Saturday 13 July 2013

Reminder: Federal University Kashere Post-UTME Registration Closes yesterday July 12th

To all prospective students of the Federal University Kashere, Gombe state that the sale of forms for the Post UTME screening ends today.

For a one last opportunity to buy the form if you are yet to, kindly visit our previous publication on Federal University Kashere Post-UTME  for guidelines and list of banks.

The FUK post UTME proper will take place tomorrow, Saturday 13th July, 2013 by 11:00 am at the University campus Kashere, Gombe State.

Good luck to everyone sitting for this exam. Tell your friends about this information by sharing with them on Facebook.

Delta State Polytechnic Otefe/Oghara Post UTME & Admissions 2013/2014

This is to inform students who choose Delta state Polytechnic Oghara/Otefe as 1st or 2nd choice in this year 2013 UTME that the post utme form is out.

Candidates are advised to go to the school main gate to get the school account number and pay in the sum of #2000 thereafter proceed to the school admin with the following:-

REQUIREMENTS

O'level result, Jamb result, Certificate of Origin, Birth certificate and 2 recent passports. Candidates will be told what to do next once your papers are taken.

Eligibility for Participation

(i) All candidates who chose the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro as first and/or second choice and scored 150 and above in the UTME for the 2013/2014 Admission Exercise are eligible to participate in the screening exercise.

(ii) Those who did not choose the Polytechnic but wish to be considered for admissions to the Polytechnic and scored the afore-mentioned cut off mark are also eligible to take part in the screening exercise.

Grouping
The grouping of courses, days and time for the screening exercise are as indicated below:


Day One
Friday, 13th Sept., 2013: Time 9 am:
a. School of Agriculture
(i) ND Agricultural Technology
(ii) ND Fisheries Technology
b. School of Engineering
(i) ND Agric & Bio-Environmental Engineering Tech
(ii) ND Civil Engineering Technology

c. School of Environmental Studies
(i) ND Building Technology
(ii) ND Quantity Surveying Technology

d. School of Science & Technology
(i) ND Computer Science
(ii) ND Statistics
(iii) ND Science Laboratory Technology


Day Two
Saturday, 14th Sept., 2013: Time 9am
e. School of Business Studies
(i) ND Accountancy
(ii) ND Banking & Finance
(iii) ND Business Administration
(iv) ND Office Technology & Management

Delta State Polytechnic Otefe/Oghara Post UTME & Admissions 2013/2014

This is to inform students who choose Delta state Polytechnic Oghara/Otefe as 1st or 2nd choice in this year 2013 UTME that the post utme form is out.

Candidates are advised to go to the school main gate to get the school account number and pay in the sum of #2000 thereafter proceed to the school admin with the following:-

REQUIREMENTS

O'level result, Jamb result, Certificate of Origin, Birth certificate and 2 recent passports. Candidates will be told what to do next once your papers are taken.

Eligibility for Participation

(i) All candidates who chose the Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro as first and/or second choice and scored 150 and above in the UTME for the 2013/2014 Admission Exercise are eligible to participate in the screening exercise.

(ii) Those who did not choose the Polytechnic but wish to be considered for admissions to the Polytechnic and scored the afore-mentioned cut off mark are also eligible to take part in the screening exercise.

Grouping
The grouping of courses, days and time for the screening exercise are as indicated below:


Day One
Friday, 13th Sept., 2013: Time 9 am:
a. School of Agriculture
(i) ND Agricultural Technology
(ii) ND Fisheries Technology
b. School of Engineering
(i) ND Agric & Bio-Environmental Engineering Tech
(ii) ND Civil Engineering Technology

c. School of Environmental Studies
(i) ND Building Technology
(ii) ND Quantity Surveying Technology

d. School of Science & Technology
(i) ND Computer Science
(ii) ND Statistics
(iii) ND Science Laboratory Technology


Day Two
Saturday, 14th Sept., 2013: Time 9am
e. School of Business Studies
(i) ND Accountancy
(ii) ND Banking & Finance
(iii) ND Business Administration
(iv) ND Office Technology & Management

Friday 12 July 2013

Federal University Oye-Ekiti Post UTME Application

Welcome to FUOYE Post UTME Registration site. After the Bank Payment, you are expected to complete these TWO important Registration Processes.;
  1. POST UTME BIO-DATA REGISTRATION
  2. Proceed to Registration Page to begin registration. Click Here to Download the detailed guideline;
  3. BIOMETRIC REGISTRATION
  4. Click Here to download Biometric Desktop Application and click here for Installation guidelines. The application will capture your Finger Print and your Picture. ( You can go to a nearest cybercafe where biometric registration of FUOYE is being done)
    Click Here to Download the detailed biometric registration guideline.
    *IF you have any problem with your registration, you can join us on Facebook, FUOYE PUTME. Or Send us mail support@putme.fuoye.edu.ng

