The Association of Tutorial School Operators (ATSO) has accused the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) of using the wrong
grading software to mark the 2016/2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME).The group claimed that the error was
responsible for the poor and conflicting results that were released by
the board for the examination written between February...
Friday, 25 March 2016
PHOTOS: Ayodele Dada Honoured By House Of Reps
Ayodele
Dada the University of Lagos student turned celebrity after graduating
with a 5.0 CGPA was honoured by the members of the House of
Representatives yesterday March 23rd.Speaking during the...
NWAG Scholarships For Female Undergraduate Nigerian Students 2016
Course(s) Offered: Any fieldCourse Level: UndergraduateProvider: NWAGCountry to Study in: NigeriaScholarship DescriptionEvery
year, the Nigerian Women Association of Georgia (NWAG) awards
scholarships...
PHOTOS: Nigerian Lecturer Develops New Hybrid Of Tilapia At Malaysian University
A Nigerian, Nwachi Oster Francis developed a new hybrid of Tilapia.Nwachi oster, a lecturer at a University in Nigeria, who is currently on a research grant from TETFUND.
produced a fish Malaysian...
"How To Know If You Are Among Candidates Scheduled To Re-sit JAMB 2016"
Information earlier stated that JAMB have re-schedule some students that has malfunction during their exam to re-write their exam….
How to check if you are among those to re- write JAMB UTME 2016
1. log on to jamb official website www.jamb.org.ng
2. click on the 2016 UTME e-registration banner
(you can bypass step1 & 2 by clicking this: Jamb UTME e-registration portal )
3. click on reprint slip
4. insert your Reg Number
5. click reprint
6. Check the date on your already reprinted slip
to know if you are re-scheduled
Good luck!
How to check if you are among those to re- write JAMB UTME 2016
1. log on to jamb official website www.jamb.org.ng
2. click on the 2016 UTME e-registration banner
(you can bypass step1 & 2 by clicking this: Jamb UTME e-registration portal )
3. click on reprint slip
4. insert your Reg Number
5. click reprint
6. Check the date on your already reprinted slip
to know if you are re-scheduled
Good luck!
"Why Having A PhD Is A Waste" – Bishop Oyedepo
David Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop and founder of Living Faith Church
worldwide, has said that an inability to identify problems and solve
them, renders every PhD degree useless.
While addressing few PhD graduates of the Covenant University (CU) in Ota, Ogun state, Oyedepo urged people to come up with innovations that can solve problems plaguing the society.
The Chancellor, told them their inability to do so would mean their research programme was useless.
Bishop Oyedepo promised to make funds available to them to identify problems and find solutions.
Spoke at a meeting with the young scholars, Oyedepo said Nigeria has been unable to address its challenges because of a lack of capacity to get the job done.
He decried situation in which PhD holders seemingly lacked the thinking capacity.
He said: “I have come to provoke your potential. There is more inside you than the earned certificate. If you cannot think out solutions to problems, your PhD is a complete waste.
“When we say Doctor of Philosophy, we are saying master of thinkers; someone committed to finding solution to life’s problems. And until our learning translates to thinking, our PhD is zero.
“All that we have done going through the rigour of PhD is to ignite our thinking capacity. It’s so important that we have what it takes to recreate our country and the world.
” Hinting that Nigeria has more PhDs than four European countries, Oyedepo wondered why Nigeria was not getting similar result as the Europeans.
“The gas turbine (at CU) was not working because Shell was on strike. So why can’t students of Chemical Engineering build reserves? Why do we look at problems as if we are not concerned?”
Oyedepo said the scholars must learn to management themselves, time and task, to be able to provide solutions to problems.
He noted that the scholars must learn to manage themselves, for qualitative production.
Meanwhile, Oyedepo has challenged the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to proffer solutions to the socio-economic challenges facing Nigeria rather than blaming any political party or individual for the current travails facing the nation.
He also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to be more sensitive to issues that affect ordinary Nigerians.
While addressing few PhD graduates of the Covenant University (CU) in Ota, Ogun state, Oyedepo urged people to come up with innovations that can solve problems plaguing the society.
The Chancellor, told them their inability to do so would mean their research programme was useless.
Bishop Oyedepo promised to make funds available to them to identify problems and find solutions.
