Pelumi Akinboye Says

Education is Power,Information is the Strength.

Pelumi Akinboye Says

Education is Power,Information is the Strength.

Pelumi AKinboye Says

Education is Power,Information is the Strength.

Pelumi Akinboye Says

Education is Power,Information is the Strength.

Pelumi Akinboye Says

Education is Power,Information is the Strength.

Wednesday 31 July 2013

BSU Markurdi Postpone Post UTME Date to August 2nd, 2013

This is to inform prospective candidates and the general public that the Post University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (PUTME) screening exercise for the 2013/2014 academic session of the Benue State University shall commence from Friday 26th July, 2013 and end on Friday 2nd August, 2013. 

Note these...

1. Candidates are to note that the screening exercise shall be Computer Based. However, there may be pencil and paper based screening exercise for candidates who are not Computer literate.
2. A detailed time-table for the screening exercise is now available here for candidates to cross-check and note the dates they are expected to turn up for the exercise.
3. Manual copies of the time-table are also pasted on notice boards on the University Campus for cross checking by those who cannot easily access the website.
4. The screening exercise would be conducted in two venues, namely:
i. Computer Based Screening: Chemistry Complex, Western Campus.
ii. Pencil and paper Screening: Faculty of candidate’s choice.
5. Candidates are to further note that only those who scored 180 points and above in the University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are qualified for the screening.

Ambros Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma post-utme result is out for 2013/2014

The Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma Edo State has released her 2013/2014 post UTME results for candidates who sat for the examination conducted between July 18th to July 20th, 2013.

How to Check AAU-Ekpoma 2013/2014 Post UTME Result

1. Log on direct to the Result checking portal
2. Enter your Application Number (AAU/2010/xxxxx1) correctly in the space provided and click on “Submit”. This prompts you to further confirm your Application Number. 
3. Click on the Proceed button to check your PUTME result.
4. Ensure to print a copy of your PUTME result for reference purposes.

Tasued 2013/2014 Post Utme Screening Exercise Postponed Indefinitely

The Management board of the Tai Solarin University of
Education (TASUED) to inform all Prospective Students OF that the tasued post utme examination for 2013 earlier Schedule for 29th TO 31st of JULY HAS BEEN POSTPONED. 

In their message, which rather came late that most students never knew of the changes in dates, the university wrote on their website as thus:

"Please note that a new date for the screening exercise will be announced in due course.

Meanwhile, the TASUED governing body regrets any inconvenience this post utme exercise postponement
may have cause you."
 

Ilaro Polytechnic Post UTME Registration Now In Progress for 2013/2014

Applications are hereby requested from all interested candidates who wrote 2013/2014 UTME and made Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro their 1 or 2 Most Preferred and 1st More Preferred choice(s) of Institution.

(A) Eligibility
1. Candidates who chose the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro as their 1st or 2nd Most Preferred and 1t More Preferred choice(s) must not score below 150 in 2013 UTME.
2. Each applicant will be expected to pay a screening fee of one thousand naira only (N1,000.00)
3. Each applicant will also be expected to pay the sum of one thousand, five hundred naira only (N1,500.00) for result checking, and verification of admission status.
4. Applicants are expected to complete the Post-UTME Form online.

(B) Method of Application
Candidates seeking admissions into the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro are required to complete the Institution’s application form available on-line at www.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng with effect from Wednesday 31 July, 2013 to Sunday 25th August, 2013.

(C) Procedure for Obtaining On-Line Application Form
Candidates are expected to obtain POST UTME confirmation slip (confirmation pin number printed on it) from any branch of the underlisted banks across the nation upon the payment of the sum of two thousand five hundred Naira only (N2,500.00).

The authorised banks are:
WEMA Bank Plc
Zenith Bank Plc

Candidates should note that bank charges will be paid at the point of purchase.

(D) Instructions to all Candidates
1. Log on to www.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng
2. Click on the College Portal
3. Click on the POST-UTME.
4. Log in with the PIN number printed on the confirmation slip obtained from the bank.
5. Complete the application form online appropriately, up load your passport photograph; supply your own valid phone number and E-mail address.
6. Proceed by confirming the details of your application
7. Click on submit to print your acknowledgment and examination slips.

(E) Closing Date For Submission Of Forms Online
The closing date for the submission of the online application on the Polytechnic’s website isFriday 23rd August, 2013.

