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The National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) has granted accreditation to seventeen of the twenty academic programmes offered by the Federal College of Education (FCE), Eha-Amufu in Enugu State.

This was contained in a report detailing the full accreditation results, signed by the NCCE’s Acting Director of Academic Programmes, Mr. V. I. Uji, on behalf of the commission’s Executive Secretary, Prof Monday Joshua.

Commenting on the results, Professor Joshua lauded the college management for the improved facilities and the establishment of a radio station in the institution.

Reacting to the news, the Provost of the college, Prof. Benjamin Mbah, said that the full accreditation status would allow the college to run the programmes for five years, adding that courses which got interim accreditation would not be stopped.

The provost said the management would leave no stone unturned in ensuring that all its courses attained full accreditation.

He commended the college team led by Mr John Nebo, which met with the NCCE team for the assessment.

The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has won the 2016 All-Nigeria Universities Debating Championship (ANUDC) which took place at the Covenant University, Sango-Ota, Ogun State between July 9 and July 16, 2016.

Students from Unilorin defeated their colleagues from 19 other universities to emerge champions in the fourth edition of the contest.

Members of Team Unilorin included: Agbede Tobiloba and Adekunbi Ademola (Team Murtala Muhammad); Abolarin Muhammad and Ambrose Omolola (Team Dora Akunyili); Bukola Smith and Usman Rukayat (Team Michael Okpara); and Jimoh Omotayo and Abikan Hawau (Team Stella Adadevoh) while for the Public Speaking Category, the students were: Usman Halimaa Ojone and Sanusi Sodiq.

The University of Calabar (UNICAL) came second while the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), took the third position.

Other universities that participated in the tournament were: the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Osun State University, Osogbo (UNIOSUN); the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO); the University of Port-Harcourt, Imo State University, Owerri; and the host Covenant University, Sango-Ota.

Others were Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti; Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo; Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki; Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma; Evangel University, Igbinedion University, Okada, Benin City; Ibrahim Babangida University, Lapai; and Godfrey Okoye University

Speaking at the event, the President of the ANUDC Council, Dr. Ndubuisi Osuagwu, praised the host University and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the tournament for “being a great team player with the Council, a high sense of responsibility and organization and for putting in place a most orderly championship, which clearly differs from previous experience”.

A University Don has advised Nigeria to take advantage of the many benefits of agricultural by-products in its quest for wealth creation and sustainable development in all spheres of life. Professor Babatunde Ajayi of the Department of Forestry and Wood Technology of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA stated this while delivering the 77th Inaugural Lecture of the institution.

He said adequate use of the byproducts will lead to the reduction in exploitation of forests biodiversity, increase efficiency in wood resources utilization, prevention of environmental degradation, alleviation of poverty or wealth creation, mitigation of climate change and increase raw material base for construction work.

Speaking on the topic: ‘Adding Value to Biofiber wastes: A lesson from creation’, Ajayi said various manufacturing processes of new products open up a large vista of opportunities for job creation, new products development, healthier environment, commerce and sustainable chains of profitable activities.

The Don described fibrous wastes as materials considered to be valueless, of no economic importance or value which are derived from the processing of fibrous materials such as wood, wood climbers, shrubs, bio composite panel products and any agricultural farm produce. and processing, among others.

Making a case for waste to wealth generation in the agricultural sector, the Don noted that wastes generated from the agricultural sector in Nigeria though enormous and considered valueless, can serve as raw materials capable of sustaining wealth creation.

According to him the use of such raw materials derived from agricultural sectors for value-added products manufacturing will stimulate and increase the industrial and economic development of the nation and the world at large.

Ajayi highlighted the benefits of the use of agricultural residues to include: reduced pressure on forest resources bio diversities, increased innovations in products, manufacturing, processing and utilization, poverty alleviation and increase in farmers income, increase in raw materials supplies for construction industries to mention a few.

The Professor of Wood Products and Biomaterials Technology lamented that the mismanagement of forest resources has given rise to enormous wood wastes generated in every forest and this is brought about through the factors of over exploitation of timber resources without skillful exploitation and harvest techniques, inadequate modern technology in wood wastes management, processing and utilization, use of obsolete equipment and machinery in wood harvesting, transportation.

On the way forward, he emphasized the need for the government and all stakeholders to bridge the technological gap in intensive commercialization of research products particularly in tertiary institutions, adding that there is a viable technological nucleus to propagate the use of 80-90 percent of forest resources of Ondo State and Nigeria into numerous value added products.

He therefore proposed that more advocacy and extension services should be established to motivate public awareness in the production of and the use of value-added products.

Summing up, the Don advocated that research products in Universities be harvested and properly funded through government private partnership in raw material sourcing, processing, manufacturing and products utilization for industrial growth.

The day started like every other day as a student who have been passing through hard times with some physiological problems attempted to end it all by taking his own life.

An eye witness report narrated of the sudden incident that took place in the male hostel E as a student in Futo was seen running off the edge of the last floor of his hostel.

The scene been suddenly crowded with students from his hostel as he was found unconscious on the floor. Questions are being asked if he was still alive as contacts were been made for medical support but none was around immediately as one promised to come later on.
Furthermore, a transport was made available as he was rushed to the nearest medical center. More Information on this will be updated later on.

Statistics have shown that suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in Nigeria as 42,773 casualties are reported each year. The rate of suicides attempted by the Nigerian students is alarming as students have traumas and take actions that might end there lives.

The Management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) wishes to inform prospective candidates that applications for 2016/2017 Admission Screening Exercise will commence on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016.

ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES:

Candidates who made University of Lagos their first choice in the 2016 UTME and scored 200 and above are eligible for the screening.
In addition, candidates must possess five (5) credit passes at one sitting in relevant O/level subjects including English Language and Mathematics.
Candidates, who will not be 16 years of age by October 31, 2016 are not eligible and need not apply.
Candidates who are awaiting results are also eligible to apply for the screening. Such candidates will be allowed to upload their results when they are released only if they applied within the specified period.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

Candidates are advised to keep checking this page for application procedure and cost.

CLOSING DATE:

Application ends on Wednesday 24th August, 2016.
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Salem University, Lokoja has been granted approval by the National Universities Commission (NUC) to establish a Postgraduate school.

