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Plus FUTA is a technology school and we know its meaning for engineering courses. Endeavor to attend FUTA's convocation and make a solid decision. Peace |
It's all about who u dream to become. An EE engineer or a computer scientist. Both courses are hot but I personally will go for EEE. I'm not saying it's better than computer science o, I just prefer it ni. Peace |
Lagusta:Are you "whyning" me?! USA nurses obtain MSN and Ph.D to become nurse practitioners? Your ignorance of nursing education is advanced. Silence is better than misinformation bro. Imagine how easy it's to diagnose a patient that offers wrong info. I tried to tame my urges to quote your unguarded posts and replies to people's posts from various threads since yesterday because I knew it as your habit right from school but I must raise a rejoinder to d above assumption, speculation and misconception of yours. Why not seek the right info about nursing education both in Nigeria and abroad or better still watch while d topic is being discussed Peace. |
My heart bleeds to realize an aspirant wrote this, it speaks volume. Op indeed is a 'leader of tomorrow' who seeks admission on 'indigeneship' and EDLS grounds and who's likely to head an FG organ on federal character principle. ![]() What else do u want from unimaid op? Combined results were accepted (from indigenes) to study medicine, indigenes with as low as 210 were given medicine and some other competitive courses at the peril of non-indigenes with 250+. Make your findings and you'll understand better. Kindly tell us the utme scores of indigenes that were denied admissions and their courses. Peace |
jaymejate:Really? Then kindly test your hypothesis up there sir. Compute the aggregate of an aspirant of dentistry in OAU, UI, and UNILAG, with 290 utme, 5 C5 in relevant subjects and 3 C4 in 3 other subjects. Weigh his aggregates with each school's cut off for dentistry and judge your hypothesis. These schools all claimed to have used 50/50. Peace! |
UIvents:I must be veracious by registering by acquiescence to your analysis. Very objective and balanced. We now seem to be on the same page. More oil to your lamp bro. ![]() I seriously hope to be less busy to compare OAU and UNILAG 's methods to see the truer 50/50. UI's system is far from 50/50. Peace. |
UIvents: ![]() .. ." Speculations like that of punch" * I laff in Hebrew* Pls, was it d delay in d dispel of d rumor dt made it clumsy or what? Thank God d document is still on jamb website. Kindly quote where it was stated dt point system will b used. Why should we interprete presumptively? Like Dr. Fabian said, it was an illustration of how some schools admit without putme nd each of the examined cases were faulted in dt document. A latest presentation by prof. Oloyede to d Association of VCs has just b released on jamb site again. Jamb's stance was again stressed, It has never changed. Check it out. Kindly reference where jamb said she will give aspirants admission too sir. Peace |
UIvents:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/jamb-says-point-system-circulation-not-criteria-admission/ Kindly note dt vanguard quoted jamb's spokesman in response to that ur punch reference. News is more than just papers bro. Who did dt punch news quote sir? Peace. |
UIvents:U ve just lost loads of credibilty point from d above post despite d fact dt u r a blogger who seeks credibilty. It's just unforunate that you capitalize on speculations and run-on fallacies instead of objective inferences and reporting. I challenge you to reference your following words while I'll give u detailed official references to the contrary bro *when and where jamb said point system shud b employed for ds year's admission * when and where jamb said she'll give aspirants admission, as a matter of fact prof Dibu promised dt jamb would stop issuing admission letter this year. You are about originating anoda misconception from my last msg, kindly check again, i never said d new jamb boss made requests on TETFUND. Why not find out what his requests were? They concern his board. TETFUND has its own boss. None of d new jamb boss moves has been contrary to his immediate predecessor's. Seek clarifications where neccessary pls. On UI's putme, story, if u need clarifications, kindly ask here. I shall gladly tell u, categorically, anyth u seek about it. Lastly, I'll chose to ignore ur "I can see u are an aspirant" speculation. Speculations are dangerous man, find out the cause of world war 1. Verify things b4 drawing conclusions. Peace. |
