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ashiri1:
PLS DONT GO THERE OHH NLers

E-SHOOT Isnt a good school with security oh!!!!

A word is enof,,,,

That was ESUT of the 80's and 90's. The new VC Professor Cyprain O. Onyeji a product of Ife (BSc., Msc. and PhD) on assumption of office vowed to fight cultism and has substantially achieved this (with the help of the Governor). Just 4 weeks ago more than 100 cult members renounced cultism. The rest are all on the run now, and for the first time in many years the University community has known peace. You can confirm this if you have anyone schooling there.

initstime:
thankGod , at last an ESUT graduate of 2 decades ago will experience what convocation looks like,
poster what are the categories of people expecting ESUT award?

Awards are for the Best Graduating Students of the different departments and faculties best too.

Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Convocation Details finally released: Check page 53 of the Daily Sun Newspaper of Tuesday 25th October 2011 (Today)

Here are the details:


NOTICE OF 14TH CONVOCATION CEREMONIES

This is to inform the graduands, parents/guardians and the public that the 14th convocation ceremonies of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology for conferment of first degrees and award of prizes, conferment of higher degrees and award of honorary degrees, covering 1998 – 2010 graduands (including graduands of ESUT Business School) will hold as follows:

(A) PROGRAMME OF EVENTS

1. Tuesday, November 1, 2011:-

• Commencement of Pre-Convocation Registration.

o Each first degree graduand will be required to pay the sum of N6,000.00 to cover cost of convocation materials (Academic gowns, order of proceedings, university scrolls and two invitation letter for his/her guests).

o Each higher degree graduand will be required to pay the sum of N10,000.00 to cover cost of convocation materials (Academic gowns, order of proceedings, university scrolls and two invitation letter for his/her guests).

• MODE OF PAYMENT:- Each graduand will be required to pay the prescribed sum into any of the following banks:

o Intercontinental Bank – ESUT Agbani
o Zenith Bank - Estate Layout, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu
o Skye Bank - Ogui Road, Enugu

And obtain receipt to be tendered prior to collection of convocation materials from the respective Faculty Officer for first degree graduands and from the Secretary, Post Graduate School for higher degrees.

2. Thursday, November 17, 2011:-

• Pre-Convocation Press Briefing by the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. C.O Onyeji

Venue: University Auditorium, Agbani
Time: 12.00noon
Attendance: Principal Officers, Deans, Directors, Professors, HODs and the Media

3. Sunday, November 20, 2011:-

• Interdenominational Church Service

Venue: University Auditorium, Agbani
Time: 10am
Attendance: University Community, Graduands, Stake-Holders and the media

4. Monday, November 21, 2011:-

• 8am:- Collection of Convocation Materials (Academic gowns, etc) commences daily and closes on Thursday 24th November, 2011

Venue: Respective Offices of Faculty Officers, Secretary PG School and Public Relations

5. Wednesday, November 23, 2011:-

• Alumni Day
• Drama Nite

Venue: Zodiac Hotels, Rangers Avenue, Enugu
Time: 7pm
Attendance: Alumni Members, Principal Officers, Deans, Directors, Professors and Invited Guests

6. Thursday, November 24, 2011

• Convocation Lecture

Venue: University Auditorium, Agbani
Time: 12.00noon
Guest Lecturer: Prof. Humphrey Assisi Asobie
Attendance: Graduands, University Community and Invited Guests

7. Friday, November 25, 2011

• Conferment of First Degrees and Award of Prizes

Venue: ESUT Convocation Arena, Agbani
Time: 10:00am
Attendance: First Degree Graduands, their parents, University Community and Invited Guests

8. Saturday, November 26, 2011

• Conferment of Higher Degrees and Award of Honorary Degrees

Venue: ESUT Convocation Arena, Agbani
Time: 10:00am
Attendance: Honorary Degree Recipients, Higher Degree Graduands, their parents, University Community and Invited Guests

• Vice Chancellor’s Cocktail

Venue: University Refectory
Time: Immediately after Convocation

(B) INFORMATION FOR GRADUANDS

(1) Graduands and recipients of prizes are expected to be physically present to be admitted to their degrees and/or receive their awards during the ceremonies

(2) Academic gowns must be returned to be respective Faculty Officer or Secretary PG School, not later than close of work (4pm) on Tuesday November 29, 2011. Thereafter, non-return will attract penalty of N1,000.00 for each extra day

(3) Further information may be obtained from Public Relations Unit of the University

Signed

Barr, Chris C. Iggbokwe
Registrar

Prof. C.A.C Okonkwo
Chairman, Ceremonials Committee

UN Bombing

Jos Crisis

Boko Haram

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the article is long but good.
Like I said, give me your email. You can post it here or send it to iemez@yahoo.com

Check your mail box.

