₦airaland Forum

manutdadex:
you dont get my point, qbasic are tut to litlle kids, fortran we av beta, well advanced programing languages dan fortran. Imagine spending 4 yrs in skool and learning qbasic, fortran and python all tru 2 yrs...wen will u av time to learn beta languages like java,c++??

fortran for applications development is poor, but for high performance computing and scientific computing is excellent. I don't think there is a better alternative for these purposes.

Let all polytechnic stakeholders come out in mass whether physically or online and support the removal of this discrimination. If the Nigerian HND is not equivalent to a Bsc how comes it is respected by many european countries and the US and its holders are given direct masters admission without going thru the PGD route? That's a good question to ask.

manutdadex:
so also qbasic! What abt mathlab?

All these were either developed from fortran or related to fortran.

@manutdadex: fortran is still very much useful and still in use today for numerical computing and high performance computing. It is still the best language for solving and modeling scientific and mathematical problems very accurately. The only disadvantage of fortran is that it cannot be used for developing applications, rather it is used for problem solving. U can google to find out more.

What kind of software are we talking about here? Application software or Operating system software? Well, let's try it and see. #TeamMicrosoftandIBMsoftware#

Let all stakeholders submit their contributions. Let public opinion be used pls. The embarrassment Hnd holders face in Nigeria is too much.

Hndholder:
In the Holy book, the world rejected Jesus (YISA) and embrace Barnabers known to be useless to progress. Degree holders are now doing the work once described as middle level job. Everything about our life now come from CHINA. We need to fight back.Polytechnics have made a name for themselves by providing sound, relevant and affordable education. They are best known for preparing students for industry with a wide range of diploma programmes which take between one and three years of full-time study to complete ND.
Polytechnic graduates are considered well-equipped and ready to support the technological and economic development. Today, polytechnic graduates are valued as practical-oriented and knowledgeable professionals, much sought after by industry.
I join every body to reject HND and support the call to cancel polytechnic if the government chose to do that.

I also support the abolishment of polytechnic education in Nigeria if the discrimination cannot be stopped.

Chucks08:
Statistics! You are sure of working almost any where with a good pay.

yes o, and u can always work for urself as a consultant statistician providing statistical support and training for researchers.

Hndholder:
We are meeting but I am tired of this round about situation. The court case is waiting come November 3rd at ABUJA

God will see us through, amen.

Statistics

Hndholder:
It is so bad to see our university graduates searching for job. People that do not have reasons to go to university had degrees because of discriminations. Polytechnic was not designed for the weak. Nigeria do not want Polytechnic education.

The most painful part of it is that most of the law makers including David Mark do not know the purpose for which polytechnics were established. Some of them were saying that polytechnics were running courses that are not science and technology related like accounting and business. They don't even know that the act that establised polytechnics in Nigeria empowered them to run courses in science, technology and business related fields. We are waiting for the outcome of public opinion.

kayusbrown:
That's some good news. We hope the bill will eventually become a law. There is also a case in the Industrial Court on the issue.

The thing narrowly scaled through. Even David Mark himself that knows nothing about education was against it. He only used style to refer it to senate committee on education and public opinion.

The issue scaled for second reading in the house of senate today.

Hndholder:
This issue is policy of hatred that sink countries that are not wise like NIGERIA. A good debate that holds no water

i pray the govt settles the issue. It's really killing Nigeria.

We have all these and yet still find it hard to conquer boko haram? Officers and enlisted soldiers are killed daily like chicken. I've lost 5 of my good officer friends there. Let the govt stop playing politics with this boko haram issue and declare total war on them. Even during the Nigerian civil war, officers were not killed like this.

bukit05:
Cramming has been working for me since d days of Elijah. Pple who claim to read and understand ask dem dt same question after exam, dey won't be able to say anytin

Not true. People who read to understand can explain and apply concepts outside the words/notes/handouts of the lecturers because they consult other books for more understanding, while those that cram can give u the lecturers notes/handouts word for word butwill not be able to attempt questions outside that scope because of their limited understanding. They only dwell on the lecturer's notes/handouts and hence find it difficult to attend to applied questions from other sources. They can get good grades especially from lecturers who love students giving them their exact words. Cramming is only helpful on topics or things that are not applied like theorems and proofs. I read M&S and i'm talking from experience. Both methods are actually useful to students.

olupentane:
I will be taking an environmental statistics course next semester, and I am also required to make a presentation on
"Environmental Quality: Air, water and soil pollution" can someone please recommend a good book for this course? downloadable ebook preferred.
Thanks.

