Point system in circulation not criteria for admission – JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Sunday said the point system copied from its website as criteria for admission into tertiary institutions in the country and currently circulating was a mere illustration. This was contained in a statement by the board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in Lagos.
It said that on the contrary, the Federal Government had approved the re-enforcement of admission guideline as recognised by law.
According to the statement the admission of candidates into tertiary institutions will be based purely on three pillars namely, merit, catchment and educationally less developed states.
It said that the point system that was wrongfully copied from the board’s website and currently being circulated by some media was used for illustration by the Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde.
The statement read in part, “Sequel to the recent workshop convened by the Minister of Education on the modality for 2016 admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria, the Federal Government approved the re-enforcement of admissions guideline recognised by law.
“This is following the cancellation of the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
“This is not the point system as widely circulated in some media.”
It read further, “For the avoidance of doubt, the board wishes to state clearly that the point system is an illustration by the Registrar of JAMB.
“It is meant to demonstrate how a few institutions were using the point system to select candidates while some of their counterparts were subjecting candidates to written test.
“The illustrations are contained in a paper presented by the registrar and placed on our website and was adopted by the media wrongly as the 2016 guideline for admission.”
It added that the 2016 admissions will be conducted purely on the three existing admission pillars of merit, catchment area and educationally less developed states through the following process.
According to the statement, firstly, a list of candidates who qualified for screening into individual institutions based on the three stipulated criteria will be presented.
It added that such screening did not demand for another test in any form written, oral or electronic.
According to the statement, candidates are to present their Senior School Certificate Examination results/Advanced Level results for verification and clearing purposes.
It noted that WAEC, NECO and NBTE results or its equivalent were acceptable as matriculation requirements.
The statement added that each candidate was expected to have a minimum of five credits at SSCE, including English, Mathematics and any other three relevant subjects to his or her discipline.
It said that the list of qualified candidates awaiting SSCE/AL results could be kept in view pending the release of their results.
“Any candidate that does not possess the requirements as listed above is deemed to have failed the screening.
“Consideration of the recommended list as forward by JAMB should be completed within one month from the date of receipt of the list.
“Any institution that has a shortfall in the admitted candidates could make-up for candidates from other departments on the institutions list.
“Reasons for rejection of candidates on the list should be clearly stated with proof provided alongside.
“This is imperative so that the general public will note the correct process,’’ the statement said.
It said that the government had directed that the guidelines must be strictly adhered to without any alterations.

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Photo: 300L ANSU Student Commits Suicide Over Girlfriend

Prosper died around 2:00am on Sunday night. According to our sources, he reportedly drank ‘Sniper’ after sending her girlfriend a text message saying that by this morning he should have been dead.

“Around 12:23am, we started hearing noise from him snoring heavily. At first we thought it was normal until it got unbearable. So we had to enter his room and found him lying on the floor. Then we started praying, after which we made arrangements for him to be taken to the hospital. Before then, we had already forced palm oil down his throat. So on getting to the nurse, she confirmed him dead. No be today dem begin dey get wahala. He usually complain that the girlfriend is giving her tough time. In fact, he used to cook and take to the girls lodge. He frequents it. He had earlier called the girlfriends bestfriend and asked her to take good care of his girlfriend for him. The death is a painful one ” – Lodge mate 

As at press time, Prosper is still lying on the floor of his room in the company of his elder brother who is a medical doctor. The Police have not arrived despite the fact that the lodge mates called that night. Prosper is a 300 level Business Administration student and resides in Swagger Lodge Achala.

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Photos: JSS3 Student In Anambra Manufactures Keke

According to Chidiebere Maduafor,a JSS3 student in Anambra constructed tricycle popularly known as Keke.He wrote…..

‘Anambrarians no de carry last at all.This is a boy Ifeanyi IGWE by name, a jss3 student of st Raphael secondary school okpoko ogbaru LGA anambra state constructed a tricycle popularly known as KEKE’.

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10 Australian Universities Offering 100% Free Tuition Today – Apply

Australia still appears among the top localities in the world with a great history in education. It is no wonder the country has a good number of leading universities and middle-level colleges. For the last couple of years, a number of universities as well as colleges have been offering free tuition to both local and international students. If you have always yearned to study in Australia, you can take the chance and book for free tuition in one of the following institutions:

1. University of Melbourne, Parkville

Of course there is a lot of things to be said about The University of Melbourne. However, the most important thing is that the institution offers free tuition, though partially. Students on scholarship here are privileged to enjoy free tuition.

