2023, state governments have received massive increases in federal allocations. What have they done with the money to equip schools with computers, generators, and internet facilities?” he asked. “Have they moved closer to UNESCO’s 26 per cent budgetary benchmark for education?”

He urged lawmakers to channel constituency projects into providing digital infrastructure for rural schools rather than using existing gaps as an excuse to delay the digital transition.

“ASUSS is not asking for the programme to be rushed without preparation, but we insist that all hands must be on deck for earnest implementation,” he said. “If we keep waiting for a ‘perfect environment’ that will never come, we will continue raising generations that are digitally illiterate.”

Comrade Adigun warned that further delay would only favour those benefiting from chaos and malpractice.

“Five more years of postponement is not caution, it is surrender. And surrender means the death of the CBT dream for WAEC,” he said.

The House of Representatives had, on 13 November 2025, called for suspending the programme until 2030, over fears of mass failure linked to inadequate infrastructure.

ASUSS has now urged lawmakers to reverse course and support the Federal Ministry of Education in commencing the CBT rollout as scheduled, insisting that “postponement is cancellation by another name.”

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Ogun Govt. Gifts “Best Teacher” Awardee 2-Bedroom Apartment

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Ogun State government has promised to immediately release the letters of engagement to five thousand teachers under the Ogun State Teaching Experience Acquisition Channel in a bid to address the shortage of teachers in the public schools. 

Governor Dapo Abiodun who made the promise at the 2021 World Teachers’ Day Celebration held in Abeokuta, also announced cash rewards to about twelve teachers across primary, junior secondary, and senior secondary schools.

The 2021 World Teachers’ Day programme with the theme, “Teachers at the heart of education recovery” represents part of global efforts to acknowledge the contributions of teachers in the planning and execution of education policy. 

At the event which took place at Oba’s Complex, Oke Mosan Abeokuta, Governor Dapo Abiodun said the government would continue to initiate teacher-friendly policies towards the development of education in the state.

Governor Abiodun told the teachers that the recent posting of teachers to rural areas which had generated controversies among teachers in Ogun state would be reviewed.

Governor Abiodun who presented documents of a two-bedroom semi-detached apartment at Kobape to the overall best teacher in Ogun State said his administration would continue to reward excellence to enhance productivity in the education sector.

The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, Mr. Akeem Lasisi said the approval for the implementation of the Ogun State Teaching Experience Acquisition Channel was long overdue.

Mr. Lasisi implored the state government to massively invest in the education sector by improving the capacity and welfare of school personnel, making the sector more ICT-compliant, and exposing the teachers to international best practices.

The Chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, Ogun State Wing, Mr. Akinola Abiodun who was represented by the State Secretary of the union, Mr. Samson Oyelere called for the quick release of months of unremitted cooperative deductions which he noted had adversely affected the lives of workers.

The overall best teacher, Mr. Oladapo Kehinde from Japara High School Junior, Ijebu Igbo, who attributed the feat to dedication and commitment thanked the governor for the gesture.

The high point of the event was the presentation of cheques to other teacher awardees in the primary, junior and senior secondary schools category.

Olusegun Folarin

Education

ASUSS Decries Incessant Killing, Kidnapping, Harassment Of Teachers

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The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, has expressed regret over the incessant killings, kidnappings and harassment of teachers and students across the country, saying these sordid scenarios were affecting teachers’ productivity adversely.

As terrible as the situations seem to be, ASUSS lauded the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, for employing 7,600 teachers, commending Kano and Adamawa, for legislating on extension of teachers’ retirement to 65 years.

The ASUSS’ Central Working Committee said this in a communique issued after its meeting in Kaduna and made available to newsmen by its National President, Comrade Samuel Omaji and its Secretary General, Comrade Sola Adigun.

The communique reads: “We appreciate the governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, for the recruitment of 7,600 teachers into its 9,000 Secondary School Tutors. This is laudable as it is geared towards quality and functional education“.

“We commend the government of Kano State for redeploying 11,000 trained teachers in its MDAs to schools to boast teaching and learning.  The commendation also goes to Oyo, Lagos and Delta States, for the up-to-date promotion of teachers”. 

In spite of the above incentives to teaching and teachers, ASUSS seriously frowned at the insecurity across the country, particularly, incessant attacks on schools, leading to killing and kidnapping of teachers and students for ransom. 

ASUSS also frowns at the recent harassment of teachers by students and parents; case studies were Plateau State, where a student stabbed a teacher to death and Ekiti State, where a parent who is a police officer, came to his child’s school with a team of three other policemen to harass the school principal and the teachers, while the police authority has refused to act on ASUSS’ complaints. 

It added further that its members are remain committed to its objective of raising future leaders and shall continue to pursue it for meaningful and robust development of education in Nigeria.

ASUSS urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the bills to energise better welfare packages for teachers, saying dilly-dallying on the passage of the bills does not correlate with the position maintained by President Muhammadu Buhari. 

ASUSS called on all other states that have allegedly denied teachers their privileges, rights and regular emoluments to do the right thing to alleviate the burdens and pains on them. Adenitan Akinola

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Principals, School Proprietors, Protest 12,000 Naira Govt. Security Seminar Fee

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Principals, secondary school teachers and proprietors of private Secondary Schools in Ondo state have protested the directive of the state government asking them to pay a sum of 12,000 naira per school as compulsory fee for a proposed seminar on security.

The proposed security workshop is being organised by the Public Service Training Institute, PSTI, while a circular was issued to that effect by the Ministry of Education.

In the circular, the ministry directed that every secondary school both public and private in the state should provide a principal and two teachers and pay a sum of 4,000 naira each for the selected participants.

The principals, teachers and private schools proprietors however described the directive as strange and unacceptable, considering various financial challenges facing many public schools occasioned by lack of running grants.

In separate letters, addressed to the Head of Service, the Ondo State chairman, Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, Nigeria, ASUSS, Comrade Balogun Tajudeen and the President of All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Public Secondary Schools, ANCOPSS, Mr. Johnbull Mebawondu urged the state government to reverse its directive and make the seminar free in the interest of all stakeholders. 

In an interview with Radio Nigeria, the Head of Service in the state, Mr. John Adeyemo, said efforts were ongoing towards ensuring that schools reduce the number of participants.

Mr. Adeyemo also debunked the allegation that the seminar was meant to enriching some people in government.

Kayode Animasaun