Explains reasons for decision:
WITH pockets of protests springing up in different parts of the country by persons seeking to write the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has completely ruled out re-opening of the examination portal as date for the examination draws nigh.
The board insists that it made it clear in the advertisement for the sale of the registration documents, that the sales would close by January, but it had to shift the closure to February due to public appeal that it should be extended.
Scores of prospective applicants including persons under the aegis of Concerned and Affected JAMB UTME 2016 candidates in Edo State, last week expressed dismay at the board’s purported closure of sales of online registration access cards and online registration.
The protesters who stormed the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Benin said they were unable to purchase the scratch card to register for the 2016 JAMB examinations owing to this development.
Spokesperson for the protesters, Samuel Ekanem said, “We observed with dismay that three weeks to the purported closure of sales of online registration cards and online registration that there was already scarcity of cards nationwide.”
The group, which alleged that the ineffective access to online registration was as a result of limited numbers of accredited centres in the state, said that there were only 20 registration centres in Edo State.
Two days after the Benin protest, students, joined by their parents also demonstrated in Lagos to express their displeasure over the alleged sudden closure of the examination portal.
They noted that “sudden closure,” has denied the applicants a chance to sit for the 2016 examination, which is slated to take place month end.
However, in an interview with The Guardian yesterday, Head of Media, JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said, “We have a timetable that we adhere to in the process leading up to our examination. Every step we have taken is in accordance with what we advertised. The board will not, for any reason, reopen the registration portal because we are fully aware of the game plan of some persons, who are stoking this controversy.”
Benjamin added, “We are aware that some owners of tutorial centres are in the habit of collecting monies from parents whom they promise to get their children and wards to write their examination in special centres. We have it on good authority that some of these centre owners are the ones that would go and buy the scratch cards and hoard it with the hope that JAMB would resort to late registration, which would provide an avenue for them to sell the scratch cards they hoarded for as high as 20,000.”
He continued, “Right now, if JAMB opens an additional centre, all these people that are protesting would flock to that centre and make it their special centre. Once there, they will begin to see how they can perpetrate malpractice there. It is for this and other reasons that we have designed our examination in such a way that you can only choose an examination city, but not a centre. We are the ones to assign every candidate an examination centre.”
Monday, 22 February 2016
Sunday, 14 February 2016
LASU STUDENT DIES AFTER ATTENDING A PARTY
A 200 level female students from the Department of History and International Relations, University of Lagos (LASU) has died after attending a send forth party.
According to reports, a male student who also attended the same party is currently under watch at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), where doctors are presently monitoring his situation.
It was reported that the Senior management staff of LASU stated that the female student started foaming in the mouth and was rushed to a hospital where she later died. It was also gathered that after her death blood gushed out front her mouth and nose thus fueling the speculation that she might have been poisoned.
The corpse of the female LASU student has been deposited at LASUTH on Friday awaiting autopsy report. It was learnt that family members of the dead student stormed LASU Friday to ask the university to produce their ward amidst wailing.
The family members are suspecting she was poisoned at the party based on the blood gushing out from her mouth and nose. Some of the students who attended the party told the university officials that they eat and drank the same food and drink that very day.
The Acting Director, Centre for Information Press and Public Relations (CIPPR), Mr. Adekoya said that official statement would be made public investigations by security personnel.
His words: ‘’The incident (party) happened outside the university campus.”
The university authorities have commenced investigations into the circumstances leading to the female student’s death and the male student who is still in the hospital.
According to reports, a male student who also attended the same party is currently under watch at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), where doctors are presently monitoring his situation.
It was reported that the Senior management staff of LASU stated that the female student started foaming in the mouth and was rushed to a hospital where she later died. It was also gathered that after her death blood gushed out front her mouth and nose thus fueling the speculation that she might have been poisoned.
The corpse of the female LASU student has been deposited at LASUTH on Friday awaiting autopsy report. It was learnt that family members of the dead student stormed LASU Friday to ask the university to produce their ward amidst wailing.
The family members are suspecting she was poisoned at the party based on the blood gushing out from her mouth and nose. Some of the students who attended the party told the university officials that they eat and drank the same food and drink that very day.
The Acting Director, Centre for Information Press and Public Relations (CIPPR), Mr. Adekoya said that official statement would be made public investigations by security personnel.
His words: ‘’The incident (party) happened outside the university campus.”
The university authorities have commenced investigations into the circumstances leading to the female student’s death and the male student who is still in the hospital.
Wednesday, 27 January 2016
UTME 2016 TO HOLD BETWEEN FEBUARY AND MARCH
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said yesterday it would conduct the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) between February and March.
