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geolife:
pls direct me on how to do dat am new on nairaland.tnx

Just click on my NL handle "DreManuel", it would take you to another page where you would see "Send E-Mail Message to DreManuel".

geolife:
pls Mr Dremnuel i would like some information on application to us universities as i applied only to uk unis .could u pls drop ur email so i could contact u.tnx

Please send me a PM. I can share my contacts through that. Thanks

akatovic1:
yes it is, yours should be two

That's right. By God's grace the scholarship will materialize.

akatovic1:
Energy Systems Engineering and you?

M.S. Engineering Sustainable Systems (Sustainable Energy Specialization) = Dual Master's (Mechanical Engineering + Sustainable Systems).

I guess yours is a One-year M.Eng Program.

akatovic1:
that's cool we will meet at UMich

Amen. What course are you going for?

akatovic1:
Dre manuel which school are u gunning for? is it in the US?

UMich or UIUC both in the US

Prudento:
Unfortunately not everyone can do same

Eh yah...Are you going to UK?

Renzel:
Dr Dre. I tap into your faith.

Be it unto you according to your faith my brother. It will end in praise.

Prudento:
As soon as possible can be September

It won't be a problem. I can move my resumption date to Spring starting in January. I'm not in a hurry to travel. I'm in communication with my school and they empathize with me. The fact is, getting funding is no longer easy the world over. I just need this scholarship to be assured I won't be stranded in a foreign land, and it's better late than never. All is well.

flexisafsupport:
I spoke with the high ranking officer at the PTDF today concerning when the list would be released. She informed me that the PTDF only releases the list of successful candidates and not like a list for everyone to see their names.

But the list of successful candidates would be available as soon as possible

Sincerely,
FlexiSAF Support Team

Amen. I can see my name on the OSS list already.

Kendrick213:
Warrisdis...

Lol. You dey mind the idiot.

akatovic1:
40 small na and that question was about stress and moment
omo even the numerical aint the same I didn' t see any pie chart in the numerical (I would have preferred pie chart instead of a table of targeted income and expenditures)
I dont think geology guys will complain I heard one of their guys saying it was perfect
as for mechanical na dem sabi how dem go give me two masses on two inclined planes, six unknowns and then tell me to find one of the unknown however I now know what a collimator and coaxing is.
sha as we dey wait anybody wey receive call make him testify, God bless us all

Based on what you said, it means mechanical didn't answer all same questions. I didn't see two bodies on inclined planes but I saw the one on autocollimator and thank God i guessed that right. Some strange formulas self dey from production engineering. Na real wah.

usmanktg2:
The Numerical Part was a big Bleep up. I have been writing Aptitude Tests since primary school, but this there Numerical is just not of standard.

Since they no that they won't give us calculator, then they shouldn't test our accuracy. How will you give options like 29.56 & 29.55

The examiner should have been able to focus more on speed (by giving similar fractions).

May God help us

I think say na only me see the option choices o. As I see options requiring accuracy up to 0.01, I run leave that table go start from back. Just no cool at all. Questions that don't require calculators have simpler numbers and answer choices spaced out.

I wrote Mechanical and while most of the questions were mechanically inclined, it wasn't all that rosy.

nonnydoings:
Dt numerical was so not funny esp the part with the pie chart..mechanical also, and i didn't see any 3.75kN questn.
some field questns varied even within same field.
For those of us that knw more abt this agip scheme..what is the selection rate?? Is it like dt of shell internship?? Cos mehn, ppl plenty, up to 40 in my centre only

Maybe you wanted to type 400. Lagos centre would have above 1000 candidates with what i say yesterday. God help me

fetuga2:
haaa dremanuel pple like u still dey complain, haaa no tym at all

My bro, we are all in the same boat.

sparowtipsy:
D issue was time..17mins!!!! Haba d field section I finished wit 12 mins to spare buh it WS useless cox CNT go back 2 comprehension...numerical I answered 15...DAT verbal ehn..na mini Mani no I do after just 11 questions n 1min remain

Lol. E b like say na robots dem set the test for.

29Ade07:
Can Dremanuel or anyone else help me with a list of the USA schools listed by PTDF please?