(F) Requirements For The Screening Exercise
All candidates are required to bring along the following to the screening centre:
1. UTME notification of result slip
2. Originals and photocopy of the printout of the POST-UTME online acknowledgment and examination slips.
3. Evidence of payment of screening fee,

Mode of Screening
Candidates are required:
1. To come along with their writing materials (biro, pencil, ruler, eraser etc.).
2. To write an examination made up of questions in English Language, Mathematics and UTME relevant subjects as stipulated in the UTME brochure for different courses

(H) Venue and Time of Screening Exercise
(i) Venue: West Campus, The Federal Polytechnic
(ii) Dates: (a) Monday 26’August, 2013-All candidates in the School of Applied Science
b) Wednesday 28th August, 2013 - All candidates in the School of Management Studies
(c) Friday 30th August, 2013 - All Candidates in the Schools of Environmental Studies & Engineering.

(I) Results of Screening Exercise
Results of the screening exercise will be uploaded on the Polytechnic’s portal after the examinations. Log in with your application number to check.

We want Okogie to account for N100b annual university stabilization fund -ASUU

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Monday, urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to prevail on the executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, to account for the N100 billion annual stabilization fund provided by the Federal Government to the Commission for improvement of facilities in the nation’s government –owned universities.

Chairman of the Nsukka Zone of ASUU, Dr. Chidi Osuagwu, at a media briefing on the on-going strike action embarked upon by university lecturers in the country at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, accused the NUC boss of being a cog in the wheel of university education and development in Nigeria, adding that the strike would not have become necessary if the annual stabilization fund was properly managed.

He said: “We have not seen anything done with the stabilization fund. If the NUC has been spending the money as expected, there would not have been this strike in the first place as the issues demanded by ASUU would have been taken care of.

“The EFCC and other responsible agencies of government should investigate this matter in the interest of the growth of education in the country. ASUU embarked on the current strike as a result of the failure of the federal government to implement the agreement it willingly entered into with ASUU in October, 2009.

“Between 2009 and 2011, ASUU had made serious efforts in getting the government to implement the agreement by even embarking on warning strikes, but government on its side paid deaf ears to these efforts.

“It is important to inform the public that the current strike by ASUU is not meant to make any fresh demands on government, but simply and squarely to ask government to rise to the challenges of responsible governance by fulfilling the provisions of an agreement which it freely signed four years ago.”

According to him, ASUU feels embarrassed by the rumours making the rounds that the on-going strike would be called off tomorrow, Thursday, insisting that the strike would continue unless the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement is fully implemented.

Osuagwu argued that Nigeria has adequate resources to properly fund education in the country, describing as regrettable a situation whereby the country spends 25 percent of its budget on members of the national assembly, but cannot meet the 26 percent requirement for the funding of education as prescribed by the United Nations Educational and Scientific Organization, UNESCO.

Tuesday 30 July 2013

YOBE STATE UNIVERSITY 2013/2014 POST UTME SCREENING FORMS FOR UTME/DE CANDIDATES IS OUT.

This is to inform all candidates who applied for admission through UTME into Yobe State University as first and second choice for the 2013/2014 academic session that there will be a POST-UTME as follows:
Date: Saturday, 3rdAugust, 2013-07-24 time: 8:00am prompt
Venue: faculty of law complex
All candidates must provide the following as prerequisite for writing the examination
(a)Payment of non-refundable of two Thousand Naira(N2,000) which commence on 24th July 2013 and close on Friday 2nd August, 2013.
(b)Documentation at the Admissions Office which starts immediately and closes on Friday 2nd August, 2013.
(c)Photocopy of credentials and original of UTME Result Slip
(d)Two recent passport size photograph
(e)Provision of writing materials
(f)Only candidates with minimum JAMB requirement of180 points and above and have chosen Yobe State University as their first and second choice are invited to the Examination.
In addition, Direct Entry Candidate (DE) screening will also commence on Wednesday 14th August, 2013, at the same venue.
Note:any candidate who fails to register for the screening exercise and to appear for the screening test on the stipulated date will not be considered