Spoke at a meeting with the young scholars, Oyedepo said Nigeria has been unable to address its challenges because of a lack of capacity to get the job done.
He decried situation in which PhD holders seemingly lacked the thinking capacity.
He said: “I have come to provoke your potential. There is more inside you than the earned certificate. If you cannot think out solutions to problems, your PhD is a complete waste.
“When we say Doctor of Philosophy, we are saying master of thinkers; someone committed to finding solution to life’s problems. And until our learning translates to thinking, our PhD is zero.
“All that we have done going through the rigour of PhD is to ignite our thinking capacity. It’s so important that we have what it takes to recreate our country and the world.
” Hinting that Nigeria has more PhDs than four European countries, Oyedepo wondered why Nigeria was not getting similar result as the Europeans.
“The gas turbine (at CU) was not working because Shell was on strike. So why can’t students of Chemical Engineering build reserves? Why do we look at problems as if we are not concerned?”
Oyedepo said the scholars must learn to management themselves, time and task, to be able to provide solutions to problems.
He noted that the scholars must learn to manage themselves, for qualitative production.
Meanwhile, Oyedepo has challenged the present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to proffer solutions to the socio-economic challenges facing Nigeria rather than blaming any political party or individual for the current travails facing the nation.
He also urged President Muhammadu Buhari to be more sensitive to issues that affect ordinary Nigerians.
Actress Foluke Daramola Visits Queens College Over Sexual Harassment Case
Foluke Daramola-Salako visited Queens College on a fact finding mission
over the curious case of Mr. Seni Oshinfala the teacher who was alleged
to have sexually harassed female students. Over the weekend,...
Thursday, 24 March 2016
Allegation Of Sexual Harassment: Old Girls Of Queens College Speak
Queens College Old Girls Association (QCOGA) have
released an update on the findings of their investigation into the
claims of sexual harassment leveled against the school's Biology
Teacher, Olaseni...
"JAMB Has Embarrassed Education Minister" - Official
A top official of the Federal Ministry of Education, who pleaded anonymity has told the Daily Times in an exclusive chat that the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, had scolded the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over the shoddy conduct of this years’ examination and the myriad of controversies that have been trailing the exercise.
The official also disclosed that the Minister is preparing to make appropriate representations to the Federal Executive Council to effect a leadership change at the agency.
‘’Ojerinde’s time appears to be running out fast at JAMB, not with the controversies this time including failure in the technology, late upload of released results, wrong posting of scores with some candidates being awarded greater than what they actually scored while others had their scores downgraded,’’ the official said.
As if corroborating the above concerns, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, admitted that challenges associated with Computer Based Test were partly technical which in time will be addressed.
Addressing journalists on the conduct of the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, the JAMB Registrar urged Nigerians to embrace the Computer Based test as a benefit to the Nigerian child and also work with the board to ensure its success.
Prof. Ojerinde, who said it is becoming a war conducting examinations in Nigeria following the activities of owners of special centers, accused proprietors of tutorial schools of being behind the protests which was recently carried out by candidates of the last UTME, who stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly recently to protest alleged maltreatment by JAMB in the examination.
PHOTO: Corper Stabs Boss In Calabar Over Clearance
A lawyer undergoing the one-year National Youth Service
Corps scheme in Calabar, Godbless Nnaji, has allegedly stabbed his boss,
Donald Archibong, for refusing to sign his monthly clearance form.Nnaji
...
PHOTOS: Solomon Dalung Inaugurates NYSC New Operational Vehicles
The Minister of Youth Development Barrister Solomon
Dalung inaugurated thirteen brand new vehicles acquired by the National
Youth Service Corps for the purpose of attending to needs of Corps
members.
...
Wednesday, 23 March 2016
FUTO Elects Prof. Francis C. Eze As New Vice Chancellor
The entire university community was agog yesterday, March 17, 2016
following the declaration of the winner of the just concluded Vice
Chancellor's election. Information reaching us suggests that...
Lagos State Government Probes Pupil’s Flogging By Principal And Teachers
The Lagos State Government has launched an investigation into an alleged
case of child brutality at the Eva Adelaja Girls Secondary School in
the Bariga area of the state.PUNCH Metro learnt that a
14-year-old pupil of the school, Ogechi Anyalewechi, was hospitalised
after being flogged by the principal of the school and over five other
teachers.The victim was said to have been punished...