The postgraduate school will initially run Postgraduate diploma, MSc and MBA in Business Administration and MSc in Microbiology.

Furthermore, the NUC has approved more undergraduate programmes for Salem University.

The new undergraduate programmes are BSc. Mass communication, BSc. Sociology B.A English and B.A History and Diplomatic Studies. Both the Postgraduate school and the new undergraduate academic programmes are to commence in the 2016/2017 session.

The approval of the new academic programmes is sequel to the resource verification exercise earlier conducted by panels of experts from the NUC.

The said panel of experts confirmed the availability of adequate resources, both infrastructural and human, for Salem University to embark on the new academic horizon.

With this, Salem University is providing more course options to potential undergraduates whose search for placement into the university to study courses of their choice has become elusive.

Also the post graduate programmes will provide an avenue for fresh graduates and those in employment to further gain top- notch skills and knowledge which will lead to gaining mastery of their jobs.

Similarly, the National Universities Commission has approved the commencement of part time degree programmes in Accounting, Business Administration and Computer Science. Consequently, the University officially commenced lectures in the different programmes.

It will be recalled that Salem University was among the few private universities recently granted full operating licence by the NUC.

The management of Delta state University has released the 1st Batch of admitted candidates for 2016/2017 academic session.
Candidates are to follow the instructions below to check their admission status.

-Visit http://delsu.edu.ng/utme2016admission.aspx

-Enter your JAMB reg Number in the space provided.

-Click on “Check” to access your admission status.

The Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele has commiserated with families of those who lost their lives in a recent accident where some young people lost their lives.

The accident took place near the University gate on Monday 11th of July, 2016.

Prof. Bandele in his condolence message noted that out of those who died in the accident, only one was a student of the university. He commiserated with the families and parents of those who lost their lives in the ghastly accident.

The EKSU Vice Chancellor also described as heartbreaking, the loss of the driver of the private nursery and primary school that collided with the Lexus luxury car during the accident.

The condolence message added that after thorough scrutiny, it was discovered and confirmed that only two of the accident victims were students of Ekiti State University, one of them was a young lady who died and the other young man is currently receiving treatment at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital.

According to the findings, others involved in the accident are not students of EKSU.

The university management appreciates the State Executive Governor, His Excelleny, Dr. Ayodele Fayose for his prompt intervention and the positive and immediate attention by the Management of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital in attending to those involved in the accident.

When Blessing, a 300-level undergraduate female student of the Sociology Department, University of Lagos, approached one of her lecturers for extra tutorial on a problematic module, she did not bargain to be the object of the lecturer’s sexual fancy.

“He didn’t even bother to explain the topic to me. Maybe he thought I was flirting with him but I’m sure I did not leave that impression,” said Blessing, who refused to allow the use of her actual names.

Soon, the lecturer started inviting her to beer parlours outside the campus. Blessing said she initially responded out of respect but I stopped answering the lecturer’s phone calls the day he tried to touch her breast in public. She completely avoided him after the man asked her to meet him at a guesthouse in Palmgroove, in Lagos.

That was when all hell broke loose, she said.

Blessing claimed she was deliberately picked on and embarrassed in class, and at the end of the semester, despite her best effort, she was scored D by the lecturer.

“Because of what happened, I tried my best and I’m sure I would have scored at least 60 (B) from what I wrote but he decided to punish me by scoring me 45.”

Blessing seemed lucky as thousands of mostly female university students in Nigeria have faced even worse situations at the hands of philandering lecturers, other university staff and even fellow students, anti-sexual harassment campaigners say.

Some lecturers have failed students repeatedly until they yielded to their sexual demands. Students who would not compromise have been harassed out of school.

Well-known assailants have raped others with little attempt by university authorities to apprehend the attackers.

Joy Ezeilo, the Executive Director of Women’s Aid Collective and a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, told the story of a female student who was chased into a classroom in a university and snatched away in the full glare of everyone to be raped by her assailants. No one raised a finger to protect her.

She also narrated the story of a lecturer who was nicknamed “Kiss-me-and-pass” because he often asked female students to kiss him if they wanted better grades.

Despite the prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual assaults in Nigerian universities, investigations which involved talking to students from at least eight universities, administrators, lecturers, members of university academic union from across Nigeria, revealed a near total neglect of the issue and lack of will to even discuss it.

In many cases, lecturers and other employees who were indicted were merely told to go and sin no more. Apart from few cases involving well-connected students, hardly do Nigerian universities fire lecturers for sexually harassing female students.

Universities, including privately owned institutions, have also unilaterally rejected calls by campaigners and human rights activists to implement sexual harassment policies as a means of tackling the problem.

Almost all the students claimed that they have either been sexually harassed or know another student who had been harassed by a lecturer or other university staff.

Many of them confessed that they were neither aware of where to go nor whom to approach when lecturers or male students harassed them. All of them expressed a lack of faith in the ability or willingness of their university management to provide justice in cases of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Almost all the students who claimed to have been sexually harassed said they feared being victimised if they reported.

“I did not report because nothing would come out it. Also, there will be further problems for me, maybe from other lecturers who are also doing that. Then, my boyfriend said I should not report. As I didn’t agree to sleep with the man, he failed me and I am still carrying the course till now,” said Hamzat Kaothar, a third year Banking student of the University of Abuja.

“I don’t have confidence in the school system, not to talk of the department. And that’s it if you ask anybody. Lecturers go unpunished after abusing students and refusal even leads to failure. But I think the new Vice Chancellor is bringing discipline to the school.”

Another victim of sexual harassment, Chinelo Emenike, a Business Administration student at the Imo State University, said she reported the attack to her Head of Department who “did not even think it was a big deal”.

Except for the University of Port Harcourt, sexual harassment, references to sexual exploitation of students or how they might seek redress was not mentioned in any of the sampled institutions’ handbook, universities’ primary source of information, guidelines and policies.

Even UNIPORT merely glossed over the matter. Page 1 of one of the university’s handbook under the title: Professional Ethics Committee Code of Conduct for Staff and Students, lecturers were advised ’’not victimize students for sex, ethnic, religious or personal reasons.’’

In the same vein students were warned “not offer money, sex or other enticement in exchange for higher grade or alteration/forgery of record/documents.”

Nothing was said about the punishment to be meted out on defaulting lecturers and how students could possibly get justice if harassed by staff of the university.