I wrote this article last year


Abolishing post-UME, not the answer

Due to the increasing gap between the numbers of candidates seeking admission and available admission slots, there has been increased pressure on the process. This pressure led lead to increased cases of admission fraud. The announcement by our lawmakers to abolish the post-University Matriculation Examination (UME) test has been raising dust. While some oppose the motion, many support it.

The question now is, if post-UME is scrapped then how credible is the UME results? Will the House of Representatives make sure examination malpractices are reduced to the barest minimum? The examination and admission procedure has indeed failed.

I witnessed an ugly event in 2009 on the day of the UME examination somewhere in Obiagu, Enugu State. I was drawn close by a youthful crowd; they were clustered and running about. I was curious then I joined the crowd. Behold our prospective undergraduates were busy getting solutions to the same UME questions they were about to write. I was not surprised owing to the fact that some officials of JAMB were their willing collaborators.

Just like the American Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) and the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), the UME test should to an extent be used to predict a potential students’ performance in the university. A candidate with a high GRE or SAT score is a potential candidate for financial aid and scholarship opportunities; such candidate is also expected to graduate summa cum laude in the US colleges. In Nigeria this is not the case; many high scoring candidates in the UME perform very poorly in the university.

In my just concluded project, I sought to find out the correlation between the UME scores and the post-UME scores and the correlation between UME scores and the students Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA). The results indicated a weak relationship between the entry examinations and the students’ performances. I went further using Regression Analysis to develop a model which was to be used to predict the students’ CGPA using the CGPA, UME scores and post-UME scores as the variables. The study revealed that the predictive model developed cannot be used to predict the students CGPA since the scores were found to be unrealistic indicators of the future performance of the students.

Undergraduate students’ performance in the university does not really depend on their scores in the entry examinations; be it UME or post-UME. Other factors like excellent learning environment, good accommodation, supportive lecturers and security of lives and properties play very important roles in the students’ academic performances. A friend at the Abia State University complained to me that he would be writing his first semester examination. He was sad; the reason was that he was going to write seven courses in four days, worst of all writing courses which have not been introduced by the lecturers. This and many other factors result in poor grades. For these reasons the female student go the extra mile to get down with male lecturers, all in the name of "marks". So, even when JAMB and the universities test the student’s knowledge, they get to the universities to contend with unfriendly lecturers; lecturers who do not respect their customers (students).

Post-UME candidates have had to put up with different challenges encountered in the name of writing screening tests. Commendable are the University of Ilorin, University of Lagos and University of Jos that stepped higher to conduct computer-based tests. They were really applauded for doing this, yes! But the managements of these universities did not consider candidates coming from disadvantage backgrounds. Some of them didn’t know how to move the mouse! The aim of a computer-based test is to enable the candidates get an on-the-spot result after the test. This was not the case at the University of Jos; the university released the admission list without releasing the scores of the candidates. A candidate has the right to know his or her performance, pass or fail, in an examination.

Candidates who have written post-UME in other schools have complained of writing subjects outside the programme they applied for. In 2008, candidates who applied to study English Language and other Art related courses at the University of Abuja were made to write Islamic Studies as part of the post-UME test. For me, this was done to shelve away candidates of a particular conviction. Yet the university prides itself as a catchment area for the all states in Nigeria. Accommodation is another challenge these young Nigerians face during the screening test.

There is more to abolishing the post-UME, if the test must be scrapped, JAMB must put its house in order and conduct a credible and malpractice-free examination. If the post-UME stays then the call is for the universities to ensure they give all candidates equal chance. The universities should conduct the post-UME during long vacations to enable the prospective candidates put up at the hall of residence at a subsidised rate. This was the example exhibited by the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) at the 2007 post-UME where they charged the candidates a low rate of N300 for a bed space. Universities should also ensure that the candidates are tested on subjects related to their proposed course of study or rather they should conduct a standardized test which examines the candidates’ learning aptitude. Universities should also ensure that the test registration cards are available at all the branches of the banks nationwide. Another plight the candidates faced is the dangers on our bad roads. Candidates have been made to travel back and forth twice; one to purchase the forms and secondly to write the test. This also causes heavy financial burden on their parents.