"The Injustice Buhari Did To The Genius Of UNILAG" - Azuka Onwuka
A big opportunity came to President Muhammadu Buhari to shine some weeks
ago but he let it waste. A graduate of the University of Lagos, Mr
Ayodele Daniel Dada, made history by being the first graduate of the
university to make the maximum cumulative grade point average (CPGA) of
5.00 point out of 5.00. Even though it was not said that he was the
first graduate from any Nigerian university to make such a result, I
have never heard that a graduate made such a result in any other
Nigerian university.
What it meant was that Dada made an A in all the courses he took. That includes courses from other departments and faculties, which were not related to his course of study. For example, imagine an arts student who hates computations and scientific theories being made to take a subject in the natural sciences as well as computer. Many of such people would just pray to get the minimum score in those non-related but compulsory courses. Their dream will be to just pass those courses so as to be free to focus on the directly related courses that made them come to the university in the first place.
In the case of Dada, he made an A in all these courses right from his first year to his final. If he had made anything less than an A in any of his university courses, it would have dented his CGPA and he would not have made a 5.00. Reports from UNILAG indicate that when the university authorities heard of the unbelievable result, they called for his papers. After a thorough scrutiny, they found out that Dada deservedly got an A in all his courses. The CGPA was subsequently awarded to him.
However, he did not get the same opportunity in 2011 when he sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board seized his result that year “for cheating”. JAMB must have been too shocked with his result that it believed that there was no way Dada could have made such a score except by cheating. Sadly, JAMB has not come up with any mechanism to identify exceptionally brilliant candidates. Dada eventually decided to take the option of doing a diploma programme at the University of Lagos. That disappointment of having his result seized for being too brilliant could have dampened the spirit of some people and made them derail. But happily, Dada persevered in spite of his unenviable family financial status.
The announcement of Dada’s university result on February 25 was therefore a heaven-sent opportunity for Buhari to shore up his rating among the people. It was the type of opportunity many presidents would pray for but never get. The reason is simple. This is not something that happens regularly. It can never even be predicted. Having a first class is a regular occurrence in universities. Each university graduates many first class students every year. But having a graduate with 5.00 CGPA out of 5.00 is a rarity. It is said that perfection is not possible among humans, but this is something akin to perfection. So, anybody who has achieved this feat is nothing but a genius.
Why did President Buhari not celebrate this exceptional student? Was it because he did not know about it? Was it because it did not carry much weight with him? Did his media aides like Mr Femi Adesina and Mr Garba Shehu not know about it? Did the ministers of education not hear about it? What about the minister of youths and sports? Did they hear about it and briefed the President on the need to tap into and celebrate the achiever but were ignored by the President?
At a time entertainment (like music, acting, comedy, dancing, etc) is taking the attention of many youths away from education and academic excellence, celebrating the academic feat of Dada would have done a lot for education in Nigeria. Immediately the news broke, the President should have sent a letter of congratulation to Dada and then invited him to Aso Rock for a handshake. At such a meeting, the President should have used that opportunity to stress his administration’s commitment to excellence in all human endeavours, especially in academic pursuit. He should have used that opportunity to inform the nation of his belief that the youths are the hope of the nation and should be supported and encouraged to excel. Then, he should have given the young man a scholarship and whatever other incentives he could.
It was also surprising that neither the governor of his state of origin (Ekiti State) nor state of residence (Lagos) keyed into the excellent performance of Dada. It was as if it was nothing special.
Similarly, except for the few comments within the two days of the breaking of the story, most Nigerians did not see the news item as something of great importance to talk about. Compare that to last month’s story of the transformation of Mrs Jumoke Orisaguna from a bread hawker to a model. Almost every person made a comment about her in the social media and private discussions for weeks. Even columnists wrote about her. Companies and brands fell over themselves to make donations to her and her children as well as make her advertise their brands. Pastors used her to preach and pray in churches.
It says a lot about our focus and values as a nation. Even though most Nigerians want the nation to become a superpower and a super economy, the government and citizens don’t celebrate academic excellence. How can a country become one of the leading countries of the world if excellence – especially academic excellence – is not celebrated? It is for the same reason that teachers, lecturers and researchers are poorly remunerated, while creative minds and their creations are ignored. It is for the same reason that winners of entertainment contests get prizes that run into millions of naira, while winners of academic and scholarly contests get rewarded with plaques. But then one may not blame corporate organisations because they are not charities. They need to support programmes that will give them visibility and patronage. But that the government joins in not giving priority to academic excellence is not excusable.