Though the University of Lagos students’ handbook did not say anything about sexual harassment and students said they were not told anything specifically about sexual harassment, the institution however has an emergency helpline (012902989) which students can call if they got into any form of trouble. The number, however, was not functional during the investigation for this story.

All the students who spoke to us also said sexual harassment was not mentioned during orientation. Blessing Eshaleku, a Linguistics student at the University of Jos, said students were only told to avoid dressing in manners that make them susceptible to harassment from lecturers and other male students.

The Student Affairs departments of all the universities in this survey refused to respond to our requests for information about how sexual harassment is handled and measures put in place to deter lecturers from leeching on female students. They also could not provide data on the number of complaints they received from students and how many lecturers have been sanctioned in the past for sexual related offences.

A senior employee of the Student Affairs department of the University of Abuja, who pleaded not to be mentioned because he did not obtain the Vice Chancellor’s approval to talk to the press, confessed that though things are beginning to change, there are no strong mechanisms in place to address the problem. He also blamed students for not coming forward to report lecturers and admitted that this could be for a lack of confidence in the university to provide justice.

Similarly, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has done nothing to rein its members in. The union has no mechanism in place to tackle the issue and penalise erring members.

The Chairman of the Lagos State University (LASU) chapter of ASUU, Adekunle Idris, said though the National Executive Council of ASUU is now planning to push the matter to the front burner, he admitted that all the union has been doing was to merely appeal to lecturers to desist from the act.

“The truth of the matter is for now we don’t have specific guidance in respect to sanctions. What we are doing is to continually sensitise our members in terms of seminars in terms of talking to one another during our congresses to ensure that best practises are always adhered to during all our activities. It is only a matter of moral suasion we are having for now,” he said.

Taking Law into their hands

The lack of willingness of universities to vigorously tackle sexual harassment and other forms of sexual assaults such as sex-for-marks coupled with a lack of faith in the system to impartially dispense justice, have seen some students resort to taking the law into their hands. Some lecturers have been set up, stripped, beaten and humiliated by students desperate for revenge.

In 2013, a video of Ifeanyi Raphael, a lecturer at the Delta State University, went viral on social media. He was caught with his pants down, literally, with a female student who had rebuffed earlier advances from him.

The student claimed Mr. Raphael failed her when she was in her second year after she turned down his demands for sex. The student who was then in her final year approached the lecturer on how she was going to pass the examination since she needed to pass it before she can graduate.

As she suspected, Mr. Raphael said she must sleep with him before he can pass her. She arranged for him to come to her apartment and played along until Mr. Raphael took off his clothes then other students who had been waiting for her signal barged in and began taking pictures and videos of the lecturer, which were shared all over the internet.

There are other instances of students resorting to self-help methods like this and in most cases; the universities try to save face by punishing the students and the lecturers involved.

“Very well, I support it really. Lecturers that abuse students should be punished by students maybe that will let them stop. And also since the school can’t do anything about it, students have to fight for themselves,” said Ms. Kaothar.

A reflection of societal decadence

Mrs. Ezeilo, who has led campaigns against sexual harassment in institutions of tertiary learning, said the lackadaisical handling of the issue by universities is a reflection of the way women are perceived in the society.

“The societal attitude and practice is to stereotype women as sex objects- for men’s pleasure. The social abuse thousands of Nigerian women experience daily on the streets, in the market place, schools and workplaces can at best be described as sexual harassment.”

She said sexual harassment was detrimental to the education of the girl child.

“The society cannot be promoting girl’s education and at the same time unmindful of hostile environment that makes learning difficult and/or results in high rate of female drop-outs.”

Mrs Ezeilo, said despite the initial interest shown by the Nigerian University Commission and the National Human Rights Commission towards a draft policy on sexual harassment for university she composed, Universities rebuffed appeal for them to adopt the policy as a mechanism for checking sexual harassment.

“Unfortunately, the universities were less than keen to take it to the next level. So to that extent we didn’t get the cooperation we wanted from universities and since 2010 to date nothing has changed in terms of policy environment to protect women/female students and indeed anyone (including male students) from unwanted and unwelcome demand for sexual favours by lecturers who are supposedly in fiduciary relationship with them.

The Chairman of the NHRC, Chidi Odinkalu, said the increase of sexual harassment and the attendant impunity around it mirror the general rot of university system.

“The failure can be addressed through better governance of our universities and the recalibration of the incentive mechanisms of our universities. There are major governance failures in the way we manage our universities. Many lecturers are not subjected to any form of oversight or certification that they should go through.

“The promotion mechanism these days favours who you know or federal character rather than your output as a lecturer. And lecturers go through the universities not having written one and the half reviewed articles and think they can get away with it. Until we create a merit based university system, which is what universities are really supposed to be we are going to have problems,” he said.

On what his organisation is doing to help stem menace, Mr. Odinkalu said it would be hypocritical for him to preach to universities when the NHRC does not have a policy on sexual harassment of its own yet.

“My personal issue has always been this: I’m not particularly confident with going to universities and preaching to them about sexual harassment if the National Human Rights Commission itself does not have the policy framework on sexual harassment.”

He however advised those who have been harassed to press charges and not allow societal pressures or fear of victimisation intimidate them from forging ahead force with charges.

All effort to talk to the NUC proved abortive. The commission did not reply email sent to them. The NUC has nine contact phone numbers on its website, only two of them appear to be functional. However, several calls to the two numbers were not answered neither were they returned.

A double-edged sword

While sexual harassment in universities is mostly viewed from the angle of male philandering lecturers running after female students, little is often spoken about female students deliberately seducing male lecturers, mainly for better grades.

A lecturer at LASU who spoke on condition of anonymity said some female students offer themselves to lecturers.

“If people know what we go through; the number of times lecturers send female students out of their offices. I know cases of students who have volunteered to even pay for a room in a guesthouse.”

Mr. Odinkalu, himself a former lecturer, admitted female students were increasingly harassing their lecturers.

“This may not be fashionable but sexual harassment in universities is a two-way thing. Many lecturers prey on student but some students also do prey on lecturers. And I think it’s necessary to acknowledge this. As I said, it’s not fashionable. I’m not going to win a lot of brownie points for saying this,” he said.