Nnamdi, just graduated Maths & Statistics, ESUT Enugu

http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/50071/1/Abolishing-post-UME-not-the-answer/Page1.html

THE House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Executive Council, FEC, to formalise the establishment of the nine new Federal Universities by presenting bills for their estalishment to the National Assembly for enactment into laws.

The Federal Executive Council purportedly established nine Federal universities in some states of Nigeria recently including Kogi, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Ekiti and others. The aim, according to the Federal Government was to meet the educational need of the teeming population of the country.

Unfortunately, the FEC did not bring any bill to the National Assembly on the matter to legislate and give the said universities legal backing for legitimate operation.

Disturbed by this seeming negligence and constitutional breach by the Executive, Hon. Faleke James Abiodun, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency of Lagos State, came up with a motion, notifying the Reps of the illegality of the action of FEC and the need for the House to intervene and get the process properly done.

In the motion entitled, "Legal Backing for the Nine (9) newly established Federal Universities", Hon. Faleke Abiodun noted that the FEC’s decision to establish these institutions was informed by the desire to create more room to accommodate more Nigerians to have access to university education and to balance the spread of Federal Universities amongst the states of the Federation.

He however, expressed concern that the universities have no legal backing to regulate the internal and external activities of the universities, which were intended to take off in September, 2011.

He also decried the establishment and operation of the Universities by the Executive arm without an enabling Act of Parliament as an infraction of Section 5 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, as amended; stressing that the process was inchoate.

The politician further expressed concern that the financial implication of establishing and sustaining these universities had never been previewed by the National Assembly as required by section 81 of the 1999 Constitution.

Similarly, the House of Representatives also appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to suspend its on-going warning strike in the interest of the Educational Sector which is already in terrible decadence over the years.

This followed a motion brought by the Chairman, House Committee on Education, Hon. Faruk Lawan under matter of Urgent Public importance, in which the Reps noted that the strike by ASUU would have serious consequences on the sector, if allowed to linger.

Hon Lawan noted that strikes in Nigerian Universities had become rampant and perennial that something needed to be done that would bring about permanent solution to the crisis’.

According to Hon. Lawan, when the Academic Staff Union of Universities and government entered agreement in 2009, it was agreed that corporate organisations would be encouraged to fund research in universities while the retirement age of university lecturers would be raised from 65 to 70 years.

He revealed that though there was an attempt by the Legislature to drive this process further by introducing private member bill which was passed by the two chambers, both ASUU and other stakeholders objected to its signing because, according to Union, the bill did not capture the spirit of the agreement reached by the two parties.

Lawan warned that if the strike is allowed to linger, it would have serious consequences not only on the education sector but also on the psyche of the Nigerian students who are directly affected by the unrest in the universities.

http://www.champion.com.ng/displaycontent.asp?pid=13643

See pot calling kettle black, I wonder if the Ex-Militants now work for the government.

If Boko Haram says no movement tomorrow and Federal Government say there is movement, whose command will you follow?

Let's talk

Life is not all about the money but satisfaction. If you say you've been enjoying the company scholarship right from grad school then there is a greater chances that this company will want you after PhD (why will they offer to send you for PhD if they will not want to call you back).

PhD at 32 is ideal, you'll have an upper edge at the firm, that is if you want to return to the same firm because you'll be the one to choose where you want to go to and there will be other research opportunities.

Please go for your PhD, it is definitely the way forward.

Good luck

He should not also forget to mention that Bank-Ole is  an Igbo man and Obj is from Anambra

Fool

Please what is the cutoff mark for Guidance and Counselling under the faculty of Education. Thanks

Please what is the cutoff mark for Guidance and Counselling under the faculty of Education. Thanks

ubreal:
Please can some help me with information on how to get a new WAEC certificate, the passport photograph on my existing certificate is embossed. it was issued to me in that nature and is causing doubt were ever i present it. In seeking for admission to the university there was no problem cos verification was always done from WAEC but am having difficulty explaining to employer that the certificate is mine.
Every other detail on the certificates are correct exception of of the embossed passport.
I reported the issue to WAEC zonal office in my state sometimes ago but the told me they could not really offer an immediate solution, they told me
i would have to apply and leave my original certificate with them when to retrieve a good certificate was wither n two years period or almost uncertain for them as an answer when i asked.
I had to leave in frustration cos i could not imagine rooming out there for jobs with my statement of result which most employer do not honor.[b] can some one out there help with information on how to fix this problem urgently[/b][/i]

You were offered a solution at WAEC office and that may be the only solution. My own advice: Get to WAEC head office in Lagos and make your complain. If you are still required to drop your current certificate then maybe you will have to do that.