Entertainment is good and needs to be promoted. But a country does not grow by giving all attention to entertainment to the detriment of educational excellence and scientific breakthroughs.
It may not be easy for a government to turn the economy around within a year. It may not be easy for the government to defeat the Boko Haram as promised. It may not be easy to solve the electricity supply problem within a year. But there are quick wins that a government can achieve. There are also opportunities that a government can exploit immediately they present themselves. These opportunities will always present themselves in the life of every administration. Whatever an administration makes of such opportunities depends on that administration. Sometimes even a bad situation can be quickly turned around by a government that thinks on its feet.
The tempo may have died down on the issue of Dada, but it is not too late for the government to celebrate him. It is said that it is better late than never. When excellence is rewarded and celebrated by the government, people are encouraged to seek excellence. As David W. Johnson said: “There are no speed limits on the road to excellence.”
What it meant was that Dada made an A in all the courses he took. That includes courses from other departments and faculties, which were not related to his course of study. For example, imagine an arts student who hates computations and scientific theories being made to take a subject in the natural sciences as well as computer. Many of such people would just pray to get the minimum score in those non-related but compulsory courses. Their dream will be to just pass those courses so as to be free to focus on the directly related courses that made them come to the university in the first place.
In the case of Dada, he made an A in all these courses right from his first year to his final. If he had made anything less than an A in any of his university courses, it would have dented his CGPA and he would not have made a 5.00. Reports from UNILAG indicate that when the university authorities heard of the unbelievable result, they called for his papers. After a thorough scrutiny, they found out that Dada deservedly got an A in all his courses. The CGPA was subsequently awarded to him.
However, he did not get the same opportunity in 2011 when he sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board seized his result that year “for cheating”. JAMB must have been too shocked with his result that it believed that there was no way Dada could have made such a score except by cheating. Sadly, JAMB has not come up with any mechanism to identify exceptionally brilliant candidates. Dada eventually decided to take the option of doing a diploma programme at the University of Lagos. That disappointment of having his result seized for being too brilliant could have dampened the spirit of some people and made them derail. But happily, Dada persevered in spite of his unenviable family financial status.
The announcement of Dada’s university result on February 25 was therefore a heaven-sent opportunity for Buhari to shore up his rating among the people. It was the type of opportunity many presidents would pray for but never get. The reason is simple. This is not something that happens regularly. It can never even be predicted. Having a first class is a regular occurrence in universities. Each university graduates many first class students every year. But having a graduate with 5.00 CGPA out of 5.00 is a rarity. It is said that perfection is not possible among humans, but this is something akin to perfection. So, anybody who has achieved this feat is nothing but a genius.
Why did President Buhari not celebrate this exceptional student? Was it because he did not know about it? Was it because it did not carry much weight with him? Did his media aides like Mr Femi Adesina and Mr Garba Shehu not know about it? Did the ministers of education not hear about it? What about the minister of youths and sports? Did they hear about it and briefed the President on the need to tap into and celebrate the achiever but were ignored by the President?
At a time entertainment (like music, acting, comedy, dancing, etc) is taking the attention of many youths away from education and academic excellence, celebrating the academic feat of Dada would have done a lot for education in Nigeria. Immediately the news broke, the President should have sent a letter of congratulation to Dada and then invited him to Aso Rock for a handshake. At such a meeting, the President should have used that opportunity to stress his administration’s commitment to excellence in all human endeavours, especially in academic pursuit. He should have used that opportunity to inform the nation of his belief that the youths are the hope of the nation and should be supported and encouraged to excel. Then, he should have given the young man a scholarship and whatever other incentives he could.
It was also surprising that neither the governor of his state of origin (Ekiti State) nor state of residence (Lagos) keyed into the excellent performance of Dada. It was as if it was nothing special.