Mr. Idris said one thing several universities are doing is to discourage female students from dressing provocatively.

“The female also sexually harass us in the classroom. You’re teaching or conducting exam and when you look up all the breasts you have in the lecture hall are all exposed to you. You are invigilating and as you’re moving around half of all the buttocks are all exposed to you by all the bare bottom trousers they are wearing,” he said.

The Federal Government will soon launch a new education strategy to serve as a guiding framework for transforming the sector.

According to the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who was speaking at the 32nd combined convocation of the Kaduna Polytechnic, the strategy would inspire efforts to bring the capacity of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems to levels where they could respond to multiple demands.

Adamu described education as “a veritable tool for the growth and development of any nation,’’ adding that all hands must be on deck for the country to be rated high in the comity of nations.

The minister, represented by the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Dr Masa’udu Kazaure, called on well-meaning Nigerians, the private sector and non-governmental organisations to support the government in funding the sector.

The minister equally urged the graduates to contribute their quota in stirring the country in the right direction and place it on the shoes of excellence in technology, high morals and unquestionable integrity.

Fed Poly Mubi Pre-ND, Prelim & Certificate Programmes Admission Form Is Available
Posted in Uncategorized By Dikachisco On July 23, 2016

The Federal Polytechnic Mubi admissions into Pre-National Diploma (Pre-ND), Prelim & Certificates programmes for 2016/2017 academic session is currently ongoing.

Available Courses:

A. SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (ST)
a) Biological Science Technology (HND Biology, HND Biology/Microbiology, DMLT, cert HIV)
b) Chemical Science Technology (HND Chemistry, HND Chemistry/Biochemistry)
c) Computer Science (ND,HND,CCA)
d) Food Science and Technology (ND, HND)
e) Mathematics and Statistics (ND Statistics)
f) Nutrition and Dietetics (ND)
g) Hospitality Management Technology (ND, HND, Cert.)
h) Science laboratory Technology (ND, HND Physics with Electronics)
i) Leisure and Tourism Management (ND)

B. SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY (SA)
a) Agricultural Technology (ND, HND Crop, Diploma)
b) Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Technology (ND)
c) Animal Health Technology (ND, Diploma)
d) Agricultural Extension and Management (HND)
e) Forestry Technology (ND)
f) Horticulture Management (ND)

C. SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY(SBT)
a) Accountancy (ND, HND, DAF)
b) Business Administration and Management (ND, HND, Diploma and Diploma Marketing)
c) Purchasing and Supply (ND)
d) Public Administration (ND)
e) Legal Studies (Diploma)

D.SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SCT)
a) Office Technology and Management (ND,HND)
b) Mass Communication (ND)
c) Library and Information Science (ND)

E.SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
a) Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technology (ND, HND)
b) Mechanical Engineering Technology (ND, HND)
c) Civil Engineering Technology (ND, HND)
d) Chemical Engineering Technology (ND)
e) Computer Engineering Technology (ND)

F. SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY
a) Surveying and Geoinformatics (ND, HND)
b) Quantity Surveying (ND)
c)Estate Management and Evaluation (ND)
d)Architectural Technology (ND)
e) Environmental Science Technology
f) Urban and Regional Planning (ND)
g) Building Technology (ND)

G.SCHOOL OF PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL STUDIES
a) PRE-ND science and Engineering (PRE-ND)
b) Preliminary Social and Management Science (PRELIM)
c) General Studies .
d) Diploma Social Works
e) Certificate in French Language.

ENTRY REQUIREMENT

PRE-ND AND PRELIM PROGRAMMES

GCE ‘O’ Level, SSCE, NECO, NABTEB (NBC) or TC II ordinary passes or their equivalent in English Language, Mathematics, and any other three (3) of the following: Economics, Commerce, Geography, Business Methods, Principles of Accounts, Agricultural Science/Biology, Government, for those that will opt for National Diploma (ND) in Secretarial Studies, Ordinary passes in Type Writing, Short Hand, English, History and Religious Knowledge.
GCE ‘O’ Level/SSCE/NABTEB (NTC) ordinary passess or their equivalent in English Language, Mathematics, and any other three (3) subjects from Physics, Chemistry, Biology or all the three Science subjects depending on the programme in which the applicant will finally enroll; or
City and Guides/WAEC intermediate certificate with passes in English Language, Mathematics and integrated/ Physical Science (Physics/Chemistry) will be considered for Pre-ND Science and Engineering candidates.

CERTIFICATES PROGRAMMES

GCE ‘O’ Level SSCE, NECO, NABTEB (NBC/NTC) or its equivalent with at least a pass in Mathematics and English Language or in relevant Science subjects, or
Grade II Teachers Certificate with at least 2 merits in mathematics and English language or in relevant science subject or
SSCE, NBC, NTC, NECO attempted with at least two (2) years cognate working experience.
In addition to (a) or (b) or (c) above,
i) Candidate for Advanced Certificate in Building must possess the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi Certificate in Building Technology or Equivalent qualification from recognized sister institution.
ii)Candidates for the Advance Certificate in Land Surveying, cartography and Photogrammetric must possess the intermediate certificate in land surveying or cartography or photogrametry.
iii)Candidates for Certificate in Hotel and Catering (ACC) must possess SSCE attempted.
iv)Candidates for Confidential Secretary III (One year) and II must possess the confidential secretary IV and III Certificates or RSA with 80.35 (WPM) in short hand and Typewriting respectively. Candidates without a pass in mathematics will be considered.

How To Apply:

The APPLICATION PIN should ONLY BE PURCHASED FROM GT BANK DIRECTLY IN MUBI.

Candidates are to visit the Fed Poly Mubi online registration portal and apply for admissions with the purchased scratch card.

