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Hold onto Auchi while you wait for UNIPORT list. Remember you may think you had the best of scores in the post UTME but you will be suprise that many have better scores than you do thus making your chances very slim. A bird at hand is worth more than 1000 in the bush. Goodluck

Wonderful piece. In my own opinion especially in this part of the world (Nigeria). I think for non research job they should give all equal opportunity. Some smart people cant get a university degree due to so many factors: poverty, lack of space in our higher institutions etc. But yet those people perform more than the graduates at their place of work. Some forge degree certificates just to earn more pay etc. Ability should measure the pay. First class students should go work as researchers or go become lecturers.

Switching depends on the course you are switching to. First many department will require you make 5 O'Level credit be it part time or full time. Mathematics and English are compulsory. So you will be left with 3 credits to make up. These 3 credits strongly depend on the course you are applying. It would be very easy for you to go for Economics if you have Econs in you SSCE. So lets know the subjects you made in your WASC so you can get the best advice. Goodluck

Hello Nairalanders,

Please i need information on where i can get Mathematics, Economics and Statistics software + manuals in Abuja.

Also if you have info where they are sold in Lagos i would also appreciate.

The software needed are SAS, SPSS, MATLAB, EView, Stata, GAMS, Javelin etc.

Please, Statistician, Mathematician or Economist in the house let's talk or send me a mail so i can clarify some issues and ask questions from the masters;

nnamdi4zik@yahoo.com

Thanks in anticipation.

Command Day Secondary School Kaduna and Government Secondary School, Jiwa, Abuja

I've been waiting for MTN to make their plans more flexible and this is the best move so far. I subscribed for 10MB on last Saturday and Monday (yesterday), i enjoyed every bit of if. I even did some little download via mobile and the charge was absolutely minimal. On both occasions i didnt even exhaust the 10MB and i facebooked and nairaland almost every 10-15mins except midnights + some little mobile downloads.

Hey, i'm not trying to advertise for MTN but i love the new bundle plan.

Poor educational system is the reason why people perform very poor in UME. I take myself as an example, i wrote JAMB 3 times and did not score upto 200 in any of the JAMB. We lacked teachers in many subjects during my secondary school days. I managed to pass through WAEC and NECO

I got admission with a JAMB score of 183 in 2005 (proved myself during the first post-UME).

At the end, I emerged the best graduating student in my department with a FCGPA of 4.33. Yet in my class there were students with 280 and above in JAMB.

This is just to tell you that our secondary schools really count. The government should ensure that education at all level is given the best attention.

STATE universities in the South-East Thursday began an indefinite strike.

The institutions are Abia State University, Uturu; Anambra State University, Uli; Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki; Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu, and Evan Enwerem University, Owerri (formerly Imo state University).

At the Anambra State University, classrooms were empty.

Lecturers were absent.

Students were seen discussing in groups.

Anambra State Commissioner for Education Kay Onyechi described the situation as "unfortunate".

She said the government would resolve the crisis.

A communiqué signed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chairmen of the five universities read: "It is most shameful that while other geopolitical zones are striving to make their universities excellent, state universities in the South East are being debased, bastardised and further relegated by narrow ethnic and clannish sentiments."

The communiqué said the strike would not be suspended until the states implement the 2009 ASUU/government agreement.

The teachers also decried poor infrastructure.


http://thenationonlineng.net/web3/news/6822.html

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the South-East, has embarked on an indefinite strike action over the non-implementation of the 2009 ASUU-government agreements and full implementation of the CONUSS awards and arrears.

The universities include the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU); the Anambra State University, Uli (ANSU); the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki; the Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT); and the Evan Enwerem University, Owerri (EEU\MSU).

This was contained in statement made available to the Nigerian Compass and signed by Dr. G. N Chima, Chairman ASUU-ABSU; Dr. C. Jaja Nwanogbo, Chairman ASUU-ANSU; Dr. Emeka Nwakpu, Chairman ASUU-EBSU; Dr. Vitalis Nwulu, Chairman ASUU-EEU/MSU; Barr. Agu Gab Agu, Chairman ASUU-ESUT; Dr. S.N Nzota, Zonal Coordinator, Owerri zone; and Prof. M. U Awoke, Zonal Coordinator Nsukka zone.

The South-East ASUU said that educational standards and infrastructures in the zone have been relegated to a terrifying background and currently suffering a most shameful neglect by the political leadership of the zone.

The statement noted that it was shameful that while state-owned universities in the South-West, South-South, North-East, North-Central and North-West were striving to make their universities centres of excellence, state universities in the South-East were being debased, bastardised and further relegated by narrow ethnic and clannish sentiments, with no steps taken to implement the 2009 FG-ASUU agreement.

According to the statement, “The South-East universities hereby resolve based on the NEC directive issued at its meeting at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike to embark on a total and indefinite strike action in all the state universities in the South-East zone with effect from July 22, 2010 until the respective state universities implement the 2009 ASUU government agreement as well as fully implement the CONUASSS Awards and Arrears in all the state universities in the south-east.”

ASUU South-East also noted that it was only in the South-East zone that state-owned universities have lost touch with realities in the tertiary education sector of the country through the non-implementation of agreements meant to make universities more productive and become effectively established as centres of excellence such as the full implementation of the CONUASS Awards and 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement.

http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64173:south-east-ASUU-begins-strike-over-pay-&catid=46:sunday-compass&Itemid=698

True talk the result is out.
My sister scored 66 in the post-UTME and 204 in JAMB. She applied to the department of Education Foundation.
What is her chances? Also, my cousin's result is still showing "RESULT PENDING". Was up with that?
ZIKITES i please advice.

Results of the 2010 Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka were released on Wednesday.

According to the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Barth Okolo, a total of 31,326 candidates took part in the screening exercise, with Okere Onyekachi O’Brian, a candidate for B.Sc Economics, emerging the best with 346.67 points out of 400.

The university administration, Okolo said, in its determination to ensure the pursuit of academic excellence by both staff and students, would award a scholarship to Okere to cover his undergraduate studies.

http://punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art201007155141962

My younger sister just checked her UNN 2010/2011 Post-UTME result, she had an average score of 187.5 (UTME score of 235 and a UNN post UTME score of 140).
She applied to study Social Science Education with Political Science Education as her option. Please Lions and Lioness what is her fate. Your contributions and advice are welcomed.

Thanks.