According to a statement by its Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin in Lagos, the Computer-Based Test (CBT) exam would hold in over 400 centres within and outside Nigeria.
He added: “JAMB has approved more centres to give Nigerians the best computer-based test.
“The board insisted that these centres must meet best global requirements.
“Some of the requirements are steady power supply, 200 computers, including Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS), accessible road, security and a waiting room.
"This year, there are innovations to ensure candidates write under the conditions.’’
The board said sale of forms closes on Friday 29th of January, 2016.
It noted that new measures would be introduced to ensure the board remains top in assessment and measurement.
According to a statement by its Head of Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin in Lagos, the Computer-Based Test (CBT) exam would hold in over 400 centres within and outside Nigeria.
He added: “JAMB has approved more centres to give Nigerians the best computer-based test.
“The board insisted that these centres must meet best global requirements.
“Some of the requirements are steady power supply, 200 computers, including Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS), accessible road, security and a waiting room.
"This year, there are innovations to ensure candidates write under the conditions.’’
The board said sale of forms closes on Friday 29th of January, 2016.
It noted that new measures would be introduced to ensure the board remains top in assessment and measurement.
Saturday, 23 January 2016
WHY YOU MUST AVOID CARRY OVERS IN SCHOOL
Carry overs are not in all cases a real reflection of how intelligent or not intelligent a student is, rather it's a reflection of how unserious, unsmart (if that word exist), unchecked and uninterested a student is.
I have seen highly intelligent students have numerous carry overs and relatively dull students pass through without carry overs. Such is life, that's why a coin is two sided. Carry over can also be a result of unfortunate and unlucky incidents, such as missing scripts, lecturer's attitude towards marking your script, or even a student's handwriting (that's right).
I have once been a victim of an unlucky situation. I was not around Kogi State when an assignment worth 20 marks was been submitted, when I heard about it I quickly rushed back to school from Lagos to get mine submitted. Unluckily for me, the lecturer in charge of the course is very strict and sent me out of his office. I thought to myself," I still have 80 marks to fight for so why panic".
This lecturer is the kind that barely comes to class, but he gave us a material to read ahead of his exam. For most part of Monday evenings we'll wait in class expecting him to come to class but he never does. On the day I decided I wasn't going to wait in class for him, he showed up in class and seeing how scanty the class was he decided to conduct test with the little number of students in class.
The test was for 20 marks and I missed it, making it 40 marks missed already which ruled me out of contention to score an A. Words can't describe how devastated I was during this period, my worst fear of carrying over a course is lurking around me. I tried bottling my sadness and fear until the lecturer announced that marks will deducted for every undotted Is and uncrossed Ts in his exam, he was basically asking for a perfectly written error free exam which looked impossible under the sort of pressure we were in.
I prayed to God about the situation, focused a little bit more on that course than the others, did a whole lot of library work and research and when the exam came around I completely smashed it, narrowly escaping a carryover (which many of my mates had) that would have completely changed the dynamics of my academics.
Am still grateful to God till today, who knows what it might have been....
Reasons why you must completely avoid carry overs:
-It brings you down;
A) Academically: having carry-over means you have F (0) in that course. It’s bad, it’s really bad. Having an E(2) or a D(4) is far better than having a carryover. It means you just scored 0 after studying a course for a semester and it will definitely reflect on your result.
B) Psychologically: having a carryover affects the psyche of a student. It’s that evil. You don't feel whole again, you won't feel yourself among your peers anymore; you'll feel devastated, less intelligent, less smart and so on. Carry overs inflict serious psychological damage on the bearer. It brings your thinking and psyche to the lowest minimum.
C) Physically: keeping tabs with your main courses is physically tasking enough, add carry overs to that and you'll barely sleep at night. You have to meet up with the time table of your main courses, then meet up with the schedule of your carry over courses, that's so physically demanding, it’s almost like punishment.
-It's hard to recover: even though its technically possible to recover from the evils of carry overs and get your academics back on track, it's extremely difficult and take so much determination and hard work.
-The odds aren't favourable: the odds of you graduating with a great result or a good result shifts every time you carry over a course. Imagine doing a carry-over course in place of an easy to pass elective course...
-It leads to self-esteem issues: when you are writing a carryover paper with guys that are below you, it’s a hard hit on your esteem and confidence level. You certainly won't be the most confident person on campus, in fact you'll be the least confident, if you're not then its either you're shameless, delusional, dull or completely out of touch.
-It’s a bad experience all together: the demanding schedule, the insult by lecturers, the embarrassment of writing a carry-over exam with your "juniors"...it’s a bad experience all together.