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art workStep 1: Brainstorm Ideas

Write down all subjects, themes, places, things, activities or issues that are personally relevant and that matter to you (even random, unexpected things, such as a the art room sink, or heirloom knives and forks in your kitchen drawer). The purpose of any artwork is to communicate a message: to comment or scream or sing about the world in which we find ourselves in. If there is no emotion behind the work, there is no driving force – nothing to direct and shape your decision making. Write down the things that you care about; that move you.
Include topics that are unusual, challenging, controversial, gritty or inspiring: those that fill you with passion. Students who select substantial, heartfelt issues that they really believe in are more likely to achieve great results than those who choose aesthetically pleasing but superficial subjects. A tried and true subject can still be approached in an individual and innovative way, but choosing a topic that is novel and fresh has certain advantages. Strong, contentious issues are those which the assessors themselves have a reaction to; they provoke an emotive response. Such topics make the markers and moderators sit up and take notice: it gives them ample opportunity to see the merit within your work.
Step 2: Evaluate your ideas

Think carefully about the topics that you have written down. Use the flowchart at the end of this article to evaluate your ideas.
Eliminate those which are ‘cheesy’ (i.e involving pink hearts and Brad Pitt), insincere (i.e. a theme of ‘World Peace’, when really this is something you couldn’t care less about) and overly “pretty” or lacking in substance (i.e. bunches of roses). This doesn’t mean that a traditionally ‘beautiful’ subject cannot be successful,
Eliminate those subjects which you are unable to explore first-hand. In order to create artworks, you will need access to high quality imagery. For example, if you are exploring the way in which humans kill animals in order to consume their meat, access to the inside of a butchery or abattoir/freezing works is likely to be essential. Reliance on photographs taken by others is rarely a good idea. No matter how awesome a theme appears, if you are unable to explore any aspect of it firsthand, it is very unlikely that you will be able to do the topic justice. Remember that you will likely need to return to your source imagery several times during your high school course, so a submission based upon a particular plant that only blooms for a couple of weeks out of the year or a view of your village during a rare winter snow storm is very risky. The ideal GCSE, IGCSE or Art A-Level subject is one that you can physically return to, whenever you need – to draw, photograph or experience first-hand.
Remove the topics for which the source material is excessively simple, i.e. containing only a few forms, textures and patterns. A small pile of cardboard boxes, for example, might inspire a great drawing, but if this is the starting point for an entire year’s AS or A2 work, the straight lines, rectangular forms and flat box surfaces are unlikely to provide enough visual variety to explore for months on end. Overly busy source material, on the other hand, is not an issue – it is much easier to simplify form and detail than it is to add back in.
Eliminate those topics for which the source material lacks aesthetic appeal. Do not mistake ‘aesthetic appeal’ for pretty. In fact, some of the ‘ugliest’ things can be stunningly rendered in an artwork or design. Art teachers (and artists in general) often speak of finding the beauty in the ordinary or mundane: seeing the magic in that which others have discarded or forgotten (see the electrical plug painting below by Amy Thellusson from Notting Hill and Ealing High School). This does not mean, however, that anything is suitable for your A Level topic. Some scenes are genuinely unattractive and unsuitable visually. Certain object combinations (due to their particular shapes, colours or textures) are extremely difficult to compose in a pleasing way. Similarly, some items – particularly disproportionate drawings or designs by others – are very challenging for a high school student to replicate. A drawing, for example, of a doll that is proportioned unusually, may appear to be an inaccurate, badly proportioned drawing of an ordinary doll. In other words, the examiner may not realise that the doll is proportioned badly – they may think you simply cannot draw. (If you find ascertaining the aesthetic potential of your ideas difficult, discuss this further with your art teacher.
Eliminate topics which are common or over-done (unless you have an original way of approaching this topic). It doesn’t matter if some others have explored the same topic as you… With the millions of people in the world, it is highly unlikely that you will be the only one to explore a particular theme (in fact, this is beneficial, as you can learn from others…and no one will make art exactly like you), but, if EVERYONE is doing it – if it is a topic that the examiners have seen a hundred times before, you should think carefully about whether you have something sufficiently new and original to say about it.
Ensure that the topic you choose is something that you really care about and which can sustain your interest for a year. If you have more than one topic left on your list, pick the thing that you care about the most.
Written By Dikachisco 2016.

unicalThis is to inform all candidates who have chosen University of Calabar as their First Choice in their application for admission into the 2016/2017 academic session that the First Choice screening Exercise has been scheduled to take place on August 11 and 12, 2016
DAY ONE:
9am – 4am
For all programmes, Candidates with Scores ranging from 180 – 200DAY TWO:
9am – 4pm
For all programmes, Candidates with Scores ranging from 200 and aboveVenues for the Screening of Candidates will be made available at the University Campus.

PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE
The following options are available:
E-transact option: This option is available in all commercial banks nationwide. At the bank your are required to pay and obtain an E-transact PIN. With the PIN log into the portal a href=”http://myunical.edu.ng/” target=”_blank”>http://www.Myunical.edu.ng and follow the instructions on the portal after login.

2.Scratch Card Option:
This option is available in the following banks within Calabar Metropolis ONLY:
Unical Microfinance Bank
WEMA Bank
First city Monument Bank
Heritage Bank
-On obtaining the scratch card proceed as follows:
-LOG ON TO: http://www.Myunical.edu.ng and click on Screening UTME link
-On the home page, enter your correct JAMB Registration N0 in the box provided
-Enter the scratch card pin in the box provided
-Click on login and follow the online instructions.
-Confirm your entries and CLICK ON SUBMIT
-Print out the completed form.

APPLICATION FEE:
For either option the application fee is N2,500.00 which covers the screening fee, portal and bank charges.

DEADLINE
REGISTRATION WILL SHUT DOWN AT 12.000 MID NIGHT ON AUGUST 06, 2016.

NOTE:
-Candidates are required to come with their original UTME result slip showing the Candidate’s photograph. If you do not have this document,

NUC

National Universities Commission, NUC suspends admission into the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) programme.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday announced the suspension admissions into the law programme of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

Prof. Julius Okojie, NUC’s Executive Secretary said that the moratorium would be in place pending the resolution of issues with the Council on Legal Education (CLE).

The Council on Legal Education (CLE) has persistently disallowed NOUN’s law graduates from being admitted into the Nigerian Law School.

“This matter is being addressed because it is between us, CLE and the university.

“What we have done in the interim is stop new intake into that programme so that they do not have a backlog; we are addressing the issue.

“I must say that the law programme in National Open University (NOUN) was approved by the NUC; it is our responsibility.

“When CLE came up with the idea of no part time law, NOUN did not consider law a part time programme by their mode; so they did not stop the programme.’’

prof ojerindeThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has given condition for the 2016 admissions, saying it will only give approval “after appropriate screening of the candidates by the institutions.”

The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said this in a statement on Sunday.