Federal University Oye-Ekiti Post UTME Application

Welcome to FUOYE Post UTME Registration site. After the Bank Payment, you are expected to complete these TWO important Registration Processes.;
  1. POST UTME BIO-DATA REGISTRATION
  2. Proceed to Registration Page to begin registration. Click Here to Download the detailed guideline;
  3. BIOMETRIC REGISTRATION
  4. Click Here to download Biometric Desktop Application and click here for Installation guidelines. The application will capture your Finger Print and your Picture. ( You can go to a nearest cybercafe where biometric registration of FUOYE is being done)
    Click Here to Download the detailed biometric registration guideline.
    *IF you have any problem with your registration, you can join us on Facebook, FUOYE PUTME. Or Send us mail support@putme.fuoye.edu.ng

UNIBEN Post UTME Centres Rescheduled: Re-print Your Slip Now!

This is to inform all 2013/2014 post UTME candidates of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) that some candidates' examination centers has been changed. To this effect, it is necessary that all applicants re-check their centers to re-confirm their current exam venues.

Reporting this changes to us, a "Myschoolite", Israel Olumese advised all applicants to log into the accounts they created and recheck to know if there has been a change in their center.

In his words, "UNIBEN Examination centres have been rescheduled.Candidates are required to log in to their accounts check for changes and reprint...

Candidates for law who were previously scheduled to write their exams at Uniben Staff school and Uni.Den Staff school(UDSS) have now been rescheduled to write their exams at the Engineering New 1000 LT and so is it for other candidates.The scheduled time has not changed..."
he concluded.

Pass this information to others and success in your examination.

Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Unwana Post UTME/HND Registration 2013/2014

Candidates who wrote the 2013/2014 UTME and chose Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana as their 1st and/or 2nd Choice of institution PREFERRED, MORE PREFERRED OR MOST PREFERRED and scored 150 and above are INVITED to a Post UTME Screening exercise at the institution scheduled as follows:

BUSINESS-BASED COURSES: Accountancy BAM, Marketing, Public Admin, Office Tech and Mgt.

Date: 2nd August 2013 Time 11.00am Venue: AKANU IBIAM FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, UNWANA

SCIENCE BASED COURSES: Electrical/Electronic Engr, Civil Engr, Mechanical Engr, Building Tech, Quantity Surveying, Ceramics, Computer Science, Maths/Statistics, Science Lab Tech, Food Tech, Hospitality Mgt & Tourism, Architecture, Land Survey & Geoinformatics, Estate Mgt, library and Info. Science, Agric Tech, Landscaping & Horticulture

DATE: 3rd August, 2013, TIME: 11.00am VENUE: AKANU IBIAM FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, UNWANA.

METHOD OF APPLICATION
Applicants are required to buy the institution's Post UTME online Application Form through eTranzact pin from any of the designated Bank's branches listed below at the cost of N1,000.00 (One thousand Naira) Only.

1) Zenith Bank Plc
2) Fidelity Bank Plc
3) Poly Unwana Microfinance Bank
4) First City Monument Bank
5) First Bank Plc

DURATION FOR ONLINE APPLICATION
The forms will be available online at www.polyunwana.net for completion and submission from 8th July to 29th July, 2013. The website closes by midnight on Monday, 29th July 2013

PROCEDURE FOR ONLINE APPLICATION
Visit the Institutions website at www.polyunwana.net to complete and submit the online application form and print out an acknowledgement slip. Please preview your information before submitting your application online.

REQUIREMENTS FOR SCREENING EXERCISE
1) JAMB Original Slip, (click here to get original JAMB result slip for your screening).
2) Photocopy of Acknowledge Slip
3) HB Pencil
4) Erasers

DIRECT ENTRY

All direct entry candidates seeking admission into Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana are required to complete the online application forms. Direct Entry forms for HND Regular and Part time, Pre-ND Science and Business, ND Part time, ND Architectural Tech, ND Landscaping & Horticulture, ND Library & Information Science, ND Land Survey & Geo-informatics (not listed in the brochure). The candidates are required to purchase the pin at the cost of N4,000.00 only from the stated designated and proceed to complete all registration processes & print Acknowledge slips for presentation at the screening venue. HND candidates MUST submit photocopy of ND Result and 12 months cognate IT Experience, in addition.


INVITATION TO HND SCREENING EXERCISE
DATE: 17th August, 2013 TIME: 11.00am VENUE: Akanu Ibiam Federal Poly Unwana.

NOTE: Calculators, handsets and other electronic gadgets are not allowed inside the Screening Halls. Candidates who fail to register with the given period will not be allowed to take the examination

IMT 2013/2014 POST-UME EXAMINATION SCHEDULE AND TIMTABLE

2013/2014 POST UTME SCREENING EXERCISE

The process of registering candidates for 2013/2014 Post UTME Screening Exercise has commenced in the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu.