COLLECT YOUR CERTIFICATES BEFORE DECEMBER OR FACE PENALTY -WAEC

THE West Africa Examination Council (WAEC), has threatened to impose penalties on candidates who failed to collect their certificates on or before December 31. This is contained in a statement signed by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Mr Yusuf Ari, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. It stated that millions of certificates of candidates who sat for WAEC examinations since 1960 had long been signed but were not collected by candidates. “We wish to inform the general public that certificates up to May/June 2012 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), conducted by WAEC have been printed and dispatched to schools for collection by candidates. “And certificates for external candidates for up to November/December 2012 WASSCE diet, also conducted by the Council have also been printed and are equally awaiting collection by candidates at WAEC offices nationwide. “The external candidates, especially who wrote the November/December examination diets are advised to go and collect their certificates from all our zonal branches or satellite offices in the states. “We urge candidates to go to where they sat for the examination because we no longer have enough space to harbour them. “Most of these certificates have been lying fallow in our various offices with no one coming forward to collect them. “Candidates come in trickles for them, only when they have absolute need for them and I think it should not be so. “We therefore wish to warn that WAEC will be charging extra fee for the custody of these certificates if the candidates failed to collect them later than December 31,” the statement said. - 

I Never Had A Girl Friend – CU’s Best Graduating Student

Michael Eromhonsele sacrificed romance for excellence and emerged the best graduating student of Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State at 20, SAMUEL AWOYINFA reports

Twenty-year-old Eromhonsele Michael was the cynosure of all eyes at the eighth graduation ceremony of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, on Friday. He was the best graduating student of the institution. To achieve this feat, he obtained a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 4.92, out of a possible 5.0, to beat 1,465 other undergraduates.

He says his first few days in the university campus were uneventful. According to him, he was a bit confused because he was not used to the prayer regime that he had to be part of at the faith-based institution. Spirituality is one of the core values of CU. But as soon as he found his rhythm, there was no looking back for him.

He says he did not allow himself to be distracted by his friends or the opposite sex as he concentrated on his studies.

Listing some of the factors that helped him to achieve that feat, he says, “First, I must acknowledge God’s favour and his assistance. Second, I did not entertain any form of distractions. I did not attend parties, and I did not have any girlfriend or what you may refer to as a lover. I concentrated on my studies.”

What about his study style? Eromhonsele reveals that apart from the serene environment in the school, which is conducive for learning, he loves to read late into the night.

According to him, he started reading from 10.00pm and he won’t stop until 1.00am.

“Those are the hours I found most convenient to read. As soon as I closed my book, I went to bed. I woke up at 7.00am, and got ready for my classes. Lectures start at 8.00am,” he adds.

Apart from being the best overall student, he was also the best in the College of Science and Technology where he studied Civil Engineering.

Eromhonsele, who is his parents’ second child, explains that they contributed in no small measure to whatever success he recorded in the university. He stresses that they constantly reminded him of his background and they advised him not to lose focus.

Eromhonsele had his primary school at the University of Benin Staff School, while he attended both University of Benin Demonstration Secondary School and Greater Tomorrow Secondary School for his junior and senior secondary school education.

“My parents were very supportive. They always reminded me of the home I’m from, and they also urged me to take my studies seriously,” he notes.

He explains that his mother, Charity Eromhonsele, is a business woman, while the father, Gabriel Eromhonsele, a civil engineer runs a consulting firm in Benin, Edo State. He says his father is a native of Igueben.

Apart from his parents, Eromhonsele did not lose sight of the contributions of his lecturers, who, he says, impacted him throughout his stay in the institution. Their pieces of advice, he adds, went a long way in shaping his outlook on life.

Talking about the lesson he’s taking away from the CU, Eromhonsele says he’s learnt that “the people one surrounds himself with in life will determine how far one will go.”

Again, he advises that there is no future without God, and that he has learnt to put Him first in everything he does.

After obtaining a first degree, what next for Michael? Beaming with smiles, he says, “I have already got admission to University of Surrey in the United kingdom to read Structural Engineering for my Master’s degree. I chose this particular course because I feel the need to improve on the structural aspects of construction works.”

Eromhonsele is already missing his teachers and friends as he confesses, “Definitely, I miss my friends and the lecturers, most especially my course supervisors. But I am happy, it is for good.”

The eighth convocation event was not all about Michael alone. A total of 1,466 students graduated during the event tagged Release of Eagles 2013. The breakdown showed that 114 made first class, 720 made second class upper, 565 obtained second class lower division, while 67 were in the third class category.

The Chancellor of the CU, Bishop David Oyedepo, while delivering his address, identified leadership as the greatest challenge facing the 21st Century Africa.

While he said that leadership was not an endowment but a commitment to the future, he noted that leadership “is an art that must be continuously and intelligibly developed.”

Oyedepo, who spoke under the theme, ‘Living the Covenant Dream – Our Leadership Development Mandate,’ explained that the mandate of the university was a commitment to promoting the man-child model of education aimed at making men out of children, provoking accelerated maturity intellectually and emotionally.