SU ADMISSIONS MERIT LIST’ JAMB ‘set to release LASU admissions merit list’ Share 0 Tweet 0 The Lagos State University (LASU) says its admissions merit list for the 2016/2017 academic session will be released in the next few days by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB). Mr Adekoya Martins, Acting Head, LASU’s Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Martins told NAN that the number of students to be offered admission on the merit list could not be ascertained by the university because it was being handled by JAMB. He said the university had sent a list of the successful candidates for the first batch of its admission screening to JAMB for approval. “Information reaching me from the admission office is that JAMB will release the merit list this week, but the number of the admitted students is undisclosed. “We cannot actually determine the number of students that JAMB will approve for us in the first batch from the list that was sent to the board by the university,’’ he said. According to him, the screening form for the second list will be out as soon as the merit list candidates are released. He said that only candidates that choose the university as second choice could purchase the form. Martins said sequel to the exercise for the screening of the second list candidates, a supplementary list would also be released. NAN reports that LASU had adopted an online screening approach for the admission of candidates for the 2016/2017 academic session. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, told NAN that only candidates who chose LASU would be screened online. Fagbohun said that an online application portal had already been designed for the candidates to upload their results, certificates and other relevant data. “The university will go online and shortlist the credentials of successful candidates, who chose LASU as their first choice for onward transmission to JAMB,’’ he said. www. thenationonlineng.net |
UIvents:This is funny! Yes, i thought nd d best answer, based on d logically obvious, is dt some schools are likely teaming up to frustrate jamb. Jamb's stance on ds issue has never been clumsy (refer to d news credited to d new jamb boss during d kano technical meeting) When? @ boldened. Find out UNN, Unilorin and Unimaid admission criteria and you'll av better insight into ds matter. Also, find out what Prof Oloyede's requests to d Senate cmtte on TETFUND were (some today's papers reported dt). |
UIvents:Are you "whyning" me? They studied d results gotten from what method? Let me set d aetiology of my disquietude clear, "calling such system 50/50 is dubious, illogical and like taking Nigerians for fools". If they like they can choose to use 70/30 or even 90/10 o'level/utme. Afterall no1 complained during their 60/40 days? It's just unfortunate dt dey are like eating their vomitus now, in a bad manner tho. There's nothing like false hope once the process is transparent. Do u think ppl with 70 will complain if d cut off was set as 90 for law? Of course they won't, as long as there was a levelled playing ground, just like in unilag's case. Change of course has always been free in UI. No aspirant in unilag can score below 50 as aggregate which showed equal regard for both olevel and utme (5 C6 nd 200 = 50) BUT how do u explain to someone with 310 nd 5C6 having 47. 05 when her friend with 5 B3 and 200 ended up with 67.9 as aggregate. For unilag their aggregate will be 63. 75 against 65 which is a true reflection of equality. Forget about whether d latter eventually got admitted. 1 had excellent point from utme but low o'level points nd vice versa for the other. Their aggregate should b close. With unilag's method, high aggregate can't be as a result of excellence in just 1 of o'level or utme, which is fair if cut off points soar. The psychological pain of oppression and marginalization is enough to kill some minds. Peace. |
chinchum:Exactly! It's unfortunate that such system came from the senate of the premier university and still tagged 50/50. Unilag earned more respect from me for their method, Reasonably fair. The cut off is then to their discretion. No one will feel cheated. With unilag's method, aspirants with high aggregates must av both good utme scores and o'level grades unlike UI where 4 A1, 1B2 nd 215 will secure medicine on merit while 3 B3, 2 C4 nd 280 fall short of medicine cut off, not even for ELDS, what a system! |
UIvents:Maybe I missed the "for A1 and B2" part in ur post but I honestly doubt u said dt. We can both re-check tho . Going by dt, are grades below B2 being treated fairly then sir? Was same advertised so that aspirants without A1 and B2 would av used their 2.5k to eat shawarma? Let's collectively condemn injustices instead of describing it with euphemism. UI's scoring system is oppressing, unfair and bias. Thanks Peace |