1. Eligibility Criteria:

To qualify for the screening exercise:

(a) Candidates must have picked Institute of Management and Technology
(IMT), Enugu as their first or second choice;
(b) Candidates who did not choose Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, but wish to be considered for admission into the Institute, may also apply;
(c) The general UTME score of 150.

2. Registration procedure:

(a) Registration commences immediately;
(b) Candidates should go to the following Banks to purchase an IMT electronic application PIN for N5,000.00 only:

* Zenith Bank Plc                             =                              Trans-Ekulu, Enugu
* Fidelity Bank Plc                           =                              Ogui Road, Enugu
* Mainstreet Bank Ltd.                  =                              Ogui Road, Enugu
* First Bank of Nig. Plc.                  =                              Okpara Avenue, Enugu
* United Bank for Africa Plc         =                              Station Road, Enugu

(c) Using the PIN go to www.imt.edu.ng. To fill and submit the application form. Download and print the acknowledgement slip.
(d) All applications must be filled online on or before Monday, 19th August, 2013 as the window for application will close on that day.

3. Requirements for the Screening Exercise:

(a) Accreditation of candidates for the exercise commences at 9.00 a.m. everyday;
(b) Candidates should arrive the venue with:
* The acknowledgement slip as in 2(c) above
* HB Pencil and eraser
* Photocopies of JAMB slip showing their photographs and
* JAMB online result, two (2) copies each.
(c) Only bona fide candidates will be allowed into the halls, cell phones will not be allowed;

(d) For online application support please call: 08154797482, 08179195891, 08129806564, 08169691833; email: support@imt.edu.ng.
(e) Parents, guardians and friends are strongly advised to keep away from the venues of the screening.

4. Screening Exercise Dates:

A. Date: First Day - Wednesday, 21st August, 2013
 SCHOOL OF BUSINESS STUDIES

S/N
DEPARTMENT
VENUE
1
Business Admin and Management
IMT CAMPUS 3
2
Co-operative Economics and Management
3
Marketing
4
Office Technology and Management
5
Purchasing and Supply
6
Public Administration

 SCHOOL OF FINANCIAL STUDIES

S/N
DEPARTMENT
VENUE
1
Accountancy
IMT CAMPUS 3
2
Banking and Finance
3
Insurance
  
B. Date: Second Day - Thursday, 22nd August, 2013
 SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

S/N
DEPARTMENT
VENUE
1
Agric Engineering
IMT CAMPUS 3
2
Chemical Engineering
3
Civil Engineering
4
Electrical/Electronics Engineering
5
Mechanical Engineering
6
Mechatronics Engineering

 

 SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY

S/N
DEPARTMENT
VENUE
1
Computer Science
IMT CAMPUS 3
2
Statistics
3
Hospitality Management
4
Food Technology
5
Printing Technology
6
Science Laboratory Technology
7
Ceramic Technology               
  
C. Date: Third Day - Friday, 23rd August, 2013
 SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION ARTS

S/N
DEPARTMENT
VENUE
1
Fine and Applied Arts
IMT, Campus 3
2
Fashion Design or Clothing Technology
3
Mass Communication

 SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

S/N
DEPARTMENT
VENUE
1
Building Technology
IMT CAMPUS 3
2
Urban and Regional Planning
3
Quantity Surveying
4
Architectural Technology
5
Estate Management

  
SYLVANUS N. ASOGWA
REGISTRAR

IMT Enugu Post UTME Screening for 2013/2014 Starts August 21st

Registration of students for 2013/2014 post UTME screening for admission into Institute of Management Technology, Enugu has commenced.

Who is qualified to apply
1. All JAMBites who made IMT 1st, and or 2nd choice.
2. Candidates in (1) above who scored 150 and above in JAMB.
3. Candidates who did not make IMT any choice in JAMB but scored up to 150 can also apply.

How to purchase IMT Enugu Post UTME forms/e-PIN
Application forms are sold in the under listed banks in Enugu at the cost of N5,000.00 (five thousand naira only).

* Zenith Bank Plc, Trans-Ekulu, Enugu.
* Fidelity Bank Plc, Ogui Road, Enugu.
* Mainstreet Bank Ltd, Ogui Road, Enugu.
* First Bank of Nig. Plc, Okpara Avenue, Enugu.
* United Bank for Africa Plc,Station Road, Enugu.

Applying Online
After obtaining the application forms (e-PIN) from the banks, kindly follow the guidelines below to register online:-

1. Using the PIN go to www.imt.edu.ng. To fill and submit the application form. Download and print the acknowledgement slip.
2. Deadline for application is August 19th, 2013.

Requirements for Screening
1. HB pencil and Eraser.
2. Acknowledgement slip for post UTME registration.
3. ORIGINAL JAMB RESULT Slip,
4. Normal JAMB e-result notification with 2 photocopies.

