Its a pity how many applicants of tertiary institutions get turned down every year, more painful for those applying the second or third time, but most times things are not as they appear for those that believe that every disappointment is a blessing.
No one prays for failure but it look so funny when some of us get to wakeup to the reality that the admission we seek has slip-off our hands.
But life is not always about how many times we fall, but how we stand back after a fall.
Not wasting our precious time here are 5 things to do when you loose admission into a tertiary institution as a student;

1. Evaluate your steps: most failure is a result of one wrong step or the other. Some students loose admission because they choose the wrong subject combination during UTME registration, some others didn't prepare well for their postume because they did so well in jamb. You need to reevaluate your steps in order to prevent any of such mistakes in the next exam. You may even consider taking a pre-degree form having considered some factors(like you don't want to stay at home that year), considering your steps will help you prepare for your pre-degree entrance exams

2.Make another plan: Having properly evaluated your steps, you need to make another plan. for some of us it may be getting a home tutor for some subjects that we notice lapses, for others it maybe considering another choice university or course and so on.

3.Start early: Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens
You need to start preparing today. Many students fail because they intend to brush up in their area of weakness by attending a tutorial centre, but by procrastination they don't seem to start the tutorial until February when they expect the instructors to perform magic. Many don't study until countdown etc

4. Improve your skills: improving some skills like listening, reading, communication, research and so on. Ability to make research can help you get an idea of how various schools rate their courses and how to prepare for their assessments

5.Learn a vocation: most times I recommend doing this in line with your proposed course choice e.g learning as an apprentice in pharmaceutical shop while you prepare to study pharmacy. I know of someone very close to me who spent two years to get O"level result and another two years to gain admission in his choice course. After gaining admission what seem strange or tough to others is what he has mastered. His HOD even had to take him as an IT student and staffed him later on in his own company. The difference was that the vocation he learnt gave him an edge and today while some of his mates who graduated say 3years earlier than him are still struggling for work. He is quite stable.

You don't have to give up when you fall or fail but re-strategize and take another shot and I can bet THIS TIME YOU WILL SUCCEED

Smile!

Nice

Lalasticlala food don ready ooo, abi you still dey mountain?

well said!

F.P

This Man deserves a cold bottle of Orijin

Nice one op but easier said than done

summary: get up, dust your yash and be useful to yourself

Limited Admission Spaces: Way Out Of Admission Problemss

In the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME) brochure, candidates seeking admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions are listed under the following categories:
University, Polytechnic/Monotechnic, College of Education (CoE) and Innovation Enterprise Institutions (IEIs).
Innovation Enterprise Institutions are institutions approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria to provide a veritable alternative route to higher education.

As at 2013, Nigeria had 40 federal universities, 38 state universities, 50 private universities, 128 polytechnics and monotechnics, 117 Colleges of Education and 57 Innovation Enterprise Institutions, bringing the total number of tertiary institutions to 430. Nevertheless, many Nigerian students seeking tertiary education are more interested in university education.

In 2010/2011, Nigeria had 112 universities with carrying capacity of 450,000 and 1,493,611 applicants. Thus, the admitting capacity was 30.13 per cent of the total number of applicants. This means that at best, only 30.13 per cent of the total number of applicants were accommodated during that academic session.
In the 2011/2012 session, five universities were added, bringing the number to 117, with 500,000 carrying capacity amounting to 33.25 per cent and 1,503,933 students applied that year.

However, in 2012/2013, 11 universities were added bringing It to 128 with 520,000 (29.96 per cent) admission spaces. In that year, a total of 1,735,729 applied for UTME. According to National Universities Commission report of 2011/2012, most of the universities in Nigeria exceeded the alloted admission quota. For instance, in 2011/2012, University of Lagos (UNILAG)’s admission quota was 6,500 but admitted 7,527; Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) was given 6,688 but admitted 7,397, just as University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) was given 5,970 but admitted 8,267. University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in the same year was supposed to admit 5,514 but ended up admitting 7,098 while University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) which was given 5,600, admitted 5,699. Also Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi which ought to admit just 2,133 ended up admitting 3,350 students.
The above analysis of these federal universities admission quota explains why our universities are over-crowded and lack facilities for students.

Besides, statistical data from JAMB IN 2014 reveals that there are about 30 most preferred universities by students seeking admission every year. In this report, we will look at the top 10 and the number of applicants. University of Benin (UNIBEN) tops the table with 98,975 applicants, followed by UNILORIN having 94,869. Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) has 88,087, UNILAG 86,850, UNN 80,785, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) 69,856, ABU 59,427, Imo State University (IMSU) 53,368, University of Uyo (UNIUYO) 52,359 and University of Ibadan (UI) 50,274

Also, In 2015...
Here are the statistics of the most sought after Universities after JAMB 2015 registration came to a close:
Out of the over 180 universities in Nigeria, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) had the highest number of JAMB UTME applicants with about 85,945 candidates seeking admission into the institution.
Others making the top of the list are; University of Benin (UNIBBEN), which had over 60,020 applicants
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK) with over 58,410 UTME applicants
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) – 57,539 applicants Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU) – 52,785 applicants University of Lagos (UNILAG) – 49,059 applicants