Elxandre:Well said bro. The whole grading system is hypocrisy. A1 grade isn't 100marks yet attracts maximum points but no one has ever had 400 in jamb exams over d years yet only aspirants with 400 can score the maximum points in utme. Y grading exams with different result presentation alike? The scoring system will b fair if * candidates' utme scores in their utme subjects can b graded just like o'level: A1-C6 nd the four utme subjects graded. At least, a credit pass in d 5th o'level relevant subject will just b a must. With d above, having 50 max points in both o'level nd utme will b synonymous. As it's, our admission processes is a "poo" that needs urgent overhaul. Peace. |
UIvents:For I saw ur analysis here and made the request here, fairness demands that ur response be posted here too. Not every1 that read ur analysis here will definitely visit your blog. I just wanted you to fault your analysis yourself. A candidate with 5 C6 and 310 will av [/b]63. 75 [b] as aggregate in unilag but [/b]47. 08[b] in UI. A whooping [/b]16. 67[b] difference! In UI, she stands zero chance of admission even with her high utme score and minimum olevel requirements because it was stated clearly that any1 with aggregate lower than 50 will not be admitted. Note the following op * 50/50 means equal. Squaring corresponding points between utme and o'level points must b 1. *The minimum eligible utme score, 200, is half of the highest obtainable score, 400 and for olevel grades, lowest grade point, C6 MUST also be half of A1 point which is what unilag did. An aspirant with minimum eligible criteria in either utme or olevel must av equal points e.g 5 C6 in UI is 8. 3 while 200 is 25points, but both 5 C6 nd 200 are 25points in unilag which is d true 50/50. Comparing these two systems, utme points will always be equal for both schools but olevel points can't, save for 5 A1 which is the obtainable point. 5 A1, 5B2, 5 B3, 5C4, 5 C5 and 5C6 are 50, 45, 40, 35, 30 and 25 respectively in unilag while 50, 41. 6, 33. 3, 25, 16. 6 and 8. 3 respectively in UI. The true ratio in UI's system is 66. 6/33. 3 o'level/ utme EXCEPT if C4 was the mininum grade requirement which isn't by any law or advertised during screening registration. [/b]check[b] O'level/utme= 25/8. 3 The mininum point is used to make comparison. For any ratio used, highest point comparison will give 1. Both highest and lowest point comparsion must b the same which is d case in unilag: 50/50 and 25/25 , a true 50/50! I sincerely hope you understand and do the needful by modifying your post, both here and on your blog, b4 creating a false impression in some people. Thanks. Peace. |
Op, Kindly analyse this practical case C6 in the 5 relevant subjects and 310 UTME score and draw your inferences. Assuming she's an aspirant of 1.psychology. 2. Computer science 3. Economics or 4. Political science What are her fates in both schools? You can pick any 2 of the courses above for your analysis. Thanks |
Have you ever think of why someone will wake up in the morning with keen suicidal or genocidal mission? I've find it difficult to accept the various hypotheses on the aetiology of BH insurgency. An interview of some female CJTF: www.punchng.com made me ask myself again "are military actions all we need to manage this crisis? " CJTF A What experience can you recall in the course of discharging your duties? There was a time at Garba Satomi street in Maiduguri. We discovered a woman who hid a pistol under wig. What surprises me is that some of the insurgents are people I know as babies. [/b] I even strapped some of them at my back. It is really sad that those babies are now bearing arms against their country.[b] CJTF B What led you to join the CJTF? I am one of the pioneer members of the CJTF. When Boko Haram members were killing residents, we were all afraid to reveal their identities to the soldiers. [/b] But later, I and some of my friends summoned courage and started exposing them. [b] At the time, security forces were threatening to kill us if we did not expose the insurgents. When we discovered that exposing them was yielding results, we courageously joined the formation. Though no member of my family was lost to insurgency, the killing of two of my neighbours, one Garba and a policeman, Amadu, by the insurgents really touched me. I desire to contribute hugely to the betterment of society. CJTF C When did you join the CJTF? I joined the formation in the early days of its formation. I joined when a sister, Hajju Mohammed, and her husband; a police personnel, Ahmed, were killed by Boko Haram in Gamboru Customs area of Maiduguri. Her