Important Information to Candidates
1. Do not come with your parents, or guardian into the exam hall.
2. Mobile phones, and other electronic devices are not allowed.
3. For online application support please call: 08154797482, 08179195891, 08129806564, 08169691833; email: support@imt.edu.ng.

Thursday 11 July 2013

Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa Post UTME Registration Now Open for 2013/2014

This is to inform qualified candidates whom have chosen Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa as their most preferred, more preferred or preferred institution and scored 150 and above in JAMB that their 2013/2014 POST-UTME Application PIN-code is now on sale.

The e-PIN is obtainable in all the commercial banks in Nigeria, at(2,300=00)only, including bank charge on e-transact platform.

Deadline for sale of forms is July 31st, 2013. Application is done online in the school website http://www.fedpolynasonline.com/nasnew.

Nigerians criticise ASUU strike action

With the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) having downed tools for over three months now, and the commencement of a nationwide strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) last Tuesday, Nigeria’s public higher education sector can be said to be in a state of emergency.
The ASUP and ASUU strike has been criticised from various points of view by the general public, some criticising the Federal Government for promises unfulfilled, while others are criticising the lecturers for constantly striking for monetary reasons selfishness; not considering the students who are going to bear the major brunt of the issue. CLEMENT IDOKO and MOYOSORE SOLARIN spoke to stakeholders:

Mrs Adesuwa Ifedi, Country Director, Enactus
When you put it in the constitution that people have the right to embark on strike actions to show their protest, then the lecturers are only exhibiting their rights. We need to put our money where our mouth is, if education is important to us, then we should treat our lecturers right. We should not degrade them to a place where they have to embark on strike actions and you now turn the tables on them, talking about how committed they are when we haven’t even shown our commitment in the amount of income that we dedicate to the education sector its unfair. I think the government should do the right thing first and not put the cart before the horse.

Chuke Steven, student, Enugu State University of Science and Technology
I blame both the Federal Government and the lecturers for the strike action because to some extent, the lecturers are greedy. However, on the part of the government, a contract is binding, so if they reached the agreement back in 2009, the government should by now have implemented what was agreed upon. This strike is going to shatter hopes and kill the morale of students, as there are some who should be writing final year examinations, but these are now indefinitely on hold.

Mr Tonye Cole, Sahara Group
I think it’s a matter of insensitvitiy. Its about finding a balance between two disagreeing parties and if this is not done. It is the students that will suffer. It is the students that are suffering the most for the strike. I think this is beyond insensitivity, I think we need to always know that when we are looking at the nation, we are thinking about the future generation. Once we can work on this, we will realise that strike actions will become less. This strike is a wrong step in the wrong direction, regardless of what type of strike it is.

Uduakk Inuk, Post graduate student, UNILAG
I think the government is being highly insensitive, the agreement made with the lecturers was in 2009 and between now and then, there have been series of strike action. For me, the best thing is that everybody should stand up in support of the strike, including students, for the issues to be addressed finally. What the lecturers are fighting for is their right, which they obviously deserve. To me, the strike action is a fight for a good cause.

Olasunkanmi Salau, National Youth Corps Member
The strike decision by the lecturers is not in the best interest of anybody but they have waited for almost four years which is highly unfair and insensitive on the Federal Government’s part. These lecturers also have families to take care and with the continuous down turn of Nigeria’s economy, they need to keep their head above water and survive.

Mrs Yinka Ogunde, Chief Executive Officer, EDUMARK
It is difficult apportioning blame to anyone in this kind of situation. The strike is, however passing across a message that we are still not getting things right in the country, especially at a time when we are trying so hard to revamp the falling standards of the education sector. We must not always close the door on a negotiation table, I will plead with both parties to for the sake of the students who are going to be the most affected please go back to the drawing table and find a final solution to this problem as soon as possible.

Dr Fawziyya Abdulkareem, medical doctor
This simply shows the level of government’s commitment to education, one of the most key sectors to any country’s development. They waste money on a whole lot of things that are not so important, yet, the government cannot adequately pay the people who are responsible for grooming the youth, Nigeria’s future. This speaks of how bleak Nigeria’s future is. Same goes for the health sector.

Mr Ojo, parent
The whole issue is a very disturbing one and it will definitely have adverse effects on parents, the government and as well as the students. The school calendars are being disrupted, this will further elongate the number of years the students are supposed to spend in school which is very bad. Government needs to rise up to its responsibilities.

Mrs Folashade Otapo, trader
The lecturers are being selfish, each time they embark on a strike, it is always about money. I understand the government had an agreement with them, but I believe the government has so many responsibilities on neck. Things are already bad in the country and this strike will make it worse. My children have been home since the polytechnic strike began and I can tell you as a parent, they are already beginning to misbehave out of idleness. Lecturers should call of the strike and continues with their jobs, I believe the government will attend to them when due.