I believe the list applies more to master's Scholar.

I only know of University of Michigan and MIT. There are many other schools on the list but I couldn't access the list again on ptdf site.

Jenykech:
abeg do you have an idea of how many people dpr give jobs to? I'm currently in Enugu and wondering if it's worth it to leave Enough to go for that dpr exam in Lagos cos that's my centre.

Biko there is another thread for DPR let's not derail this one.

salahudeentope:
Me wey wan con go imperial college nko? Them don gimme offer sef. I just dey look them, they talk sey make i con pay 29,000 pounds for one year masters.

That's small compared to Michigan or MIT in US. Both were listed on PTDF site as approved schools. Those two schools gulp above $50,000 annually for a two year Master's. God have mercy.

Crane1:
From ojota, take a bus to oshodi and stop at ilupeju park in oshodi under bridge... From there a bike will take you to the center for#100
[qwuote author=Vecharry post=58458343]ojota to jkk? ideas

That would be counterproductive....

From Ojota, take any bus passing Anthony such as Ojuelegba, Fadeyi/Palmgroove, Yaba Oyingbo, etc and tell the Bus Conductor to stop you at JKK building or closest bus stop. If he cant stop there, stop at palmgrove and walk straight down to JKK building by your right. If you choose to take to take Oshodi bus, drop at Anthony also and walk straight down to JKK building....You will see Deloitte building in that proximity and a pedestrian bridge, walk pass till you get to JKK

OkoyeA1:
How to get to the venue from mile 2... Anybody please

I don't know if this is the faster route:

From Mile 2, take Costain, from Costain take Ikeja or Ketu/Ojota and stop at Anthony. Cross the pedestrian bridge to the other side and trek back facing Palmgroove. JKK building is to your right.

Alternative route:

From Mile 2 to Oshodi. From Oshodi underbridge, take Ilupeju/Obanikoro bus. Ask for directions to JKK house or take bike. You would need to leave home very early tho.

If any persons know of any alternative routes please say.

Region:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/ptdf-screens-eligible-candidates-nationwide/amp/

ABUJA-The Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF, has screened candidates who had earlier applied and qualified for the Fund’s scholarship programme nationwide.

The screening exercise which took place at various centers across the country simultaneously had students from various units of the oil and gas discipline.

The Executive Secretary of PTDF, Dr Bello Gusau who monitored the exercise in the Abuja and Kaduna Zones explained that the Fund was targeting 1,700 candidates at the Abuja centre and 4,500 nationwide.

In his words, the examinations took place simultaneously in all the centers, noting that the results would be communicated later, in order for candidates to learn of their fate as quickly as possible.

He said: “This exam is essentially for masters’ programme so they must all have a first degree and must be in the relevant field that is related to the oil and gas sector. These are the basic qualifications for writing this exam.


“In our selection we put the federal character into consideration; that is why we have other centers across the nation and the federal character commission is represented at this interview and all other centers in the country’’.

Gusau explained that the screening of scholars was for both overseas and local programmes as the fund has recently been working towards domesticating its capacity building programme.

His words: “Even though the fund is trying to phase out overseas scholarship, it is still on because you can’t just stop abruptly. There has to be some kind of periodic checks to frequently directing the figures from foreign universities to Nigerian universities.



“As you can see quite a number of the beneficiaries of PTDF capacity building programme are working in the oil and gas sector. A large number are also in the university system, like a kind of train the trainer programme whereby we equip the universities to handle more and more people who are interested in working and acquiring skills for the sector.


“ What we do essentially to improve the scholarship programme is to ensure that based on our own skills gap analysis, we understand where we have deficit in the oil and gas sector and we concentrate on those areas of deficit. As the sector is growing, new demands for skills are also growing, so we keep tracking and monitoring that and we tailor our capacity development programme to meet such demands.’’ he added.

In the same vein, the Federal Character Commission (FCC) expressed satisfaction with the enumeration process carried out by the Fund.

Commission representative and Chairman, Committee on Petroleum Resources, Mamman Alakayi, who monitored the exercise, said federal character compliance, would level playing ground for each candidate who has applied and to also allow all qualified candidates to participate.