husband was killed while on a routine patrol. Also, a friend and three of my neighbours were killed by the insurgents. All these irked me and eventually made me resolve to work against the insurgents by exposing them. I did not face any resistance from my relations when I decided to join. CJTF D What made you join the CJTF? I joined the formation when my elder brother, Ibrahim Tijjani, was killed by Boko Haram at Dala area in Maiduguri. The loss made me vow to expose them so that peace can be restored. In another interview of some IDPs last year, a woman claimed they were initially made to contribute foodstuffs and money to support BH before they were being threatened when they could no longer afford it. FROM the ABOVE EXCERPTS, IS IT WRONG TO SAY BH MEMEBERS WERE KNOWN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD FROM THE OUTSET? WAS IT NOT THE LAISSEZ FAIRE ATTITIDES OF THE GOVERNMENT, TRADITIONAL RULERS AND THE CITIZENRY THAT MADE IT A FULL BLOWN CRISIS? HOW WERE THOSE ARMOUR TANKS AND WEAPONRY DISPLAYED IN BH RELEASED VIDEO CLIPS TRANSPORTED THERE? DO WE THINK THAT "THING" THAT MADE A PREVIOUSLY HARMLESS MAN KILL HIS NEIGHBOURS HAS BEEN UPROOTED? MAY ALLAH MAKE OUR BELOVED COUNTRY PEACEFUL. AMEEN. PEACE. |
It's unfortunate but I seriously don't know if unilorin have a master plan. From gate to car park is like a circle sector plus the road is too narrow and "headache-causing". Using that road is enough work for the day. Alhamdulillah no death was recorded. |
The move is laudable if and ONLY if 1. JAMB improves significantly on the conduct of UTME 2. Tertiary institutions, especially universities are severely dealt with if they persist on their unruly ways when it comes to admission. 3. Working policies are put in place to prevent double applications and transparency in admission processes 4. The concept of catchment and ELDS is abolished for federal schools. 5. Clear explanations of admission processes are published just b4 the commencement of UTME registration. Peace. |
The most infuriating thing is the silence from some concerned quarters. After the initial news of the policy that flooded the media, no one seems to care about follow up. Not even Mallam Adamu, JAMB, NASS (when it wasn't a removed budget 'pad') or media. What happened to the earlier released admission guidelines? The lamentation of the oppressed shall be atoned by the Supreme being. Peace. |
In fact, it's unfortunate. How do we explain denial of admissions with 300+ UTME scores because of Cs in olevel? I know such candidates who chose UI. They refused to change to schools that add utme to putme scores to determine aggregates even with the leverage their utme scores promised them. They sticked to UI who only required 200 of their UTME scores with the confidence of 'blasting' putme which used to be the only determinant of cut off. Lo and behold, they got bursted with this new point system. Does C grades mean 'fail'? I sincerely hope something is done to ensure justice. Peace. |
deltateam:I don't even see the relevance of d topic. Do you expect a Fulani boy to start learning igbo or a yoruba girl to start learning hausa all in the name of official language? Official language should be the most widely spoken language. In this case, English remains the most neutral. We were all colonized by English men. Our educational system is English driven. Adamu, Chukwudi, Adisa have been writing ssce and jamb exams for years without problems of language. Forget about the command of english someone has, successful transmission of msgs is d need. We do not even have equal mastery of our native languages. You need to hear native British or Americans speak. |
Basically mass media (both print and electronics) and academics. There are career opportunities in law too, !with further studies. |
If Christian CHUKWU and Prof. Onyebuchi CHUKWU could bear "incomplete" names, pls leave this gallant Muhammad EZE CHUKWU. Does EZE sounds northern to you? Let's eschew fanatism and bigotry and embrace tolerance. Peace. |
Genius101:The original article posted. Is the Facebook page "information Anambra"? I want to know which media platform has published it or if it's from NL here. Thanks |