Busola Kilaso, Methodist University College, Ghana
The issues of strike is why I travelled abroad for my masters degree as much as I would have loved to study in my country. Lecturers need to be encouraged, they do a lot of work and are severely over-burdened on their responsibilities. How does the government expect them to put in their best and produce quality graduates? Of course as citizens we share in some of the blames but the government is too non-committed. A lot of brilliant Nigerian youth are being frustrated out of the country year in year out and it’s a big shame.

Vice Chancellor, Crawford University, Professor Samson Ayanlaja
My advice for parents is that they should send their wards to where they will not be hindered by strike actions. As the government universities obviously at one point or the other have usually their calendars interrupted, which cannot happen in private universities.

Professor Tunde Solarin, former Minister of Education, has described the incessant strike actions by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as destructive to development of Nigeria’s education sector.
He said: “It has always been my prayer and desire that an end should be put to strikes all the times because they are very destructive to development not only to education sector alone. It affects other areas and has serious social implication in the society”.
ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge, in an interview, said the strike was inevitable in view of the fact that the Federal Government was not serious about honouring the agreement it entered with the Union.
He added that education at all levels in Nigeria, has never received due attention. He said: “It’s clear that if we take all levels of education, the basic and tertiary education and we look at the three issues of access, quality, and delivery, it is very clear that we have not reached where we want to reach in terms of delivery”.
Fagge, noted that some of these issues bedeviling the Education sector were identified in the report of the Needs Assessment Committee to Nigerian Universities, which he said the government has refused to implement.
He said: “if you look at what is happening, the issues that are in the report, if you look at it independently, you will see that we have not been able to achieve our target. In the issue of basic education, in spite of the funding that has been increased, if you look at the access and quality, you will see that we have not really been able to move the system forward”.
Dr. Fagge added, “We that teach in the universities receive the product of this lower level, we have to go back and try to brush up and make sure that you polish the foundation to make us catch up with the new knowledge you are going to put on them. In reality, in both basic and post basic education, we still have problems.
“On tertiary education, over the years, we have not been able to address the major problems of brain drain, riot in the system and decay of infrastructural facilities and that is the evidence that the report on the Need Assessment that was handed to the government on July, 2012 clearly indicated that we have serious problem in the system particularly in the university education.
“So what we need to do is to ensure that we implement the recommendations of that report. But sadly, we have had an agreement with the government in 2009 on four issues which includes: Funding, University autonomy and Academic freedom and then conditions of service and other matters but four years after, the provisions of the agreement have not been implemented.
“We have had cause to go on warning strike, indefinite strikes on number of times prior to 2012 and the last one was suspended on 2nd February 2012 after we signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government on how best to implement the 2009 agreement. Sadly, one and half years after, we are still at the drawing board. We have not been able to implement even the provisions of that MOU.
“Out of the provisions, government has been able to implement two which is the “review of the retirement age of academics on the professorial cadre from 65 to 70 years and the reinstatement of the Governing Council of universities. It will be recalled that government without notice dissolved the Governing board of universities, and we took it up, that the government action will not favour the university system.
“One particular aspect of the whole issue to us, is the issue of funding of the universities and what we accepted to do was to set aside N100 billion for 2012 as immediate intervention in the system to address infrastructural decay and to set aside additional N400 billion in 2013, 2014 and 2015 but the universities are yet to draw from the N100 billion,” ASUU President stated.
He further explained: “We have realised that we reach agreement with the government and government finds it difficult to faithfully implement the provisions of the agreement and that is the reason why our members nationwide advised that we just go back to the trenches.
On the argument by the Federal Government that ASUU has no reason to go on strike given that the government was still meeting with them on the matter, Dr. Fagge said strike was a fundamental right of a worker.
He said: “Well, a strike is a fundamental right of a worker. If it becomes clear to a worker that the dialogue with his employer is becoming the dialogue of the deaf and dump, the worker has the right to withdraw his services. That is a fundamental right, it is enshrined in the ILO conventions and it is part of the right of Nigerian citizens. We don’t have to inform anybody that we are taking an action when it becomes clear to us that what we are doing cannot make any headway and that was what our members looked before embarking on the strike.
“You should ask the government, out of the nine provisions of the MoU, how many have been implemented by the government? Have we addressed the problems identified on the Need Assessment report? Our universities are still the way they are; we don’t want to continue deceiving ourselves. We expect that dialogue should produce results. We have been dialoguing for one and half years and we are tired of doing that, we want actions”.
When asked on which way forward, the ASUU boss said, “The strike continues or be called off depending on government’s decision. If the government does what is right, I assure that we will call off the strike immediately. We will look at what government has and we will review the situation.
“Part of the 2009 FGN/ASUU agreement was that each university council should put in place a budget monitory committee. The committee will comprise both ASUU and other trade unions in the campus, Student Union Government (SUG) and representative of Senate and Council.
Shade Aromire, secondary school leaver.
I just concluded my secondary education and wanted to study here in Nigeria but with this strike, my parents are already considering sending me abroad. It would only waste one’s time and students wil end up spending five to six years for a four-year course and even after graduating there is still no job plus Nigerian certificates are not recognised in developed countries around the world. There is very little to be proud of about this country right now an am very sad about that.