He stressed, “The thrust of our vision is to create leadership imbued with strong character. We want to build people of depth, a revolutionary army of intellectual giants, a people to be envied, young men and women in pursuit of vision, driving with unquenchable passion, countless exploits in every direction, a people of honour set to take the world by storm.”

Oyedepo, who advised the graduating students to soar in their respective fields, said they were taught that leadership was taking the lead, setting the pace and blazing the trail in one’s field.

He added, “Leadership is not occupying a seat; it is accomplishing a feat. It is not occupying a position; it is making outstanding contributions. It is not occupying a place; it is setting a pace.”

He observed that the country was “full of ‘expert analysts’ of our multi-faceted problems, but we lack expert solution providers.”

Oyedepo, therefore, said the country needed the right kind of education that could raise the right kind of leaders, and promote the right kind of values.

In his keynote address, the Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, advised the graduands to make the right choices, as the choices they make could make or mar their future.

He pointed out that the people they surround themselves with, the place they choose to start their career and where they live, among others, matter.

“Success is about choices. My message to you is to be careful, diligent and strategic in those choices, as they will set the trajectory for your life,” Nebo added.

He told them to be transformational leaders who would take the country to the next level of development.

Speaking earlier on the convocation lecture titled Repositioning African universities for excellence: Theory and practical perspectives, a former Executive Secretary, National Council for Tertiary Education, Ghana, Dr. Paul Effah, identified lack of commitment to a functional differentiated system or institutional segmentation as a major difficulty facing higher education in Africa.

He noted that emphasis had been placed on grammar type of education to the detriment of technical, vocational education and training.

Besides, Effah said, another problem was the near neglect of science and technology.

He said, “This is not unexpected, as most of the educational systems in anglophone Africa were modelled after the British tradition which frowned on TVET and career-focused training. It is common to find many senior high school graduates trooping to the universities for admission, while student-places high in TVET institutions remained unoccupied.”

Effah stressed that the development was due largely to the social status and image associated with university education. Quoting Lord Bowden, he said, “Universities were seen as centres of privilege with very little to do with industry, commerce and society.”

He advised African universities not to be just relevant to the community in which they exist, but also focus on their mandate and seek excellence in what they have been enjoined to do and translate this into raising the standard of living and general conditions of the people.

Describing research as a core function of a university, Effah said many universities in Africa had failed to meet their standard requirement on publications.

He said a recent study by the Centre for Higher Education Transformation in South Africa, undertaken in eight flagship universities in Africa, revealed that in terms of publications, only University of Cape Town achieved a ratio of one article per lecturer per year.

He added, “At the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, the ratio was one article per academic every three years. At Makerere in Uganda, the ratio was one article per academic in five years. At the other universities, including those in Ghana, each academic was likely to publish, on average, only one article every 10 or more years.”

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Charles Ayo, who said spirituality was the arrowhead of the institution’s seven core values, added that last year, after the 10th anniversary of the university, it got a mandate from the Board of Regents to get CU listed among the top 10 universities in the world within the next 10 years.

This, he stressed, they had christened “1 of 10 in 10.”

He said, “To make CU one of the best universities in the world, we have toured some renowned universities in the US and the UK to adopt some best practices in our operations. We are collaborating with them in terms of faculty and student exchange, joint research collaboration and joint degrees at both graduate and postgraduate levels.”

He said to achieve this feat, the institution’s concerted efforts within the next five years would include improving infrastructural facilities and quality teaching, exhaustively reviewing its curricula, pursuing further collaborations and linkages with renowned universities and improving the university’s Webometric ranking, among others 

UNILAG Gets New Registrar, OOU Confirms VC’s Appointment

The University of Lagos has appointed Dr. Folashade Ipaye as the Registrar and Secretary to the Governing Council of the institution.

The appointment takes effect from August 1, 2013 for a five year term.

Also, Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has confirmed the appointment of Prof. Saburi Adesanya as the substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye.

Ipaye’s appointment, a statement by UNILAG stated, followed the ratification of the report of the Selection Board by the Governing Council at a meeting July 18.

Born on September 25, 1964 in Lagos, Ipaye (nee Davies) is an indigene of Lagos Island East, Lagos State.

The old student of Our Lady of Apostles Secondary Grammar School, Oyo State (1981) holds a Bachelor of Education/History from the University of Ife, now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife-Ife, as well as a Master’s and PhD degrees in Educational Administration from UNILAG in 1987 and 2008, respectively.