Ojerinde said, “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board wishes to state that the latest list of candidates sent to all the tertiary institutions contains candidates who qualified for screening based on the individual institution’s capacity. It’s not in any way an admission list.

“However, if this list is not sufficient for the need of any institution, such institution can source from the omnibus printout earlier sent to them by the board. The public and all tertiary institutions should note that admission will only be approved by the board after appropriate screening of the candidates by the institutions.

“The list, which is made up of candidates, who met the national cut-off point within the set criteria, is sent to the institutions. Again, for purposes of clarity, all institutions that have need for more can source from their omnibus printout as stated above. The candid intention of the board is to ensure that available spaces are adequately utilised.”

The Federal Government had, on Saturday, clarified its ban on Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the general admission procedure.

It said it “does not in any way affect the statutory role of the Senate of any university or the academic board of any tertiary institution conducting its admissions.”

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, also made the clarification in a statement by the Deputy Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Education, Mr. Ben. Bem-Goong.

He said the clarification became necessary “following conflicting reports in the media over the roles of universities and JAMB in admission under the new dispensation.”

According to him, the role of JAMB is to conduct the UTME, compile the list of candidates whose scores meet the cut-off marks (180 and above) and send same to the universities.

The institutions, he emphasised, would shortlist the candidates, using the agreed guidelines and thereafter return the shortlisted candidates to JAMB for verification of compliance with the guidelines and issuance of JAMB admission letters.

“For the avoidance of doubt, any screening charges shall apply only to successful candidates, who have been issued admission by the universities of their choice,” Adamu stated.

Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, has said the Senate of universities in the country should be responsible for setting standards for admissions into their institutions.

Garba stated this while answering questions at the News Agency of Nigeria forum in Abuja.

The vice-chancellor faulted the situation where JAMB and the Ministry of Education set standards for admission into the university.

Garba stated, “Universities have autonomy by law; each university should set its criteria for taking students.

“But of course, JAMB and the ministry are saying that because it is our country, we must have a policy that regulates, so that we have a good balance but not on quality.

“A university Senate is supposed to set standard for accepting students that it takes and trains and graduates.

“We are hoping that very soon, we will resolve this matter because it is getting more and more embarrassing.

“Even the state universities have told the Federal Government that education is in the concurrent list in the constitution.

“The Federal Government has no control and should not have control over a state university; they have a council appointed by the governor.

“They can only fulfil NUC’s standard requirements, but not admission quota.’’

The ABU vice-chancellor explained that the minister’s directive, leading up to the scrapping of the post-UTME, had created an impasse in universities as they had yet to begin admissions.

According to him, universities could not take the products of JAMB without further testing them.

He said that universities, being the recipients of the candidates, should be able to select those they could train.

Garba added, “We found it, as universities, that the post-UTME tests are the best to get the best. JAMB is only trying to improve, but still not perfect to a point that we can trust.

“Post-UTME has a history; even when it started, JAMB encouraged us to do it. JAMB is improving, but it is not yet there because every year, we receive these products and we see what they are.”

He said that in 2016, ABU had 49,000 applicants, who scored above 180 points while its admission capacity was 6,500.

nabteb
Registration for the November/December Private examination (GCE) of the National Business And Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) has commenced.

PURCHASE OF REGISTRATION PINs:
Registration PINs for the above named examinations, primarily for private candidates are available for purchase at the branches of the following banks: First Bank, United Bank for Africa, Zenith Bank, Unity Bank, Fidelity Bank, Enterprise Bank and Skye Bank.

Candidates can also visit any approved NABTEB examination centre or any of the following NABTEB offices for assistance:

i. NABTEB Zonal Offices in Abuja, Kaduna, Yola, Osogbo, Enugu and Benin City.
ii. NABTEB Liaison Offices at Abuja and Lagos, and State Offices Nationwide.
iii. NABTEB National Headquarters, Ikpoba Hill, Benin City.

EXAMINATION FEES: Candidates intending to enrol for NBC/NTC or General Education Subjects must obtain a Registration PIN at the cost of N10,000.00 per candidate, while registration for ANBC/ANTC will attract N12,000.00 per candidate. The above fees cover examination fees, result checking, biometric registration, e-learning and information VCD. In addition, candidates are to pay N250.00 bank charges. Late registration will attract additional N5,000.00 per candidate.

REGISTRATION PERIOD: Registration has already commenced and will end on 30th September, 2016.

HOW TO REGISTER: Candidates should visit registration.nabtebnigeria.org to log on with the PIN.

Candidates are advised to carefully study the Entry Guide, Examination Structure, Time-Table, List of Centres and Trades available at each Centre, as well as other relevant instructions.

NOTE: Except for General Education Candidates, all other candidates are allowed to enrol for any number of subjects they want to enter for, but this must be on TRADE basis.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
* Candidates who wish to offer any Trade that is not included in this advertisement may wish to enrol through a Technical / Commercial College in the 2016 May/June examination series.
* Only reputable and standard Cyber Cafes are strongly recommended for use as the Board will not be liable for registration errors committed by the candidates.
* Only good quality coloured passport photographs with Red background with a dimension of 2cm x 1.5cm will be accepted. Candidates are advised to upload quality passport photograph.
* Biometric registration is compulsory for all candidates

vcIn a recent interview, Commissioner of Education Enugu State, Professor Uche Eze, reveals plans by the state government to revamp education.

Speaking to DailyTrust, Eze responded to speculations that the government is clamping down on private examination centres and school principals.

He said, “we have punished so many of our teachers who were supervisors of SSCE for getting involved in one form of malpractice or the other. We are doing these things to serve as deterrent. We also noticed that some private schools are involved in some of these things. In fact, by mid-July there will be an announcement of two private schools we have closed down.

We shut them down; one, for running a substandard school and also for engaging in examination malpractice. It is not acceptable,” he added.

Eze also mentioned that during the recent Senior School Certificate Examinations, he and other government representatives made the rounds as they supervise various schools and how they conducted the examinations.

“During the exams, I moved around with my team and unfortunately, we discovered that some people did not heed to what we preached. In fact, we are still contemplating sanctioning more schools. I can remember the name of one school involved in malpractices and when I got the report I ordered that the principal be removed immediately and made a classroom teacher because he is not worthy of that position or bring up our children.