You may also need to get a court affidavit claiming that the stated result is yours and attach the affidavit to the result when next you are applying for any job pending when the issue is rectified.

Goodluck

To also add, they (my siblings and cousin) really enjoyed the episodes especially the Nigeria Birthday episode, saw my 9-year old brother yesterday in front of the TV. He was busy pausing and re-playing the free copy he got and i asked why? "I want to master all the countries that shared the same birth date as Nigeria" he said, i was so happy and you know how such things stay with kids especially things learnt when they are growing up.

Good work!

Don't mind me oh, Came with my younger ones and a cousin (4 kids between 2 - 9years) and you know how difficult it is when you are out with kids and trying to control them,

Good work bro!

otaghogho:
In my biology i choose type D instead of type C will it affect the marking?

It will definitely affect the marking. The computer has been programmed to mark based on the first question, This also applies to anyone who does not shade any option in the first question.

In your case, you may be lucky where Biology Type D and Type C for some of your shaded answers have same options as their answers.

Example:

Type D (correct answers)
1. D
2. C
3. C
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. A

Type C (correct answers)
1. C
2. D
3. C
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. D
8. C
9. A
10. C

From the above example, you will only score 5 out of 10 points (correct answers: Question 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9).

Goodluck

Just saw the premier of a Naija made cartoon at Silverbird Entertainment Centre Abuja. I must confess that "Bino and Fino" concept is awesome. To Adamu Waziri - the brain behind "Bino and Fino", the sky is your starting point. Oya 9ja pickins make una enjoy our own

Just saw the premier of a Naija made cartoon at Silverbird Entertainment Centre Abuja. I must confess that "Bino and Fino" concept is awesome. To Adamu Waziri - the brain behind "Bino and Fino", the sky is your starting point. Oya 9ja pickins make una enjoy our own

@AdamuW,

I hope to be there with my lil bro and sis. See you there.

You guys are really awesome, I have been following this thread for more than 10 months now and i must confess that i have learnt a lot. Enough to write a book on success tips, recommendation, GRE, packaging an application etc for prospective grad school students.

I intend writing GRE by June or July 2011.

My profile
I graduated in 2010 from a state university with a FCGPA of 4.33 (Final year CGPA - 4.5 and 4.61 for first and second semester respectively).
BSc. Statistics.
Emerged as the best graduating student.
Summary of my project will be published in one of the statistics journal later this year.
Have strong knowledge in Programming Language and can handle packages like SPSS, EPI-INFO, MATLAB, SAS and STRATA. My computer knowledge also includes JAVA, C++ and web designing

I hope to ace my GRE, my fear is that i failed one course in my first year (GST 101 - Use of English) and also had an E in another (GST 102 - Nigerian People and Culture). I performed very poor because i missed both quiz having started my registration very late.

I fear this may make my application to be rejected even if i have a high GRE. So please i need your advice cos i will highly depend on the school funding through MSc (RA or TA).

ezex:
fellow nairalander,I still have a doubt in my heart maybe I can still graduate with first class,because in my 100level my CGPA was 4.21,am now in 200level,but in my first semester in 200l I had 4.5,pls i need your advice maybe I can still come out with first class,am studying engineering.

I did some little Mathematics for you to come up with this assumption, you will need an average CGPA of 4.58 and above to graduate with a First Class (for the remaining 7 semesters). So far, i must confess that you are doing very well. Just stay focused, target more A's and B's. Who knows, you can still hit a 5.00 in two or three semesters. Goodluck

Lagos to Enugu is about 7hours. Going by road may cost you close to N5,000. The best advice for you now is to book early for Aero which is about 7k to Enugu. Enugu airport is along the road. You can get a bike from there to the bus station at Emene where you'll catch a bus to Afikpo where Ebonyi camp is located. From the airport to camp will cost you less than 1k through public transport while airport taxi will charge you over 5k to Afikpo.