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Politics / Re: Fani Kayode Congratulates Adeleke As Tribunal Declares Him As The Winner by gidlight(m): 4:06pm On Mar 22, 2019
Hmmmmmm. Osho will not like this news

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Family / Re: Man Struggles To Carry His Pregnant Wife In Maternity Photos by gidlight(m): 2:37pm On Jun 16, 2018
The way people the post pregnancy pix nw. De make me believe say naija is save of witchcraft. Thank God no more village people
Politics / Re: IGP Idris Drags Saraki, Senate To Court by gidlight(m): 5:01pm On Jun 08, 2018
This story is becoming interesting
Celebrities / Re: Wizkid & Tiwa Savage Doing The "Shaku Shaku" Dance Together At The Club (Photos by gidlight(m): 2:26pm On Jun 03, 2018
Watin concern me self
Politics / Re: Pastor Adeboye Has Touched More Lives Than Politicians - Ex-President Obasanjo by gidlight(m): 9:33am On Aug 16, 2017
okay
Investment / Re: FG Set To Develop Its Iron Ore Assets. by gidlight(m): 12:15pm On Jul 14, 2017
ok. following.
Sports / Re: Ashton Surber Proposes To La’Kiesha Pereda During Match, Gets Yellow Card by gidlight(m): 10:27pm On Jan 15, 2017
Good one there but the ref as to do his job. bcus pulling off ur cloth during match is an offence. though for gud reason this time
Sports / Re: Ashton Surber Proposes To La’Kiesha Pereda During Match, Gets Yellow Card by gidlight(m): 10:24pm On Jan 15, 2017
PRINCEMUBBY:
Who cares
NFCS DOES

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Politics / Re: The Grass Cutting Contract That Landed SGF Babachir In Trouble (Photos) by gidlight(m): 8:31pm On Jan 08, 2017
waoooooo. i thought they use the money to clear IDP camp. #225m no fit be grass money ooooo, beside that place no look like IDP camp
Politics / Re: Chibok Schoolgirls: 1,000 Days In Captivity by gidlight(m): 7:54am On Jan 08, 2017
I just prayed for the country
Education / Re: Provost Of Health Sciences Oau Gives Reasons Why Mrs Aror Wasnt Admitted by gidlight(m): 9:02am On Dec 23, 2016
Kendzyma:
This is coming from a nairalander with d Monika Adesegunfat


My name is Adesegun Fatusi, and I am the Provost of the College of Health Sciences, OAU, Ile-Ife. The case of the Aror Oghenerukewve has just been brought to my notice. To throw more light on her case, I will present the detaild fact here.

With a score of 320, her mark from UTME amounts to 80% (i.e. 320/400 x 100)
Her school cert results are: English A1 (=8 marks); Biology C4 (=5 marks); Chemistry B3 (=6 marks); Maths B3 (=6 marks); Physics C4 (=5 marks); Physics C4 (=5 marks); Further Maths B2 (=7marks), and Civic Educ A1 (=8 marks). That gives her 45 points, or 70.3% (i.e. 44/64x100)

So her overall average - as OAU did a combination of 50% mark from JAMB and 50% mark from School Cert - is: (80+70.3)=75.15% (which we rounded up to 75.2%).

With that mark, she ranks number 103 on the list of the students who took Medicine as first Choice.

The total admission quota for Medicine in OAU is 100, and that includes UTME and Direct Entry).

Clearly although Aror did well, her mark was NOT good enough to earn her admission on merit to read Medicine in Ife. Her mark of 75.2% is clearly below our cut-off mark (which was initially 78%, but we later reduced to 77.7%). Between her mark of 75.2% and 77.7%, by the way, there were 56 other candidates who scored higher than her but did not make the cut-off. For example, two people had 77.6%, two other people had 77.5%, four people had 77.4% etc.
Having presented the detailed facts about Aror's case, let me also help the many young Nigerians who may be accessing this site with more information on admission as I see a lot of misrepresentation, falsehood, and misunderstanding from the comments that various people had made on this case.

1. Admission into Nigerian Universities are considered on three grounds based on the nationally specified criteria (which I think ought to be reviewed now, by the way):
A. Merit =45% (This covers all candidates from the country - and it is automatic admission once you meet the cut-off mark)
B. Catchment = 35% (this refers to those in the states specified as catchment area for each University: For OAU, that is Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti)
C. Educationally disadvantaged states (ELDS)=20% = This refers to all the 19 Northern States, and Ebonyi, Rivers and Bayelsa.

So, someone from Delta such as Aror with 75.2% will not get admission into Medicine in OAU automatically as she is only considered on merit criterion and she does NOT meet the specified cut-off, but someone with the same mark from Kwara (which is in the North Central zone) may get automatic admission with the same mark based on the consideration of ELDS if 75.2% is the specified cut-off for ELDS for Medicine.

2. When a candidate chooses a highly competitive course like Medicine in a top-rated University like OAU, the competition is very intense. Believe it or not, many of the candidates that made our merit mark had an average of six A1s in school cert coupled with very high UTME mark (above 300). So, a candidate must carefully think over his choice of course and university. For example, if Aror had chosen ANY other course as her first choice for OAU, whe would have made the merit mark and gotten automatic admission, and she would have made the merit mark for Medicine on merit for most Nigerian universities too (but NOT OAU unfortunately).

3. Because of the high demand and competition for very limited spaces, the College of Health Sciences does not consider second choices as a general rule. OAU, for example, was only able to offer admission on UTME platform (Merit + Catchment + ELDS) to less than 3% of her applicants for Medicine, and less than 2% of her applicants for Nursing Science this year.

4. For cases like Aror where the candidadte has made a high mark but does not make the cut-off, what the candidate can sometimes do is to come to the University and try and see if he or she can be considered for other courses. A candidadte DOES NOT get considered automatically for a course she has not applied to in JAMB. A candidadte is ONLY automatically considered for the course he or she has applied for with respect to a particular university.

Unfortunately, Aror has left her case too late as all admission lists have been submitted for this year.
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Source:https://www.nairaland.com/3532584/girl-laments-over-inability-secure/4
u forgot to mention long leg as one of the basic considered
Politics / Re: Nass Jacks Up Own Budget To N150bn by gidlight(m): 8:44am On Dec 23, 2016
what!!!!!. our NASS as gone crazy again

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