THE AFTERMATH OF THE CANCELLATION OF POST UTME EXAMS. Institutions abide by the FG's "No Post UTME" rule but made admissions worse. Aspirants were still made to pay for screenings not conducted, some were asked to travel long distances, risking their lives at extra expenses, only for submission of documents, making the reasons for the abolishment of Post Utme exams to be utterly defeated in the first place. As if those are not enough, institutions came up with disheartening admission modalities. Some just released admission lists after collecting aspirants money in the name of admission screening registration. Their criteria for admissions remained puzzles to many. Some even released results with no clear information on how the results were arrived at. Some publicized their scoring systems combining Olevel grades and UTME results of varying proportions. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife used 70/30 UTME/Olevel with two subjects' grades in addition to the five relevant subjects to the chosen courses of study. University of Lagos and University of Ibadan used 50/50 UTME/Olevel with different styles. All these grading systems are contrary to the admission guidelines obtainable atwww.jamb.gov.ng. The 50/50 scoring system looks just and fair but it's not. Let's examine University of Ibadan system (obtainable from www.ui.edu.ng). A1-6, B2-5, B3-4, C4-3, C5-2 and C6-1. Five relevant Olevel subjects are graded and the total divided by 30, then multiplied by 50 give X. UTME score divided by 400, multiplied by 50 gives Y. X+Y gives the aggregate which must not be less than 50 for a candidate to be qualified for admission consideration. Is this actually 50/50? 200 UTME score was advertised as the minimum score to be eligible and at least 5 credit passes in either one or two sittings depending on course of study. A candidate with 200 in UTME already has 25/50 in UTME but a candidate with C6 in all his five required subjects has just 8.3/50 in Olevel. 50/50 indeed! A candidate with C5 in his five relevant subjects and 250 UTME scores has 47.9 as aggregate which mean he can't be admitted whereas another candidate with B3 in his five relevant subjects and 200 UTME has 58.3 as aggregate and can be admitted. Aspirants with below credit in each of five Olevel subjects have 0/50 in Olevel while aspirants with UTME scores below 200 can score as high as 24.875 on this scoring system. Candidates with two Olevel sittings, even though advertised as allowed, will have the points scored from the second result halved before it can be added. Is this justice coming from the Senate of an ivory tower? The above is just one of the various awkward admission modalities employed by our tertiary institutions for this year's admission and yet the Federal Government, civil organizations, National Assembly and the Media had been silent on this issue affecting about a million of this country's "future leaders". I call on President Muhammadu Buhari's lead administration to see to this as this is the first admission that will be fully conducted under the watch of his government. Is this the change we deserve in the nation's admission process? Kindly let something be done in earnest to prevent these injustices and impunity. In preparation for next admission, there should be a stakeholder's meeting on admission process, duly publicized and let each institution publish her peculiar admission guidelines to enable students make the best choices. Not changing the rules when the game is on. God bless Nigeria. |
Thanks bro. Pls can you direct me to where on Facebook you saw it? I sent it to some media platforms earlier today. I sense some error, haply from copying and pasting in the above. I'll post the original article here. Thanks. |
bankycee:I know people with 300+, Olevel results of almost 10years old but ended with less than 50 as aggregates because of Cs. Getting even Cs back then Na hell! These people chose ui because of the recent premium placed on post utme exams. Things now changed midway and their scores blown away, just like dust while last year's results of B2 in all 5relevant subjects and 220 dey dance with 69.1 aggregate. What's the most suitable name for this? I cry for this country. The oppressed tears flow. |
bankycee:I know people with 300+, Olevel results of almost 10years old but ended with less than 50 as aggregates because of Cs. Getting even Cs back then Na hell! These people chose ui because of the recent premium placed on post utme exams. Things now changed midway and their scores blown away, just like dust while last year's results of B2 in all 5relevant subjects and 220 dey dance with 69.1 aggregate. What's the most suitable name for this? I cry for this country. The oppressed tears flow. |
Hardeysolution:But one can have A1 parallel and 200 in UTME, right? Why did University of Ibadan stopped placing premium on Olevel grades few years back? Hope you know Obafemi Awolowo just needed aspirants to have at least C6 in their 5 relevant subjects prior to this year? If there are malpractices in Olevel and UTME, one is lesser and using both to grade for admission should treat both equally at least. |