She joined UNILAG as Administrative Officer I in December, 1989.

A statement by the OOU spokesperson, Mr. Biodun Oduwole, indicated that the appointment of Adesanya, a professor of Pharmacognosy, takes immediate effect.

Before his appointment, Adesanya had been the acting VC of OOU since July 27, 2012.

Quoting a release by the Secretary to the Ogun State Government, Mr. Taiwo Adeoluwa, Oduwole stated that the VC was an erudite scholar with a teaching experience spanning almost three decades in the nation’s university system. 

Fuoye Post UTMe CBT exam schedule/time table is now available for 2013/2014

Listed below are the dates, venues and proper schedule for the Computer Based (CBT) 2013/2014 post UTME screening of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti state.

Important information
1. YOU ARE TO COME ALONG WITH YOUR SCHEDULE PRINTOUT AND UTME SLIP ONLY.
2. CANDIDATE WHO DID NOT COMPLETE THEIR APPLICATION BY 27TH OF JULY 2013 CAN STILL DO SO BEFORE WEDNESDAY 31ST JULY 2013.
3. CANDIDATE UNDER THIS CATEGORY SHOULD EXPECT THEIR SCHEDULE BY THURSDAY 1ST AUGUST 2013

Day 1: Wednesday 31st July 2013
Morning Batch Time: 8am
Dept: English and Literary Studies

Day 1: Wednesday 31st July 2013
Afternoon Batch Time: 1pm
Dept: English and Literary Studies

Day 2: Thursday 1st August 2013
Morning Batch Time: 8am
Dept: Economics and Development studies

Day 2: Thursday 1st August 2013
Afternoon Batch Time: 1pm
Dept: Economics and Development studies

Day 3: Friday 2nd August 2013
Morning Batch Time: 8am
Dept: Economics and Development studies
Dept: Demography and social statistics
Dept: Psycology
Day 3: Friday 2nd August 2013
Afternoon Batch Time: 1pm
Dept: Sociology

Day 4: Saturday 3rd August 2013
Morning Batch Time: 8am
Dept: Theater Arts
Dept: Agric and Economics
Dept: Animal Science
Dept: Crop Science
Dept: Food Science and Technology
Dept: Fishery and Aquaculture
Dept: Water Resources
Dept: Soil Science

Day 4: Saturday 3rd August 2013
Afternoon Batch Time: 1pm
Dept: Computer Science
Dept: Geophysics
Dept: Physics

Day 5: Monday 5th August 2013
Morning Batch Time: 8am
Dept: Microbiology

Day 5: Monday 5th August 2013
Afternoon Batch Time: 1pm
Dept: Microbiology
Dept: Mathematics

Day 6: Tuesday 6th August 2013
Morning Batch Time: 8am
Dept: Biotechnology
Dept: Industrial Chemistry
Dept: Electrical Electronics Engineering
Day 6: Tuesday 6th August 2013
Afternoon Batch Time: 1pm
Dept: Civil Engineering
Dept: Computer Engineering

Day 7: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Morning Batch Time: 8am
Dept: Mechanical Engineering
Dept: Agric Engineering
Dept: Material and Metralogical Engineering

Day 7: Wednesday 7th August 2013
Afternoon Batch Time: 1pm

OSUSTECH Post UTME Registration for 2013/2014 is ongoing

This is to inform the general public and in particular, prospective candidates of the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, OSUSTECH that the post-UTME for the 2013/2014 admission exercise of the University has been scheduled to hold from Wednesday, 4th to Thursday, 5th September, 2013.

1. Admission requirements
a) 5 o'level credit imcluding English and Mathematics at not more than 2 sittings.
b) First, Second Choice and other interested candidates may apply provided they scored 180 and above in the just concluded UTME examination.

Programmes available:
Biological Sciences
1. Botany
2. Zoology
3. Fisheries and Aquaculture
4. Microbiology

Chemical Sciences
1. Industrial Chemistry
2. Biochemistry

Physical Sciences
1. Physics
2. Geophysics

Mathematical Sciences
1. Computer Science
2. Industrial Mathematics

2. Method of application:
Online registration started from Monday, 22nd July, 2013 to Wednesday, 28th August, 2013.

To register, candidates are expected to pay a sum of N2500, excluding bank charges to either of:-
First bank, 
Skye bank or 
FCMB nationwide.

Breakdown of the fee-
N2000 PUTME fee and N500 for e-practice card.
Registration can be done online via 

http://osustech.edu.ng