“I was part of the short listing process and the federal character played a role from the onset. It is a rule of federal character that they should advertise and that was done; the advert is allowed to run for six weeks to give every interested candidate time to apply.

In all these, I'm more than a conqueror. OSS all the way! My case is different!

Anfieldboss:
Thanks. No Abstract reasoning, right?

yea

Anfieldboss:
Guys in your email invite how many sections are for this test? Is it 3 or 4?

3

Yes bro, I just saw it myself.

sambasten:
Lmaooo God dey
271-280 make up d last 10

DreManuel:
Don't drop your emails again, I just googled based on the fragments I could recall from the test and lo and behold I saw where they lifted most of the English questions here

http://www.govtedu.com/wp-content/uploads/ebooks/english/vocabulary-questions.pdf

Check and know where thou standeth.

They lifted 40 questions from here;

Q1-10
Q41-50
Q121-130
Q181-185
Q 191, 195, 196, 198, 199

DISCLAIMER: Abeg don't check if you are on 3rd Mainland Bridge o!

Prudento:
Fifty of the English questions are in the material. Hmm I've marked myself already

Pls enlighten us on the remaining 10 questions I missed out from the material

guiddoti:
You deserve the scholarship, truth. Don't worry, your case will be different.

Amen and you too!

fetuga2:
Dremanuel u deserve dis scholarship

Amen!

comey2020:
Hello guys, Flesaf, have anyone see this news feeds from dailitrust regarding the idea of stopping overseas scholarships by the PTDF? It is now very clear from the PTDF boss himself:
The Executive Secretary, Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Dr Bello Gusau, says the National College for Petroleum Studies, Kaduna would soon become operational.

Gusau said this while answering questions from journalists on Saturday in Kaduna after inspecting the conduct of examination for the PTDF scholarship scheme.

The examination was conducted across the six geopolitical zones for candidates who applied to undertake Masters degrees in various courses related to the Oil and Gas sector.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that work on the college, awarded at over N15 billion in 2009, was to be completed within within two years.

NAN reports that eight years after, the project still remains uncompleted.

The Executive Secretary, however, assured that the project was at its final stage and “the institute would be operational sooner than later.”

The college is designed to run advanced professional courses for oil and gas workers in the ECOWAS sub region.

Gusau said also that the PTDF had met with Vice Chancellors of 40 Federal Universities offering courses relating to Oil and Gas, so as to redirect its overseas scholarship award to local institutions.

The official said substantial number of applicants taking the 2017/2018 PTDF scholarship test would be admitted in Nigerian Universities already running courses in oil and gas related areas.

NAN reports that 4,949 shortlisted candidates sat for the examination nationwide.

The executive secretary assured that innovations had been introduced to ensure transparency and integrity of the process.

NAN reports that no fewer than 500 candidates with significant number of women sat for the test in Kaduna centre, under the supervision of officials of the Federal Character Commission. (NAN)

Source: https://dailytrust.com.ng/news/education/kaduna-petroleum-college-to-become-operational-soon-says-gusau/204590.html

Say they choose 4 per state plus the FCT for the OSS, that would amount to just 148 out of the 4949 that wrote the test, so it's still correct to say that substantial number of the applicants will be absorbed in local schools.

Unstoppable100:
Am sure u scored 40/40

Not at all. I wish I saw that material before the test.

dazzlingd:
lol, just imagine...profs setting exams indeed, profs that copy and paste. I can say confidently that 100% of the questions from all sections were copy and paste from various sources...

Lol! We've been able to unravel 40 out of 100, biko if you have info about where they picked the remaining 60, make we know o.

Don't drop your emails again, I just googled based on the fragments I could recall from the test and lo and behold I saw where they lifted most of the English questions here

http://www.govtedu.com/wp-content/uploads/ebooks/english/vocabulary-questions.pdf

Check and know where thou standeth.

They lifted 40 questions from here;

Q1-10
Q41-50
Q121-130
Q181-185
Q 191, 195, 196, 198, 199

DISCLAIMER: Abeg don't check if you are on 3rd Mainland Bridge o!