UNIZIK POST UTME PIN DIFFICULTY WILL BE OVER SOON

Prospective Students who are experiencing difficulty in generating
their registration pin should exercise patience till Monday.
Most departments and registration numbers hasn't been uploaded as
there is a little challenge in holding the stability of the server.
If you have met the requirements of your prospective course and you
received the "invalid Reg No" massage, report back the bank on Monday
for your registration pin.
Thank you.

ANSU Closes Post-UTME 2013/2014 Registration for 1st Choice Today, 11th July

You are hereby reminded that application and registrations for the Anambra State University, ANSU Post-UTME 2013/2014 Screening for 1st Choice Only closes by Midnight today, 11th July.

Meanwhile, Candidates that applied for the courses listed below in their UTME are advised to choose other related courses as they are not available in this Post-UTME.

Ø Physiology
Ø Statistics
Ø Political Science
Ø Economics
Ø Mathematics
Ø Mass Communication
Ø Computer Science

If you chose the institution as 1st choice and you are yet to apply

ASUU crisis worsens as lecturers walk out of meeting with lawmakers, ministers

ASUP said it will convene a meeting of polytechnic lecturers very soon.
Efforts at resolving the ongoing indefinite strike by university lecturers failed on Tuesday as the lecturers’ union leaders walked out on lawmakers trying to intervene in the crisis.
The lecturers have been on strike for over one week over government’s failure to implement previous agreements with it
The lecturers’ union, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Tuesday in Abuja, walked out on the joint National Assembly Committee on Education at a meeting.
The meeting was also attended by Ministers of Education and Labour, Professor Ruqquayatu Ruf’ai and Emeka Nwogu respectively.
The NASS joint committee on Education had called the aggrieved unions in the nation’s higher institutions for a dialogue on the way forward in their ongoing industrial action.
The meeting was convened by the joint committee on education of the Senate and House of Representatives.
The committee had invited ASUU, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and the Academic Staff Union of Colleges of Education (COEASU) to a dialogue to on how to resolve the issues that triggered the strikes.
The strike by ASUP, Nigerian polytechninc lecturers, entered into its eight week; while that of  ASUU began on July 1.
The committee had asked ASUU leaders to excuse it, while it interacted with ASUP and COEASU; which was viewed as a slight by ASUU.
The representatives of ASUU left the National Assembly complex in annoyance, saying they were slighted.
One of the members, who declined to give his name, told journalists that they had another appointment to attend to.
Another said, “asking us to excuse them is a slight; why should they ask us to excuse them; what is it that they want to discuss that we cannot be part of.’’
The Chairman of the Senate Committee, Uche Chukwumerije (PDP-Abia), tried to defend ASUU’s actions, but members said there was no rationale for ASUU to leave.
Mr. Chukwumerije said that the committee would intensify its negotiation with the government to ensure that the issues at stake were resolved.
“All we are urging is that you call an emergency meeting within 24 hours because the students are getting restive.
“We need to understand that if these students go out of hand, it will cause more problems for the country.
“Please trust us to keep to this two weeks we have given you to try and implement your demands,’’ he said.
Senator Sunny Ugbuoji (PDP-Ebonyi) said it was unacceptable for ASUU to walk out on the committee as this showed a disregard for the entire parliament.
“ASUU has walked out on us and this should be said in plain terms. What meeting can be more important than this meeting?’’ Mr. Ugbuoji asked.
Representative Farouk Lawan (PDP-Kano) said that no matter what other meeting ASUU had, “it was wrong to walk out on us, we were trying to resolve a matter concerning the unions.’’
Mr. Lawan said ASUU should have been patient and waited to hear from the members and the ministers, noting that no other meeting could be more important.
He urged the committee chairmen not to relent in rescheduling another meeting with ASUU in the interest of the students who were still at home. He described the ‘’snub’’ by the ASUU representatives as not expected of university lecturers.
Rep. Jerry Alagbaso (PDP-Imo) said ASUU’s action was unacceptable and advised that a letter be written to the union expressing the committee’s disapproval.
“It is arrogant of them to snub us knowing that this meeting is in the interest of our children.
“I suggest that a strong-worded letter be written to the union to tell them that we are not happy with their action,” he said.
Earlier, the committee had appealed to ASUP to call off its eight-week old strike, saying that the committee was in talks with the Federal Government on the way forward.
The committee, however, expressed optimism on the solution within two weeks.
The ASUP President, Chibuzor Asomugha, told the committee that the union would hold its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting and try to do the bidding of the National Assembly.
The President of COEASU, Emmanuel Nkoro, appealed to the committee and the ministers to look into his association’s demands to avert any strike action.
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqquayatu Ruf’ai, and her Labour counterpart, Emeka Nwogu, appealed to ASUP to convene a NEC meeting and call off the strike.
Both ministers gave assurance that the Federal Government was looking into issues raised with a view to reaching an amicable resolution.
(NAN)