Similarly, except for the few comments within the two days of the breaking of the story, most Nigerians did not see the news item as something of great importance to talk about. Compare that to last month’s story of the transformation of Mrs Jumoke Orisaguna from a bread hawker to a model. Almost every person made a comment about her in the social media and private discussions for weeks. Even columnists wrote about her. Companies and brands fell over themselves to make donations to her and her children as well as make her advertise their brands. Pastors used her to preach and pray in churches.
It says a lot about our focus and values as a nation. Even though most Nigerians want the nation to become a superpower and a super economy, the government and citizens don’t celebrate academic excellence. How can a country become one of the leading countries of the world if excellence – especially academic excellence – is not celebrated? It is for the same reason that teachers, lecturers and researchers are poorly remunerated, while creative minds and their creations are ignored. It is for the same reason that winners of entertainment contests get prizes that run into millions of naira, while winners of academic and scholarly contests get rewarded with plaques. But then one may not blame corporate organisations because they are not charities. They need to support programmes that will give them visibility and patronage. But that the government joins in not giving priority to academic excellence is not excusable.
Entertainment is good and needs to be promoted. But a country does not grow by giving all attention to entertainment to the detriment of educational excellence and scientific breakthroughs.
It may not be easy for a government to turn the economy around within a year. It may not be easy for the government to defeat the Boko Haram as promised. It may not be easy to solve the electricity supply problem within a year. But there are quick wins that a government can achieve. There are also opportunities that a government can exploit immediately they present themselves. These opportunities will always present themselves in the life of every administration. Whatever an administration makes of such opportunities depends on that administration. Sometimes even a bad situation can be quickly turned around by a government that thinks on its feet.
The tempo may have died down on the issue of Dada, but it is not too late for the government to celebrate him. It is said that it is better late than never. When excellence is rewarded and celebrated by the government, people are encouraged to seek excellence. As David W. Johnson said: “There are no speed limits on the road to excellence.”
Sokoto To Pay Parents N5,000 Monthly For Sending Their Daughters To School
Sokoto government, in collaboration with the United Nations Children
Fund (UNICEF), is training 830 female teachers in a pioneer scheme to
provide enough role models for female students, especially in rural
communities in different parts of the state.The Female Train the
Trainee scheme is being executed under UNICEF’s Girls Education Project
(GEP3). It’s main aim is to train female...
NOUN Admits 20,000, Pledges Quality Education
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has said it has admitted
more than 20,000 fresh undergraduate and postgraduate students across
its 72 centres nationwide, promising to pursue quality assurance
excellence through the National University Commission’s Benchmark for
Academic Standards (BMAS).The newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of
the institution, Prof. Abdalla Adamu, who...
House Of Reps Set To Honour UNILAG 5.0 CGPA Graduate, Ayodele Dada
The House of Representatives is to recognise the exceptional academic
performance of a graduate of the University of Lagos, Mr. Ayodele Dada,
at its session soon, The PUNCH has learnt.The event had...
"5 Steps To Beat The Admission Cut-Off Of Any Nigerian University"
STEP ONE: BACKGROUND CHECK
A lot of candidates we have encountered always have poor information about how the exams they are going to write will play out; they have no clue of how many questions they will be asked, or what form of examination they will be subjected to, this is why background check is paramount.
You should know beforehand whether you are writing a paper based test or a computer based examination, your background check will help you know how much time is allocated to your paper, this will help you in your studies as you can time yourself as you practice questions you come across and hence give you an edge over thousands of candidates who only find out about the time allocated for the paper just minutes before the exam commences.
Also you should check to know the terrain of the school, if possible travel to the school and ask around, where are you going to lodge before the exam? ensure you have somewhere to lodge a day or two before your examination, many students take this for granted but it affects them negatively and their result non the better, if you did not sleep and rest well before going for an important exam such as your post-utme you could find yourself stressed and uncomfortable prior to the start of your examination and you might not get to give your best or get the best result.
Ask yourself this; did I do well in JAMB because I was more at home while writing the examination? If your answer is yes then you should do your background check and make yourself more at home prior to writing your post-utme.
Finally try to find and lay your hands on any information you can about your school and department of choice because a simple piece of information e.g knowing required subject combination, could prove the difference between you and the next naïve candidate out there.
STEP TWO: SET YOUR TARGET
Your background check should tell you what the cut-off mark of your department of choice is, hence your action point; You have to set a target for yourself and determine in your heart that you can achieve it, then work towards it and believe me you will achieve it and even surpass it if you follow these steps. Make sure the only thing that removes sleep from your eye is how to successfully meet your target score, study! Study!! Study!!!