2. University of Western Australia, Crawley

Here comes another strong and well-known higher institution in Australia. The institution has been offering scholarships for both local and international students. This is usually done on every admission.

3. University of Queensland, St Lucia

For over 5 decades now, this university has been among the most recognized across the globe. Not for any bad reason though. One of the things that have made the university a popular one is the scholarships it gives to both local and international students.  Not a single penny is demanded from scholarship beneficiaries.

4. University of Sydney, Sydney

Aside from being located in one of the most productive and attractive places in Australia, this university also comes with an added advantage of giving free tuition to students who are on scholarship. The performance in this university is exceptionally good.

5. University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Everyone yearns to be a member of this prestigious university in Australia. One wonders how such an institution can be good enough to offer free scholarships. Why not try your luck and fill for scholarship here?

6. Monash University, Clayton

If you must know, this is the second oldest university in the state of Victoria. It was founded back in 1958 and since then, the performance in the institution has always been incredible. Free tuition is available for those who are fortunate enough to secure a scholarship at Monash University.

7. Deakin University, Waurn Ponds

The university registered an incredibly large quorum back in 2014. An approximate population of about 50,664 students was registered back then. Arguably, the quality of education as well as free tuition for students on scholarship is the main reason behind the success of this institution.

8. Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

If you are interested in technical courses, this is the university to opt for when in Australia. You can be fortunate enough to get free tuition in this awesome university by winning a scholarship. Visit Link.

9. Griffith University, Nathan

It is located along the coast of Australia and it is ranked among the most productive universities across the globe. Griffith University has for long offered free tuition to a selected number of students, mostly those on scholarship. Visit Link.

10. RMIT University

So far, thousands of students have benefited from free tuition in this university. The scholarship program that was launched here has been very fruitful and beneficial to all students irrespective of their nationalities. Visit website link to apply.

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Education Ministry To Meet VCs, Admission Officers, Others Over Post-UTME

The Federal Ministry of Education will convene a meeting with vice-chancellors, admission officers, and other stakeholders to discuss processes for the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education made this known while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. According to her, the meeting will hold next week.
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, had recently scrapped the post-UTME test “As far as I am concerned, if the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing, the universities should not be holding another examination.
“If the universities have any complain against JAMB, let them bring it and then we address it.
“But if JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests and they have conducted test, then there will be no need to conduct another test for students to gain admission,” Adamu had said.
According to Mrs Yemi-Esan, the minister had made a pronouncement which should be complied with.
“The responsibility is now on us to give them guidelines and modalities on how to go about what the honourable minister has said.
“There is no written directive but all the stakeholders were at that meeting where the minster said it openly.
“There is going to be a meeting of the all the vice-chancellors and admission officers sometime next week to work our modalities,” she said.

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FG scraps post UTME.

• Pegs cut-off at 180

The Federal Government Thursday scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into higher institution.

The government explained that all tertiary institutions were at liberty to conduct screening for candidates seeking admission into any school.

Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said this on Thursday in Abuja after declaring open the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria. Adamu, expressed confidence in the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), adding that there was no need for other examination to be conducted by universities after JAMB.
He said: “As far as I am concerned the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing. The universities should not be holding another examination and if the universities have any complain against JAMB let them bring it and then we address it.

“If JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests and they have conducted test then there will be no need to conduct another test for students to gain admission.”
The Minister also asked the JAMB to stop extra charges on several categories of changes on admissions such as the change of course, change of school and others.
Meanwhile, the JAMB has pegged the cut – off mark for admission for 2016 at 180.
The 180 benchmark, applies to all universities and higher institutions in the country, including polytechnics, colleges of education, and others.
JAMB’s Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, after a long debate with delegates from various institutions, told journalists that no institution would go below the 180 cut-off set by the board.
He said: “180 is given, no institution will go below 180 this year, And some universities can go above it, I know University of Ife will not go below 200 and University of Lagos will not go below 200 and also UI. All these ones stand but 180 as bench mark for others.
“This year we have more than enough candidates, we have over 1.5 million candidates so we will get enough candidates to take in all the schools if they are serious. Re-distribution is already ongoing, because it is embedded in the registration procedure.”

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Ondo wins best over-all female engineering student competition

PHOTO: easyhometutor.com

A Senior Secondary School level one (SSS1) student of St Helen’s Unity Secondary School, Ondo, Ayomide Adeyeye, has emerged the overall winner at the just concluded Girls in Engineering, Mathematics and Science (GEMS) competition, among 33 finalists of Senior Secondary Schools from nine States of the Niger Delta held in Port Harcourt, River State.