Try google.

Ayatullah:

VIOLENCE BEGETS VIOLENCE
I do not support 'Boko Haram' violence, yet I will not condone or accept any justification of extra-judicial killing of my fellow human beigns. Have you also watched on YouTube at the onset of this 'Boko Haram' insurgency where some so-called members of the 'Boko Haram' were made to lie down and sprayed with bullets with a Police Officer saying HE NEEDS THE HEART of one of the boys or have you watched the recent video released by the International Human right group showing soldiers slaughtering human beings?

your name has said it all. U're a sympathizer of boko haram. U're even justifying d brutal manner in which BH slaughter humans like rams. Any right thinking person should condemn d actions of BH and not helping them to justify their inhumanity to man.

olayinka63:
do you think renovation of a room cost lesser amount pls #400,000 is not much for all what the woman listed she did go and price each one you will know afterall she didnt request for refund

She's indirectly asking for a refund with interest.

N400,000? Is it not too much for renovating a classroom? Abi na hall or new school she build?

smada13:
Why arrest them now...tie them like log of wood and slit their throat with a Jigsaw

yes, the same way they killed our NAF pilot. Those guys don't deserve mercy.

I still maintain that HND holders are technically and theoretically better than Bsc holders. HND holders sit and write exams for some of them, HND holders do practical and theoretical projects for them, HND holders lecture them in tutorials and other professional exams (i'm a living witness to these). Why then the feelings that the HND is lower than the Bsc?

It depends on the course. If u're doing maths or stats there are some proofs that need to be crammed. No matter how hard u try to understand them they are always difficult to grab probably because of limited time.

VocalWalls: In uniport, its human kinetics... aka jumpology.


Always dressed in whites like otondos.

is that what PEJ read in UNIPORT?

didadavid: Your story is rather touching...It must be a hard one on you, especially the aspect of raising the kids. You will, if you search thoroughly find a better soulmate. May the lord keep you and the kids.

Thanx broda. It's really bin hard 4 me with d kids but i have no choice. She doesn't even care about dem again. I'm looking up to God for things to change in my favor.

Cashnote: The bill of chattered statisticians of Nigeria in progress.

May it scale thru in Jesus' name, amen.

didadavid: Eeeyaaah, am sorry o. What is this world turning into? My neighbor too just separated from his wife. Are you guys still living together?

No. She packed out of my house with her own hands exactly one year ago becos of the guilt even though i told her she's bin 4given. I and our 2 kids live together while she lives alone in her own house.

didadavid: Divorce everywhere. Meanwhile Anita Oyakhilome’s name & pic totally removed from Rhapsody of Realities of October. Read that one Here

i'm passing thru same too. My wife has been unfaithful, when we discovered (caught her red handed) she decided to file for a divorce. My Lawyer has responded to her sha.

Cashnote: Thanx alot for d information...are u an M.sc holder in statistics?

not really. I have a pgd in statistics but do most of the analyses for msc and PhD students in various fields.

Cashnote: Thanx...what of d banking and industrial sectors?

statisticians are employed mostly to provide statistical support in research. They work in banks and all types of industries. I worked in d bank but not in the capacity of a statistician. Banks employ graduates from all manner of disciplines to work for them to just achieve good profit.

Cashnote: Pls...is getting a job as a statistician difficult? Cos my pals tel me dat economics has overwhelmed it.

it's true. Let them try getting jobs in the health and pharmaceutical sectors, economists are not relevant there.

Cashnote: Pls...is getting a job as a statistician difficult? Cos my pals tel me dat economics has overwhelmed it.

it's true. Let them try getting jobs in the health and pharmaceutical sectors, economist are not relevant there.