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Don decries ASUU strike

The Pro-Chancellor of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti Prof Jide Osuntokun has condemned the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing it as destructive and retrogressive for the university system.
In an interview at the special prayers and thanksgiving organised by the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Throne of Grace, headquarters, Lagos, he said: “I am totally against the strike as it has destroyed the university system in Nigeria. People no longer respect our degrees outside the country because we always go on strike.”
He noted that the strike is not fair on parents who spend their fortunes sponsoring their wards for a four-year course only for them to end up spending eight to 10 years in school because of strike.
“ASUU can negotiate for better salary and reward without going on strike at the least excuse because the students and the parents are often the victims,” he said.
He said dialogue and negotiations between the lecturers and federal government on their salaries and other issues would provide lasting solution to the miriads of problem bedeviling the university system than the incessant strikes.
Osuntokun asserted that it is very disheartening for lecturers to be comparing themselves with the law makers who earn N24 million per month because teaching is a divine calling.
He also appealed to the federal government to stop the creation of the new nine federal universities which according to him ‘is only borne out of politics in the educational sector’
“I do not support the creation of nine federal universities because the existing institutions lack the basis infrastructure and know how that can match up with the best university in the world,” he added.

FG To Conduct Supplementary Admission Into Unity/Federal Government Colleges

The Federal Ministry of Education is set to conduct
supplementary admission examination into JSSI in some of the Federal Unity Colleges. This was made known by the Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike who said that supplementary examination is necessary for the admission process for the 2013/2014 school session to be finalised.

Seventy Eight (78) Unity Colleges which could not fill their carrying capacity are involved in the supplementary
examinations scheduled to hold on Saturday, July 20, 2013.

A list of the schools will be published on the Ministry’s website before Friday.

To this end, interested candidates have been advised to obtain admission form from the colleges of their choice. Candidates will be tested in Mathematics, English Language and General Paper.

Save Nigeria’s education sector, implement accord with lecturers- TUC

Disturbed by the multiplicity of strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and their counterpart in the polytechnics, among others in the nation’s education sector, the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Tuesday urged the Federal Government to implement agreements reached with the teachers to save it from collapse

ASUU declared an indefinite strike action since Wednesday July 3, 2013, over government’s persistent refusal to fully implement the joint agreement signed since 2009.

The Labour Center in a statement signed by its President General, Comrade Bobboi Bala Kaigama and Secretary General, Comrade Musa Lawal, called on President Goodluck Jonathan not to rely solely on reports from members of in his cabinet, as they may never tell him the truth about the agreement reached with the teachers. They stressed that as a concerned stakeholder with interest in the development of the country, TUC will not watch haplessly while strikes cripple the education sector.

The union called “on Federal Government to implement the agreement reached with the Varsity, Poly teachers to save the nation’s education sector from collapse because it is instructive that this strike has been brewing for four years, being a fall-out of the Federal Government’s non-implementation of some key clauses in its memorandum of understanding that it entered into with the lecturers in 2009, notable amongst the said clauses is that dealing with the “Academic Earned Allowance (AEA)” which the Federal Government agreed to be paying the lecturers.

“The fact that ASUU strike is coming on the heels of several industrial actions already racking the education sector such as the strike action of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and particularly the nationwide strike of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) which has lasted for more than 50 days now shows that there is nowhere else to lay the blame for the perennial strike disrupting academic activities in the education sector except at the doorsteps of the government”, it added

Continuing, the TUC noted that “no reasonable person can blame University lecturers for again embarking on strike, having tried severally and unsuccessfully to get the Government to fulfill its promises under the agreement, since 2009, the Union has embarked on series of actions including dialogues and occasional strikes none of which have succeeded in convincing the government to meet its demands.”

According to the Labour Center, the dangers in the ongoing strike is not far from the fact that the “cumulative result would amount to the standard of education slumping further, greater percentage of graduates are half-baked and unemployable, and the socio-economic prospects of the country become dimmer than ever before.

“Indeed the country simply suffers on all platforms because no nation does better than the level of education of its people would permit. Yet these students are the leaders of tomorrow”, it however said.

Edo NUT Suspends 40 Days Old Primary School Teachers Strike

The Edo wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Wednesday in Benin suspended its 40-day- old primary school teachers strike.