Ensure that whatever target you set is above what you scored in JAMB because you will need to better your performance in JAMB to ensure that you make the merit list of your department and school.
Make Sure You Read This Facts You Should Know About UI Post UTME 2016 & Admission
STEP THREE: STUDY WITH PAST-QUESTIONS
My dear candidate please do not deceive yourself, no one is an island of knowledge, don’t expect to pass your post-utme in flying colors; like we said in the background check if you do not have a clear understanding of the questions you are going to face and what likely areas your questions might come from then you might just not meet your target.
So please do your best to lay your hands on relevant past-questions that apply to your school and department and study with them. As you do the sky will be your stepping stone.
STEP FOUR: FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS!!
I have seen students who prepared hard for post-utme but didn’t get the chance of writing their examination simply because they just didn’t follow a simple instruction; imagine a case where a candidate was sent out of an examination hall because he was caught using a calculator where the instructions clearly abhors such, or another case where a female student was sent home from the post-utme exam venue for indecent dressing.
The list is endless, so dear candidate we advise that you follow every instruction given by your school of choice before, during and after the examination.
Read every question carefully before you attempt to answer and DO NOT spend too much time on one question. Make sure you read the instruction on the question paper and answer each question accordingly.
STEP FIVE: INVOLVE GOD
No matter your target in this world if God does not approve of it you are definitely heading nowhere, on that note we urge you to pray fervently to your God regarding your post-utme and your admission in general, no matter your religion do not underestimate the divine power of your maker, involve your maker and I promise you are on your way to success.
With these steps, success isn't assured but it is close to you, good luck with your Admission-seeking endeavours.
Monday, 21 March 2016
Choosing Between ACCA And ICAN
You need to put the following factors into consideration before opting for either one1. Prestige/Recognition:
ACCA is recognised all over the world except in a few countries like
canada and the US. ICAN is more recognised than ACCA in Nigeria. ICAN is
preferred in the Nigerian setting. You could settle for ICAN if you do
not pan to work outside Nigeria, most especially if you have plans...
JAMB: Understanding Ojerinde's Innovative Leadership
Of all the government agencies and parastatals, the Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) ranks among those that have been responsive
to innovating to meeting the changes and challenges that...
Word of the Day: Farraginous
Word of the Day: Farraginous
Definition
: consisting of a confused mixture : formed of various materials in no fixed order or arrangement
Examples
The large box at the hotel's lost and found desk contained a farraginous assortment of hats, umbrellas, cell phones, and other personal items.
"The next noise was the resonant...
Today's Newspaper Headlines [21st March, 2016]
VANGUARD
*Re-run polls: Shootings continue in Rivers
*Stop exploiting Nigerians, electricity workers tell stakeholders
*Anambra govt to sanction hospitals
charging money for immunization
*APC:...
Today In History [21st March, 2016]
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this
day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military,
politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover
what happened today in history.
March 21
630
Heraclius restores the True Cross, which he has recaptured from the Persians.
1556
Thomas Cranmer, the Archbishop of
Canterbury,...
Today's Quote And Fact
Today's Quote
“You can be the most beautiful person in the world and everybody sees
light and rainbows when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know
it, all of that doesn't even matter....
Queen’s College Teacher Accused Of Sexually Molesting Girls Responds
Finally, Mr Seni Oshifala, the teacher accused of sexually molesting
young students of Queen’s College Lagos, has in response to the
accusations levelled against him, denied the reports.Recall that
...
UNILAG 300 Level Student, Eniola Jacobs Dies After Drinking Local Insecticide
It
was sad news yesterday when it was announced that Eniola Jacobs a 300
Level student of the University Of Lagos was confirmed dead....Reasons
for him drinking the sniper are unknown but reports...
PHOTOS: Edo University Confers Oshiomhole With Honorary Doctorate Degree
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has been conferred with an
honorary doctorate degree in Public Administration by the Samuel
Adegboyega University, Ogwa, Edo State. At a special convocation held...