Basically, I think we have removed five principals or more for one offence or the other because we agreed that the only way to restore and build a proper system is to ensure discipline. Everybody must be held accountable, starting from the commissioner. I have to play according to the rules; the chairman of the board has to play according to the rules, likewise the principals. When all of us that serve as models do the right thing, definitely the children will follow.”

He expressed that he believed it is only by being a hands-on commissioner that he will be able to make the right changes in the education sector. He mentioned that he had visited 17 local government areas of the state and over 200 and primary and secondary schools.

The Federal Ministry of Education has reiterated that the admission of candidates into tertiary institutions in the country remains the responsibility of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The Ministry equally disclosed that institutions have power only to screen candidates sent to it by JAMB in order to fish out those with anti-social traits and suspicious credentials and that no university is allowed to have anything to do with any applicant who is not its student.

According to the Ministry’s Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr. Ben Bem Goong, the cancellation of post-UTME remains and screening for those admitted by JAMB is limited to only the examination of credentials and physical examination of candidates to ensure they are not cultists and this should be done upon resumption.

This is to inform all prospective students of University of Nigeria, Nsukka who selected her as their University of First Choice in the 2016 UTME and scored 200 and above that the Admission screening application form is available now.
The portal for registration opens on Tuesday 12th July 2016 and closes on Tuesday July 19th, 2016.To register, follow the steps outlined below.-Log in to the University Portal- unnportal.unn.edu.ng

-Click on Prospective students.

-Click on Online application

-Click on ‘Click to Apply’ under 2016/17 Admission Screening Application

-Enter your JAMB Registration Number.

-Select your payment mode (Generate Remita Retrieval Reference Number to pay at any bank or simply pay with your bank ATM card).

-Return to the portal and enter your JAMB Registration number again.

-Proceed with the completion of the form.

-Correctly enter your O-Level results.

-Upload CLEAR COPIES of all necessary credentials.

-Confirm your entries.

-Submit your application.

-Print out your acknowledgement slip.

-Await the announcement from the University.

The average Nigerian can count on having electricity only a few hours a day, if at all. But for 11 communities, there’s now one place they know the lights will always be on: their local health clinic.

And at 172 schools around the state of Lagos, students now not only have access to computers, they can even charge headlamps to use for studying back in their darkened homes in the evenings.

That’s thanks to high-tech, self-contained solar systems put together with technology from Schneider Electric and funded by the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) and the state government of Lagos. The Lagos Solar project uses batteries that are charged by solar panels, along with intelligent inverters connected to Microsoft Azure IoT technology that not only convert the battery power into usable electricity but also allow for remote monitoring and maintenance.

It’s a vast improvement over the unreliable and polluting diesel generators most Nigerians are stuck with. The program is expanding to 270 schools and will benefit 190,000 students and 4.7 million patients by 2020, creating more than 3,000 jobs, according to the DFID.

“This project is about powering schools and clinics, but when you bring electricity to communities, there’s a lot more upside than just things like lights and TVs, because now they’re able to power pumps for drinkable water, too,” says Xavier Datin, vice president of Schneider Electric’s solar line of business. “It’s about economics and business, but when you can bring electricity and really help people so obviously, it feels good.”

The African country’s power woes are well known. The infrastructure in the country of 179 million only has the ability to produce enough energy to power a city about the size of Halifax, Canada, home to fewer than half a million. The Africa Progress Report 2015 found that 65 percent of Nigeria’s primary schools lack access to electricity. And the country has the world’s highest concentration of diesel generators, which are not only unreliable but generate pollution, both from operating them and from transporting fuel to the villages.

Sunshine, however, is a clean power that Nigerians can rely on. Schneider’s standalone solar systems are able to take advantage of that resource by not only harnessing the energy but storing it for use when the sun goes down.

The project has had a huge impact on the quality of education for Nigerian pupils, “increasing their zeal towards learning” and making them more aware of alternative energy as well, says Damilola Makindipe, the head of solar projects for the Lagos State Electricity Board. The clinics have been able to provide more and better healthcare to everyone in the chosen communities while reducing the expenses and the air and noise pollution involved with generators, she says.

“The clinics are completely off-grid and have never had a power outage since commissioning,” Makindipe says. “People are confident that even if there’s no light anywhere in the community, there’s light at the family care centers and schools.”

For remote sites like these that aren’t connected to a public electrical grid, there has to be a way to store solar energy so it can be used after sunset. That’s where the batteries come in. They’re each the size of a typical car battery, and they line the walls of the system’s container and get charged by the solar panels during daylight hours. Schneider’s suitcase-sized inverters then convert the batteries’ 48-volt energy into the typical Nigerian appliance’s 230 volts, running through power lines into the school or clinic to power everything from lights to laptops.

Without this system, many of the country’s hospitals have had to rely on generators for power. If the fuel runs out or there’s another problem, they can be without electricity for 12 hours or more, which can be a grave lapse for severely ill patients needing urgent medical treatment.

“Reliability is absolutely critical, and that’s why this solution is the most successful for remote applications like this program in Africa,” Datin says.

It’s the ability to infuse the inverters with cloud-based intelligence that’s revolutionizing the industry and making the whole project possible, he says.

The systems can be used anywhere, but the connectivity aspect with Schneider’s Conext Insight is particularly important for the remote schools and clinics in Nigeria. It’s difficult and expensive to send trained technicians to such rural sites to fix problems that pop up. But with the cloud-based remote monitoring in the Azure IoT Suite, a technician can be anywhere in the world and still download a necessary update to the firmware or notice that a certain level is getting low and be able to notify someone on-site to dust off the solar panel, for example. Without that element, clinics might not know anything was wrong until the power went out.

“More and more this infrastructure equipment is not just physical hardware, but it’s run by software, and that software needs to be updated to keep an environment operating smoothly,” says Sharieff Mansour, the director of product management for Microsoft’s Internet of Things division. “Using Azure IoT Suite, Schneider will be able to connect the devices to the cloud for remote monitoring and push software down or address issues from any location, without the cost and delays of traveling to a site in Nigeria. You could be sitting here in Seattle and push those updates to Nigeria. That’s pretty powerful.”