Announcing the suspension at the end of a closed door meeting between the state government and other stake holders, Mr Patrick Ikosimi, state NUT Chairman, said that the suspension took immediate effect. He, therefore, directed primary school teachers in the state to resume work effective Thursday, adding that the suspension became imperative in view of the interest of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

Mr Emmanuel Ademokun, state NLC Chairman, while commending the NUT and the state government for finally brokering peace, appealed to government to extend
the payment of the 27.5 per cent to the teachers. In his response, Gov. Adams Oshiomhole thanked the teachers for resolving to suspend the strike embarked upon by the teachers to press for the implementation of the Teachers Peculiarity Allowance (TPA).

Oshiomhole also apologised to parents for the delay in resolving the impasse between the government and the teachers and pledged to do everything possible to make up the time loss. ``I apologise to parents whose children have been at home for no fault of theirs, siblings are bound to quarrel, but the important thing is to settle after the quarrel,'' he said.

He explained that with the suspension of the strike, a peaceful environment had been created for government, NLC, NUT, and the local government council authorities to commence negotiation with a view to finding a lasting solution to the issue on ground.

He, however, promised that government would continue to ensure that a conducive environment was provided in the state public schools for both teaching and learning.

KSUSTA 2013/2014 Post-UTME Screening Exercise Holds On July 13

This is to inform the general public that School of Basic and Remedial Studies Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero wishes to announce and invite all suitably qualified candidates who chose KSUSTA as their first, second or both choices(or those who neither chose KSUSTA as their first or second choice for Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara State indegine only), in JAMB and scored minimum of 180 and above for its 2013/2014 Post-UTME Screening Exercise, scheduled to take places as follows;

Date: Saturday 13/07/2013.
Venue: Science and Agriculture Lecture Theatre KSUSTA main Campus, Aliero.
Time: 08:00 A.M

Note: The candidate shall come along with the following:
1. Bank draft of 2,000.00 only payable to KSUSTA
2. HB Pencil
3. Non programmable calculator
4. Photocopy and Original copy of 2013/2014 UTME Result Slip, (click here to get original JAMB result slip for your screening).
5. Photocopy and Original copy of local government Indegineship.
6. Two recent passport
7. Handset and similar electronic device is not allowed in the screening hall.

Student jailed for attempting to take advantage of a 6yr-old girl in Abuja

An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced one student, Akande Abiodun, 29, of Kuchingoro, Airport Road, to three months imprisonment for attempted defilement.

Senior Magistrate Nafisat Ibrahim sentenced the accused with an option of N10,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to the charge.

Earlier, the Police prosecutor, Cpl. Francis Tanko, told the court that one Emmaunella Osajie, the mother of six-year-old girl of 86 Army Barracks, Kubwa, reported the case at the Wuse Police station.

Tanko said that the complainant had reported that the convict came to her office at Poly Plaza, Wuse, on the pretext of coming to type a document.

He said that the convict made advances at her child, took her upstairs, kissed her twice on the lips and put his finger in her private part thereby trying to defile the child.

According to him, the child ran and alerted her mother of the incident.

The accused, while pleading guilty told the court, “My Lord, it was a devil’s handwork, and I will not do that again.’’

Wednesday 10 July 2013

Police Arrest Guard Over Killing Of LAUTECH Student

The Oyo State Police Command, yesterday, paraded one of the suspects allegedly involved in the killing of a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Miss Seun Adaramoye.

The remains of the student was said to have been discovered on June 20, this year by a passer-by beside a guest house at Ogbomoso.

The police gave the name of the suspect as Alex Akinyemi, a security man at the guest house.

While speaking with newsmen at the Oyo State Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Iyanganku, Ibadan, Assistant Commissioner of Police, CID Unit, Dansuki Galadanchi, said the suspect was exposed by the closed circuit television, CCTV.

He said: “When the owner of the guest house heard about the incident, he called the CCTV engineer to play back the recordings of the camera. He saw where one of his security men named Alex Akinyemi carried the corpse and reported the matter to the police.

According to him, “the security guards, Dauda Aliyu and Samuel Ojo were arrested. When the film was played, we identified the person in the film as Alex Akinyemi who was in charge of the guest house on the day.

After the arrest of the guard, the police boss said the corpse of the student was later moved to LAUTECH for post mortem examination.

Galadanchi said the other suspect in the case, Charles Segun Aregbesola, who is at large, would soon be arrested.

The suspect, Akinyemi, said: “I have been working as a security guard in this guest house for over two months, and I only know this Segun aka police as a resident of that area before I saw him dropping the corpse around 8am that day. He threatened to kill me with an axe he was holding that day if I report to the police and promised to give me N500,000, but he did not give me till now.

Also paraded was one Wajud Akande for alleged conspiracy, stealing and conversion of goods worth N1.2 million.