According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities, America has 2,680 accredited universities, just as Scotland has 1,419, Wales 1,011. India, with a population of over a billion has over 177 world class standard universities. China has 1,983 institutions of higher learning as at June 2009, as disclosed by the Ministry of Education.
Thus, China with 1.4 billion people has 1,983 universities, India with 1.2 billion people has 177 universities, United States with 318 million people has 2,680 universities compared to Nigeria with about 178 million people and just 128 universities. From the aforementioned statistics, Nigeria still needs more universities and the improvement of the present ones to international standard.
Speaking with Vanguard Learning, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Calaber said that capacity will determine the number of students to be admitted saying: “If we don’t have the capacity, there is no way we can admit more students.”
She noted that licensing more private universities will not solve the problem. According to her, “If you are licensing more universities, where are the lecturers? The same lecturers in federal universities are the ones taking those in private and state universities. The existing universities should be expanded with corresponding infrastructure and facilities to suit the number of students given by the NUC.” She urged the Federal Government to expand the existing universities and get more lecturers before admitting more students. Reacting in the same vein, the Deputy Director, Academic Centre of Distance Learning, University of Ibadan, Professor Oyesoji Aremu said that it is needless to tell universities to increase their quotas because there is no corresponding increase in terms of infrastructure.
He said, “Telling universities to increase their quota means existing infrastructure would be over stressed. Universities admit the number they can genuinely and comfortably accommodate in the first year.”

Explaining further some of the factors to consider before admitting more students Aremu said that infrastructure in departments and faculties are necessary adding that the unavailability of desks in the lecture rooms should be considered.
According to him, in an over- crowded classroom, teaching and learning cannot take place adding that even the lecturer will not be able to do meaningful teaching when the learners are too many.
He said “there is a benchmark for the number of students each lecturer is supposed to take. When a lecturer takes in excess of that number, he has to be paid for the excess. That would eat into the finances of the university.
“If JAMB sees that universities can take only 600,000
students per year but still rolls out forms, what happens to the others? Mind you, it didn’t start this year so the number will increase every year,. The question is, where will they go?
All these learners are qualified to enter the university.
“Solution: For as many as are qualified to enter the
universities, something can be done about it. There is Open and Standard Education or Distance Learning Education. For Open and Standard education, we can have students in excess of millions because it is basically a virtual university.
My advice is that the Federal Government should empower universities to develop their virtual universities. For example, in University of Ibadan, we have a centre called Distance Learning Centre of the Univerity of Ibadan. Lagos also has a Distance Learning Institute, there is also the National Open University.

In fact, there are seven certified distance learning centres in Nigeria. Universities that have dual mode; regular students and open distance learning programmes can have students
in excess. For example; University of India in New Delhi has students in excess of 10 million. They therefore built a virtual university to take these students who are unable to
get admission into regular universities.
More so, it is the same programme, exam and system.

The Ministry of Education should encourage virtual universities. There is no need for new universities, just empower universities to have virtual and distance learning centres.

Ok ooo. Good write up.

You are on point OP... As in Very much on point!

But most people tend to put their hope on the positive outcome. And when reverse is the case it causes them to feel dejected and disappointed. Most of find it difficult to get back on track after that. I hope they learn from this write up.

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Op ur topic is misleading......I was expecting u talking on students who lost admission given to them rather u talking about pple who didn't gain admission at all. My question how can u lose what u don't have?

Apply for part time programmes: if ur choice of institution offers part time programme for ur choice of course, do it.

zico124:
Its a pity how many applicants of tertiary institutions get turned down every year, more painful for those applying the second or third time, but most times things are not as they appear for those that believe that every disappointment is a blessing.
No one prays for failure but it look so funny when some of us get to wakeup to the reality that the admission we seek has slip-off our hands.
But life is not always about how many times we fall, but how we stand back after a fall.
Not wasting our precious time here are 5 things to do when you loose admission into a tertiary institution as a student;

1. Evaluate your steps: most failure is a result of one wrong step or the other. Some students loose admission because they choose the wrong subject combination during UTME registration, some others didn't prepare well for their postume because they did so well in jamb. You need to reevaluate your steps in order to prevent any of such mistakes in the next exam. You may even consider taking a pre-degree form having considered some factors(like you don't want to stay at home that year), considering your steps will help you prepare for your pre-degree entrance exams

2.Make another plan: Having properly evaluated your steps, you need to make another plan. for some of us it may be getting a home tutor for some subjects that we notice lapses, for others it maybe considering another choice university or course and so on.

3.Start early: Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.” –Charles Dickens
You need to start preparing today. Many students fail because they intend to brush up in their area of weakness by attending a tutorial centre, but by procrastination they don't seem to start the tutorial until February when they expect the instructors to perform magic. Many don't study until countdown etc

4. Improve your skills: improving some skills like listening, reading, communication, research and so on. Ability to make research can help you get an idea of how various schools rate their courses and how to prepare for their assessments

5.Learn a vocation: most times I recommend doing this in line with your proposed course choice e.g learning as an apprentice in pharmaceutical shop while you prepare to study pharmacy. I know of someone very close to me who spent two years to get O"level result and another two years to gain admission in his choice course. After gaining admission what seem strange or tough to others is what he has mastered. His HOD even had to take him as an IT student and staffed him later on in his own company. The difference was that the vocation he learnt gave him an edge and today while some of his mates who graduated say 3years earlier than him are still struggling for work. He is quite stable.

You don't have to give up when you fall or fail but re-strategize and take another shot and I can bet THIS TIME YOU WILL SUCCEED

Smile!

end time write up

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PLANETMARS:
Op ur topic is misleading......I was expecting u talking on students who lost admission given to them rather u talking about pple who didn't gain admission at all. My question how can u lose what u don't have?

Na u sabi pass..

clefstone:
6. Cry

Crying would do No Good!

Tmaritas76:
end time write up

point of correction ... its modern time write up

Nice info but I got admission this year... Praissssssssseeee thy lorrrd!

sweetboiy:
Nice info but I got admission this year... Praissssssssseeee thy lorrrd!

Halleluyaaaaaaahhhh...make i follow u dance shakiti bobo......

Vorp:
fd Na u sabi pass..

am schooled bro

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mind u op some do well yet are not given admission

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