BouharryArtikou:



Sorry. As an undergrad, you are not entitled to wife Milli and bring her over as a dependant.
Sorry.

gabiomoesu:



Bossman, you make some salient points. I know this babe like the back of my hand and I know she will excel well if she gets here but she wants what she wants, and that's beside the point anyway. The main issue here is how to get her here. So far, majority of the house says she should come as a dependent.

In Beyonce's voice: if you want it better put a ring on it.


Probably the cheapest route dependant visa.

gabiomoesu:
Sgtponzihater1 Justwise Lexusgs430 Stenon Fatima04 Eriko2k2 Dupyshoo Dustydee

Morning guys. First off, I'm sorry for tagging so many people.

Thing is I need some solid advice. Now, I came to the UK for studies in February and I plan to be here for a long time. But my girlfriend of many years lives and work in Naija. She holds a BA in English and teaches in a British Secondary school. Lately, we've been discussing routes she can take to get here but she's declared her wish to continue with the same English teaching profession here. I've told her times without number that it doesn't really make sense for a foreigner, whose first language isn't English, would come here and teach native kids regardless of her qualification.

I've tried to advise her to consider signing up for a master's programme in a degree that would qualify her to work a job on the UK Shortage occupations list.

What do you guys think? Please we need as many viable options as we can get. If you're seeing this post and know someone who's moniker I missed out and might be able to share some knowledge, kindly cc them to call their attention to this post.

Thank you guys.

I taught English at GCSE level for many years with a Nigerian degree in English Lang and Lit and teaching experience from home. It's not impossible. She will need a UK teaching qualification though so her best bet will be to come over and find work in allied teaching - I used to work with Crisis (specifically with women from BAME backgrounds) teaching them basic reading and writing skills - the pay was very good but emotionally hard work. I also completed my teaching practice through them and a college so remained in full time work and got 1 day off to teach English to 17 year olds at Matthew Boulton College and got QTS that way.

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justfrankz:
Hi guys, please how can someone send money from Nigeria to me here in the UK? I am currently in Dundee. Please help.

Yes, look for someone to buy your naira, then remit pounds to your bank account.......

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justfrankz:


Thank you. I actually found someone but he’s not in the UK. And the person that gave me his contact is a student here whom I don’t know that well. I’m looking for someone here because of trust issues. Just being careful if you understand. I also have a Dorm account in Nigeria but that still not possible as only account owner can deposit into it and transfer isn’t allowed.

You need to find a way to withdraw funds from your dom account, once you do that...... You can return here and transact........

MichaelUde:


I've no idea if that's true or not, but that was not what I am referring to.
For instance, I grew up in Nigeria, speaking English from when I was old enough to talk, and had all my education in English.
So English is my first language and I always classify myself as a native English speaker when I'm filling forms or where the question arises.

Even those who learned our west African brand of English are native speakers. Being bilingual, like many Nigerians are, does not mean you are not a native speaker of a language. So I describe myself as a native speaker of English and Igbo, the same way a child of a Latino immigrant in the US might describe himself as a native speaker of English and Spanish.

Incidentally, the Jamaicans and other west Indians also generally speak their own brands of English too, Carribean English is not necessarily purer than west African English. Those who are educated, in both west Africa and the Carribean, can (hopefully) use Standard English properly, but the monolingual peoples of the Carribean generally do not speak English any better than we do.

My point being make we no dey use our own hand dey mislabel ourselves, oyibo is already very ready to do that.

Very well said.
A native speaker of a language is simply someone who has spoken that language from earliest childhood as a first language, whether that language can be considered "their" language or not. An Igbo chap who grew up in the north and speaks Hausa fluently is properly classed as a native Hausa speaker, just the same way my cousin's children who were born and brought up in Germany are native German speakers despite the non-paleness of their skin. Put simply, the language one thinks in is always the one they speak natively.

fatima04:


Even for those not on shortage occupation? That is nice

Please ma,I sent an email, please reply me ,I need your help urgently.

justfrankz:


Thank you. I actually found someone but he’s not in the UK. And the person that gave me his contact is a student here whom I don’t know that well. I’m looking for someone here because of trust issues. Just being careful if you understand. I also have a Dorm account in Nigeria but that still not possible as only account owner can deposit into it and transfer isn’t allowed.

Go to bank ATMs (bank ATMs because there are no fees) and use your dom ATM card to withdraw the amount you want. Simple and easy. You can also use your dom atm card to pay for things anywhere in the UK.

BouharryArtikou:



Sorry. As an undergrad, you are not entitled to wife Milli and bring her over as a dependant.
Sorry.

Just to add to that for Postgraduate student not aware of the full rules. Your dependant would not be able to apply for the post study work visa if they are currently not a dependant on your Tier 4 visa as at the time of application.

millykel:

Please ma,I sent an email, please reply me ,I need your help urgently.

Kindly ask your questions here so others can help and benefit accordingly. Thank you.

fatima04:


Just to add to that for Postgraduate student not aware of the full rules. Your dependant would not be able to apply for the post study work visa if they are currently not a dependant on your Tier 4 visa as at the time of application.

That is true.

I was today old when I realized that it’s possible to repeat classes here as well Don’t know why I assumed everyone makes it to the next class.

Some Mums who just found out their kids will be in in between classes have been wailing on our private group. Hmmm.

Mamatukwas:

I was today old when I realized that it’s possible to repeat classes here as well Don’t know why I assumed everyone makes it to the next class.

Some Mums who just found out their kids will be in in between classes have been wailing on our private group. Hmmm.

