Devastating Effect of Strike on Education

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared a strike which has been going on for the part 2 weeks, over the implementation and enforcement of the 2009 agreement between ASUU and the Government which took the union years of strike and continuous dialogue culminating in a national strike that lasted from june 22 to October 9 2009, before the government gave in and signed an agreement.
These agreement which are
*Better funding of of universities.
*Better remuneration and condition of service
*University autonomy
*Academic freedom
*Amendment of the law establishing the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
*The extension of retirement age of professors from 65 to 70. Among others.
These agreements is believed will help improve the educational standards of universities, and also for the purpose of giving quality educations to the students.
The Government in response has granted most of these demands but excluding some which the ASUU still insists is the of most importance to them, which are the extension of retirement age from 65 to 70 and the reduction of school fees which was drastically increased from N25,000 to N350,000.
Currently both the federal and state universities are on strike, the students having lost so much time, due to these strikes, students are now protesting for the issue to be resolved especially the recent hike in the school fees, stating that they can barely afford the previous fees and also maintain a three day meal.