To emerge the overall best, Adeyeye produced Ethanol from over-ripped pineapple as substitute to fuel in Nigeria economy.

She won a trophy, tablet computer, a gold plaque, N200,000.00 cash and N5 million scholarship for her five-year university education at N1 million per annum, while the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) would build a chemistry laboratory for her school at the cost of N10 million.

Another representative of the state, Esther Ademeta, an SS1 student of Federal Government Girls College, Akure (FGGC) won N500,000.00 cash award for being the only student that did her research on Mathematics, while Deborah Doghor, an SS2 student of FGGC, Akure, who was one of the best 10 students at the competition produced electricity from juice and fruit.

Out of the 10 students that represented region 1 which comprises Ondo, Edo and Delta States at the final competition in Port Harcourt, Ondo State produced eight representatives.

The competition which was organized by NDDC is to promote innovative, research and standard-based practices, which will encourage students, particularly girl students with interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics to thrive in the 21st-century global economy.

It is aimed at giving the girl child in the Niger Delta region a sense of pride, dignity and an opportunity to excel in Engineering, Science and Mathematics studies which hitherto were dominated by their male counterparts.

To get to the final stage, 2880 students from the 9 Niger Delta States were screened, out of which 1110 students were selected at the first stage, 270 students comprising 30 students per state were selected at the second stage.

At the state finals, 10 students were selected from each state out of the 270 students that participated in the screening, while 10 students were selected from each of the 3 regions into which the nine states were divided.

The state Commissioner for Education, Arch. Jide Adejuyigbe, who led the team to Port Harcourt commended the state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko for his administration’s policy initiative that has transformed the state education sector to an enviable height and restored Ondo State to the front line position among other states in Nigeria where students in the state have been competing favourably with their peers anywhere in the world.

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KWARA State Post Utme Form Now Available

The Kwara State University (KWASU) has commenced Undergraduate admissions processing for 2016/2017 academic session.
Authority of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete invites all the candidates whose choice of institution in the 2016 UTME was KWASU; and all those interested in admission into KWASU but have not made it their choice, to the Post-UTME Screening/Test for 2016/2017 admission exercise.
All candidates must have five (5) O’ Level credits in relevant subjects at not more than two sittings. The screening/test is scheduled to hold as follows:
Date: Monday 16th May – Thursday 19th May, 2016.
Venue: University Auditorium, Malete
Time: Examination time will be scheduled on candidates’ registration print-outs.
Candidates are advised to adhere strictly to the time scheduled for their Post-UTME Screening/Test. They are also required to come along to the screening/test venue with unused scratch card(s) for their O’level results, and print-outs of their Post-UTME registration forms.
REGISTRATION FEES: Applicants are required to pay the sum of Three Thousand Naira (N3,000.00) only (i.e. Two Thousand Naira (N2,000.00) as Post-UTME fee and One Thousand Naira (N1,000.00) as administrative charge).
KWASU Post UTME – Method of Application.
►From KWASU undergraduate portal home page ( http://www.kwasu.edu.ng /portal), click “POST-UTME CANDIDATES” menu.
►Click “Registration Form” link
►Enter your details in the spaces provided and click “Continue” button to generate the payment breakdown. NOTE that if you have already attempted to make payment, this section will notify you of the status of such payment.
►Check the payment details generated and click “Make Payment” button. Do not click the button twice.
►On the payment platform displayed, enter your card details and click the “Pay” button.
►Once your payment is successful, you will be directed to your registration portal where you can complete other stages.
►After completing the registration stages, a screening date will be scheduled for you. It is important to print your Post-UTME Registration Form and Payment receipt. You are to bring these documents to the screening center along with other important documents. NOTE that if you have successfully paid, and wish to continue your registration stages later, you can use the “Login” link under “POST-UTME CANDIDATES” menu to access your registration portal.
In addition to all the requirements stated above, all applicants must know that final admission into the University is based on meeting the University’s and the Academic Programme’s cut off points in both UTME and POST-UTME examinations when they are set and also on the availability of spaces within the NUC approved admission quota for KWASU.
For further enquiries, please e-mail:
admissions.officer@ kwasu.edu.ng or call:
08031915699(For Whatsapp Msgs only: 08090701872).
CLOSING DATE FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION: Saturday 14th May, 2016 .

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