Saturday, 19 March 2016
"The Conduct Of Exams In Nigeria Has Become War" - JAMB Registrar On JAMB 2016
We won’t cancel UTME Computer-Based Test —JAMB Registrar •Says conduct of exams in Nigeria has become war
THE Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, has faulted calls for cancellation of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), saying this will not be in the interest of the candidates, parents and government.
He said the protest in Lagos, a few days ago allegedly by UTME candidates demanding for cancellation of the results of the examination was sponsored to discredit the good work the Board is doing in the efforts to strengthen the quality of tertiary education in the country.
Ojerinde, who briefed newmen on Friday, in Abuja, on the conduct of the 2016 UTME, said conduct of public examination in Nigeria has become a war.
He disclosed that the organiser of the protest who incidentally was an owner of a centre designated for the examination was aggrieved because he was not allowed by the JAMB officials at the centre to perpetrate examination malpractice.
Ojerinde explained how a JAMB official at the Lagos Centre was threatened after rejecting N6 million bribe offer, saying this prompted the relocation of the candidates at the centre to Moro in Osun State.
Over 1,592,44 candidates registered for the 2016 UTME nationwide and in seven foreign countries.
He added that the owner of the centre, in the effort to justify money he collected illegally from parents and candidates organised the protest in Lagos.
It was also gathered that a lady who was arrested at the centre for impersonation, confessed that she and others were paid N25,000 each to do the job.
Ojerinde said the actual candidates that sat for the examination was 1,546,633 representing 97.12 per cent, while a total of 23,577 candidates absented from the examination representing 1.48 per cent of the total number candidates that registered for 2016 UTME.
He disclosed that a total of 145,704 representing 9.1 per cent of candidates had the issue of multiple results, which the Board has tried to sort out.
The JAMB Registrar, further disclosed that results of Uromi approved UTME Centre in Edo State, were being withheld as a result of massive irregularities and invasion of the centre by armed hoodlums.
A JAMB official in charge of the centre was said to have rejected an offer of N1 million “corporation fee” (bribe), allegedly by the owner of the centre in collaboration with some parents and candidates to allow them perpetrate examination malpractices.
He disclosed that the armed invaders were over 20 persons, adding that timely intervention of the military saved the day and that the candidates for the centre were relocated to Auchi, where the remaining examinations were held with the supervision of soldiers.
Ojerinde, however, admitted that there were some challenges in the first and second days of the examination leading to relocation of a total of 59,000 candidates to new centres and 16 States of the Federation.
He promised that special arrangement would be made for those who were genuinely affected by the relocation to sit for the examination at a rescheduled date to be announced to them.
He said: “I want to say it here that conducting examination is becoming a war; it is already a war. You should have seen us in the control room of the examination. When the exam was going on, I was in the war front; I was not able to leave the control room.
“The invaders were more than 20 well-armed men. The Nigeria Army had to mobilsie their men to make it possible for us to conduct examinations in Auchi, because the mercenaries in Uromi were determined to frustrate us, but of cause they frustrated them in return.
“The organisers of the protest did not do it in the interest of the candidates but done as a result of their frustration due to their inability to perpetuate their planned acts of irregularities. Majority of these people who are frustrated collected huge sums of monies from the candidates, they were the organisers of the protest, we have adequate information to prove it.
“There was an episode in Kaduna where an owner of a centre decided to perpetuate malpractice, as a result he was arrested and quickly handed over to the police.
“Overall, there were about 145,000 of them. Immediately we noted this we refused to continue to release the results until the system error was corrected. When it was corrected all other people who sat for the examination from that time up till yesterday had no problem and now even some of them that were affected are asking for extra marks.
“In our quest to have adequate and effective centres for the 2016 exercise we approved over 500 centres. Unfortunately some of the centre operators were not sincere in providing us with the true position of their facility.
“They hired equipment and other necessary apparatus and on the examination day they were found wanting. This lead to relocation or rescheduling of candidates from some of them to more suitable centres.
Ojerinde, explained that the movement of candidates from Lagos to Moro in Osun State, by the Board was done promptly to avert attacks by hoodlums based on a security report.
The JAMB boss noted that similar incident played at Uromi Centre in Edo State, where mercenaries hired to perpetrate massive examination malpractices were exposed by the JAMB official on ground.
“This led to relocation or rescheduling of candidates from some of them to more suitable centres. I want to apologies to these two categories of people, but we are going put on a redress for those whose relocation affected them in missing their examination.
