BIBLIOGRAPHIC SURVEY ON ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF POLYTECHNIC (ASUP) STRIKE IN NIGERIA

PREFACE This compilation on the (2011-2014) academic staff union of Polytechnic (ASUP) strike was embarked by the compiler to enable the public most especially the composition of students, lecturers, working class personnel’s and other prestigious people in the country to have an insight into the various problems affecting the standard of education in our country. This research work on the ASUP strike will serve as a guide and a pointer to the details of information available on the present reasons why the strike was being taken upon or why it has always been used as the last resort to end educational problems both by the students and staffs. It will also serve as a reading list for consultation by students in the higher institution of learning. Also, it will be of good benefit to librarians, professionals, information scientists etc. in the acquisition of available information on the past and present ASUP strikes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE i APPROVAL PAGEii DEDICATION iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTiv PREFACEvi INTRODUCTION 8 TABLE OF CONTENT 9 BREAKDOWN10 BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES1 AUTHOR INDEX5 CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX6 SOURCE INDEX7 SUBJECT INDEX 8

INTRODUCTION Down through the ages, education has always been at the fore front of human existence, which entails that without education in this 21st century, it's really going to be hard for the youths to make through for a better future. According to Longman dictionary, “ education” can be defined as the process of teaching and learning usually at school, college or university, polytechnics on its own is an edifice of teaching and learning. Strike also defined as a situation whereby groups of workers stop working for a period of time because they want a better pay or better working conditions. The 2011-2014 academic staff union of Polytechnics (ASUP) strike was taken upon because the conditions which they expected the federal government to work on so as to enhance teaching in the various polytechnics in the country was overlooked and not paid attention to by the government.