The system also collects data via Cortana Intelligence Suite from every unit analysis, identifying trends so technicians can address issues before they lead to outages. For example, previous history might show that a certain drop in electricity generated by a solar panel may indicate that a panel needs to be cleaned or a battery checked within 12 hours or it could fail. The analytics allow remote monitors to help proactively ward off those types of problems.

The project is helping France-based Schneider, already a global powerhouse with revenues of $30 billion and 170,000 employees serving customers in more than 100 countries, expand its reach to work with consumers as well as the traditional commercial customers that make up the bulk of its business, Datin says.

“Solar energy is not only renewable and carbon neutral, but with this system you can use it exactly where you need it, so you don’t incur a loss on producing, generating and transmitting that power,” Datin says. “That’s a big advantage. And economically, you can afford to produce electricity in remote places that would be very difficult to power if you had to run power lines to the locations or if you had to get diesel there for generators.

“It’s changing the world,” he says.

An Abia State Polytechnic student, identified only as Abel, has killed the landlord of one of the students’ lodges in the Immaculate area of Aba, Abia State.

Report learnt that Abel, a final year student of the Department of Architecture, allegedly stabbed the victim in the stomach during a disagreement at the lodge.

Our correspondent was told that the landlord had ordered that no female visitor was allowed to spend the night in the lodge.

The suspect was alleged to have breached the rule and was challenged by the landlord, which led to a fight between them.

In the ensuing scuffle, the suspect was alleged to have grabbed a knife and stabbed the victim in the stomach, before taking to his heels.

The landlord reportedly died on the spot.

His remains were recovered by the police and deposited in a mortuary.

A student of the institution, who identified herself only as Beatrice, explained that the caretaker of the lodge was the first to notice the breach of the rule, adding that he informed the landlord.

She said the landlord barged into the room and met Abel and his girlfriend naked, which caused the fight.

She said, “The incident happened around 9pm on June 29. The deceased had made a rule that no student living in the lodge should bring a lady to pass the night there. He also made it a rule that every visitor, be it male or female, must leave before night falls.

“However, the suspect brought home a female guest in the evening and both of them went inside his room. The caretaker of the lodge saw them and waited for them to come out, but they didn’t. He then put a call through to the landlord, who hurriedly went to the building around 9pm.

“On arrival, the landlord barged into the student’s room where he met both the lady and the student naked. Instead of excusing himself, he attacked the student with punches. The lady quickly grabbed a wrapper and ran out of the room into another student’s room in the lodge.

“As the confrontation continued, the student stabbed the landlord with a knife, put on his boxers and fled that night, leaving the landlord dead in his room.”

It was learnt that the incident threw the community into confusion as the matter was reported at a police station in the area.

The police were said to have launched a manhunt for the suspect with his picture posted at strategic areas in the school.

When contacted, the Abia State Police Public Relations Officer, Nta Ogbonnaya, confirmed the murder, but said he could not tell what transpired between the suspect and the deceased.

He said the case file had been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigations, adding that the police would get the fugitive.

He said, “Yes, there is a case of murder involving a student of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, who stabbed his landlord in the stomach. I cannot, however, tell what happened between them. I also don’t know the name of the landlord and the suspect. As I speak with you, the case file has been transferred to the SDCI and we are working with the school authorities to get the details of the suspect.

“I, however, want to advise him that he should submit himself to the police voluntarily. I assure that wherever he decides to go, we will get him and he will face justice.”

Efforts to reach the school authorities were abortive as the official telephone line on the school’s website was switched off.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has requested for a letter of apology from schools whose pupils took part in a protest against government’s proposed education initiative.

Alhaji Abiodun Jimoh, the Chairman, National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria(NAPTAN), Oyo State Chapter, disclosed this in Ibadan on Thursday after a meeting with the governor.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that pupils in the state on June 6 went on rampage in protest against the state government’s proposed public/private participatory management of schools. There were allegations that the state government had sold their schools.

Government, however, dismissed the allegations several times, saying the initiative was participatory
and aimed at boosting the education sector.
Jimoh told newsmen that the association had visited the governor to appeal to him to re-open the schools which were shut down by the state government over the incident.

The NAPTAN chairman said that the governor had expressed displeasure over the involvement of pupils in the protest.

He said that Ajimobi had demanded that he would re-open the schools only if the affected institutions submitted letters of apology to government over the unruly behaviour of their pupils.

“The governor said that the heads of the schools should write letters of apology to the government.

“We have promised him that we will meet with the heads of the schools to immediately write the letter in the interest of the pupils.

“We are fed up with the strike action and our children staying at home for so long. We want them back in school and for teachers to resume at their duty posts,” he said.

Jimoh also said that the association would wade into the face-off between labour and government.
He said that the governor had explained to them the agreement reached with labour on the modalities for the payment of salaries to workers.

Jimoh said that the governor had also stressed the need for labour to embrace dialogue, saying his government was predisposed to this anytime[/color]

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NOTICE TO JAMBITES!!

1. The scrapping of the post utme favours those that scored high marks in jamb and dosent favoured those that had technical problems
2. This would strongly reduce the fraud in many universities. Meaning buying admission. As the scores that will be used to produce your cut off will come from your utme.
3. It will save students a lot of stress for travelling all the way to a place just to write another exam and prevent extortion of money from parents by the university ( university charge 6500 for their p utme)
4. There are many concerns about most people not gaining admission into their preferred institutions. Yes, this may be bad. But it would be a good thing in the long run. As it would let the enrollment into all institutions balanced. Everyone wants to go to unilag. Ui. Oau or whatsoever…..they should encourage people to try other universities
5. It doesnt make sense to write 2 exams for the same purpose. And if the university organises its exams. Like I said before,there would be frauds here and there.
6. Jamb is going to shuffle canditates across different tertiary institutions.

For the jambites that are still under pressure on Scrapping of putme,here is the way 2016/17 Post UTME Screening scores will be determined. No Examination will be conducted.
Number of sittings for O’Level ( WASSCE or NECO )
1) One Sitting = 10 marks
2) Two Sittings = 3marks
Total marks obtainable = 10marks
O’Level Result Grading from 5 subjects
A (A1) = 6marks
B (B2, B3) = 4marks
C (C4, C5, C6) = 3marks
Total marks obtainable = 30marks
JAMB UTME Score Grades
Check the image below for your score grade
Total marks obtainable = 60marks
So start calculating your score now for your self examination.
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