THE Registrar and Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde, has faulted calls for cancellation of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), saying this will not be in the interest of the candidates, parents and government.
He said the protest in Lagos, a few days ago allegedly by UTME candidates demanding for cancellation of the results of the examination was sponsored to discredit the good work the Board is doing in the efforts to strengthen the quality of tertiary education in the country.
Ojerinde, who briefed newmen on Friday, in Abuja, on the conduct of the 2016 UTME, said conduct of public examination in Nigeria has become a war.
He disclosed that the organiser of the protest who incidentally was an owner of a centre designated for the examination was aggrieved because he was not allowed by the JAMB officials at the centre to perpetrate examination malpractice.
Ojerinde explained how a JAMB official at the Lagos Centre was threatened after rejecting N6 million bribe offer, saying this prompted the relocation of the candidates at the centre to Moro in Osun State.
Over 1,592,44 candidates registered for the 2016 UTME nationwide and in seven foreign countries.
He added that the owner of the centre, in the effort to justify money he collected illegally from parents and candidates organised the protest in Lagos.
It was also gathered that a lady who was arrested at the centre for impersonation, confessed that she and others were paid N25,000 each to do the job.
Ojerinde said the actual candidates that sat for the examination was 1,546,633 representing 97.12 per cent, while a total of 23,577 candidates absented from the examination representing 1.48 per cent of the total number candidates that registered for 2016 UTME.
He disclosed that a total of 145,704 representing 9.1 per cent of candidates had the issue of multiple results, which the Board has tried to sort out.
The JAMB Registrar, further disclosed that results of Uromi approved UTME Centre in Edo State, were being withheld as a result of massive irregularities and invasion of the centre by armed hoodlums.
A JAMB official in charge of the centre was said to have rejected an offer of N1 million “corporation fee” (bribe), allegedly by the owner of the centre in collaboration with some parents and candidates to allow them perpetrate examination malpractices.
He disclosed that the armed invaders were over 20 persons, adding that timely intervention of the military saved the day and that the candidates for the centre were relocated to Auchi, where the remaining examinations were held with the supervision of soldiers.
Ojerinde, however, admitted that there were some challenges in the first and second days of the examination leading to relocation of a total of 59,000 candidates to new centres and 16 States of the Federation.
He promised that special arrangement would be made for those who were genuinely affected by the relocation to sit for the examination at a rescheduled date to be announced to them.
He said: “I want to say it here that conducting examination is becoming a war; it is already a war. You should have seen us in the control room of the examination. When the exam was going on, I was in the war front; I was not able to leave the control room.
“The invaders were more than 20 well-armed men. The Nigeria Army had to mobilsie their men to make it possible for us to conduct examinations in Auchi, because the mercenaries in Uromi were determined to frustrate us, but of cause they frustrated them in return.
“The organisers of the protest did not do it in the interest of the candidates but done as a result of their frustration due to their inability to perpetuate their planned acts of irregularities. Majority of these people who are frustrated collected huge sums of monies from the candidates, they were the organisers of the protest, we have adequate information to prove it.
“There was an episode in Kaduna where an owner of a centre decided to perpetuate malpractice, as a result he was arrested and quickly handed over to the police.
“Overall, there were about 145,000 of them. Immediately we noted this we refused to continue to release the results until the system error was corrected. When it was corrected all other people who sat for the examination from that time up till yesterday had no problem and now even some of them that were affected are asking for extra marks.
“In our quest to have adequate and effective centres for the 2016 exercise we approved over 500 centres. Unfortunately some of the centre operators were not sincere in providing us with the true position of their facility.
“They hired equipment and other necessary apparatus and on the examination day they were found wanting. This lead to relocation or rescheduling of candidates from some of them to more suitable centres.
Ojerinde, explained that the movement of candidates from Lagos to Moro in Osun State, by the Board was done promptly to avert attacks by hoodlums based on a security report.
The JAMB boss noted that similar incident played at Uromi Centre in Edo State, where mercenaries hired to perpetrate massive examination malpractices were exposed by the JAMB official on ground.
“This led to relocation or rescheduling of candidates from some of them to more suitable centres. I want to apologies to these two categories of people, but we are going put on a redress for those whose relocation affected them in missing their examination.
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