How does the in between class work? Will they eventually get promoted along the line, say after a term?

tushqueen:



How does the in between class work? Will they eventually get promoted along the line, say after a term?

No they don’t. They spend a whole year in the class. Here they have a class called 2/3. For those meant to be in primary 3 but who didn’t meet the deliverables to leave primary 2. I don’t know if they have 3/4 as well or it ends at some point. We learn everyday.

Mixed class is normal in the UK. So, don't think being in mixed class is classed as repeating a class.
In my son's school, for example, there is a year 1/2 class. There is also a year 2 class. However, there are no separate year 3 or year 4 classes. All year 3 and 4 students are in 4 different year 3/4 classes. Aside from performance academically, they also look at other aspects such as emotions, social skills among others to assign students to classes.

Mamatukwas:

I was today old when I realized that it’s possible to repeat classes here as well Don’t know why I assumed everyone makes it to the next class.

Some Mums who just found out their kids will be in in between classes have been wailing on our private group. Hmmm.

BouharryArtikou:



Sorry. As an undergrad, you are not entitled to wife Milli and bring her over as a dependant.
Sorry.

Yeeesh. Nothing spoil sha. Other avenues go dey. Thanks a lot.

BTW, I see what you did there �

deept:


In Beyonce's voice: if you want it better put a ring on it.


Probably the cheapest route dependant visa.

Ticha:


I taught English at GCSE level for many years with a Nigerian degree in English Lang and Lit and teaching experience from home. It's not impossible. She will need a UK teaching qualification though so her best bet will be to come over and find work in allied teaching - I used to work with Crisis (specifically with women from BAME backgrounds) teaching them basic reading and writing skills - the pay was very good but emotionally hard work. I also completed my teaching practice through them and a college so remained in full time work and got 1 day off to teach English to 17 year olds at Matthew Boulton College and got QTS that way.

Ma'am can I please pm you? Pleeeease.

dupyshoo:
Mixed class is normal in the UK. So, don't think being in mixed class is classed as repeating a class.
In my son's school, for example, there is a year 1/2 class. There is also a year 2 class. However, there are no separate year 3 or year 4 classes. All year 3 and 4 students are in 4 different year 3/4 classes. Aside from performance academically, they also look at other aspects such as emotions, social skills among others to assign students to classes.

Maybe not ‘repeat’ exactly but the ‘mixed class’ is a way of politely saying you need more work before you progress to the next stage. In Nigeria we call it repeating. Here it’s ‘more help’ needed. Either way you spend a full extra year in the mixed class before progressing to the next class your mates went to a year prior.

What type of birth certificate should one use when applying for visa in the UK. I would like an answer to this

justfrankz:


Thank you. I actually found someone but he’s not in the UK. And the person that gave me his contact is a student here whom I don’t know that well. I’m looking for someone here because of trust issues. Just being careful if you understand. I also have a Dorm account in Nigeria but that still not possible as only account owner can deposit into it and transfer isn’t allowed.

If you have access to your nigeria bank account and have a UK bank account, then you can use p2p on binance.

Mamatukwas:


Maybe not ‘repeat’ exactly but the ‘mixed class’ is a way of politely saying you need more work before you progress to the next stage. In Nigeria we call it repeating. Here it’s ‘more help’ needed. Either way you spend a full extra year in the mixed class before progressing to the next class your mates went to a year prior.

Wasn't even aware this happen. Is it also true they group kids within the same Year into different categories based on thejr capability and assign different tasks or assignment in accordance to their perceived strength?

This seems like too much work but then they maybe avoiding naija way of assigning first and last position

fatima04:


Wasn't even aware this happen. Is it also true they group kids within the same Year into different categories based on thejr capability and assign different tasks or assignment in accordance to their perceived strength?

This seems like too much work but then they maybe avoiding naija way of assigning first and last position

I didn’t know till today as well. The bolded part is correct I believe. At least here they assign you to special smaller groups to either work on a weakness or strength.

dustydee:

If you have access to your nigeria bank account and have a UK bank account, then you can use p2p on binance.

Thank you. This was very helpful.

Hi guys, is it possible for one to embark on a 5 days trip to Nigeria?

How would doing covid tests impact such a trip? I hear there are some rules around doing post arrival covid test in Nigeria and covid test to be done before departing Nigeria.

Can anyone please help explain how this could work?

I think it is different from repeating as everyone will still finish at the same time. For example, students in year 1/2 this year that should be in year 2 will still move to year 3 or year 3/4 in the following year. They will do key stage 1 SAT exam like the other students in year 2. They won't move from year 1/2 to year 2.

Also, most schools will not mix key stage 1 and 2 together, so very rare to find year 2/3.

Mamatukwas:


Maybe not ‘repeat’ exactly but the ‘mixed class’ is a way of politely saying you need more work before you progress to the next stage. In Nigeria we call it repeating. Here it’s ‘more help’ needed. Either way you spend a full extra year in the mixed class before progressing to the next class your mates went to a year prior.

dupyshoo:
I think it is different from repeating as everyone will still finish at the same time. For example, students in year 1/2 this year that should be in year 2 will still move to year 3 or year 3/4 in the following year. They will do key stage 1 SAT exam like the other students in year 2. They won't move from year 1/2 to year 2.

Also, most schools will not mix key stage 1 and 2 together, so very rare to find year 2/3.

We have year 2/3 here. It’s even what is causing problem sef :- What’s happened is that some kids in P2 that should be moving to P3 were instead moved to P2/3 because they need additional support. By August next year they will move to P3 when it’s hoped they will have caught up to the required level.

In the meantime their mates who are in P2 now will be starting P4 by August next year. Do you see what i mean?