How To Avoid A Carry Over:
-Never joke with your Continuous Assessment C.A
-Always be around class and get adequately informed
-Serious studying: studying isn't every one's bread and butter, not everyone enjoys reading and reading, it’s not sweet at all, but you got to do it. That's the way. Use the library to research helpful information as much as you can.
-Do your calculations: your GPA and stuffs
-Always add to what you know
-Always do the conventional first: do what's required of you in test or an exam first, and then spice it up with the result of your research to the lecturers delight.
-Be strong physically and psychologically: in KSU only the strong will survive
-Use your time and work with schedule
-And finally and most importantly...Know your God...
WHY YOU MUST AVOID CARRY OVER IN SCHOOL
Carry overs are not in all cases a real reflection of how intelligent or not intelligent a student is, rather it's a reflection of how unserious, unsmart (if that word exist), unchecked and uninterested a student is.
I have seen highly intelligent students have numerous carry overs and relatively dull students pass through without carry overs. Such is life, that's why a coin is two sided. Carry over can also be a result of unfortunate and unlucky incidents, such as missing scripts, lecturer's attitude towards marking your script, or even a student's handwriting (that's right).
I have once been a victim of an unlucky situation. I was not around Kogi State when an assignment worth 20 marks was been submitted, when I heard about it I quickly rushed back to school from Lagos to get mine submitted. Unluckily for me, the lecturer in charge of the course is very strict and sent me out of his office. I thought to myself," I still have 80 marks to fight for so why panic".
This lecturer is the kind that barely comes to class, but he gave us a material to read ahead of his exam. For most part of Monday evenings we'll wait in class expecting him to come to class but he never does. On the day I decided I wasn't going to wait in class for him, he showed up in class and seeing how scanty the class was he decided to conduct test with the little number of students in class.
The test was for 20 marks and I missed it, making it 40 marks missed already which ruled me out of contention to score an A. Words can't describe how devastated I was during this period, my worst fear of carrying over a course is lurking around me. I tried bottling my sadness and fear until the lecturer announced that marks will deducted for every undotted Is and uncrossed Ts in his exam, he was basically asking for a perfectly written error free exam which looked impossible under the sort of pressure we were in.
I prayed to God about the situation, focused a little bit more on that course than the others, did a whole lot of library work and research and when the exam came around I completely smashed it, narrowly escaping a carryover (which many of my mates had) that would have completely changed the dynamics of my academics.
Am still grateful to God till today, who knows what it might have been....
Reasons why you must completely avoid carry overs:
-It brings you down;
A) Academically: having carry-over means you have F (0) in that course. It’s bad, it’s really bad. Having an E(2) or a D(4) is far better than having a carryover. It means you just scored 0 after studying a course for a semester and it will definitely reflect on your result.
B) Psychologically: having a carryover affects the psyche of a student. It’s that evil. You don't feel whole again, you won't feel yourself among your peers anymore; you'll feel devastated, less intelligent, less smart and so on. Carry overs inflict serious psychological damage on the bearer. It brings your thinking and psyche to the lowest minimum.
C) Physically: keeping tabs with your main courses is physically tasking enough, add carry overs to that and you'll barely sleep at night. You have to meet up with the time table of your main courses, then meet up with the schedule of your carry over courses, that's so physically demanding, it’s almost like punishment.
-It's hard to recover: even though its technically possible to recover from the evils of carry overs and get your academics back on track, it's extremely difficult and take so much determination and hard work.
-The odds aren't favourable: the odds of you graduating with a great result or a good result shifts every time you carry over a course. Imagine doing a carry-over course in place of an easy to pass elective course...
-It leads to self-esteem issues: when you are writing a carryover paper with guys that are below you, it’s a hard hit on your esteem and confidence level. You certainly won't be the most confident person on campus, in fact you'll be the least confident, if you're not then its either you're shameless, delusional, dull or completely out of touch.
-It’s a bad experience all together: the demanding schedule, the insult by lecturers, the embarrassment of writing a carry-over exam with your "juniors"...it’s a bad experience all together.
How To Avoid A Carry Over:
-Never joke with your Continuous Assessment C.A
-Always be around class and get adequately informed
-Serious studying: studying isn't every one's bread and butter, not everyone enjoys reading and reading, it’s not sweet at all, but you got to do it. That's the way. Use the library to research helpful information as much as you can.
-Do your calculations: your GPA and stuffs
-Always add to what you know
-Always do the conventional first: do what's required of you in test or an exam first, and then spice it up with the result of your research to the lecturers delight.
-Be strong physically and psychologically: in KSU only the strong will survive
-Use your time and work with schedule
-And finally and most importantly...Know your God...
UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS WORK STUDY PROGRAMME 2016 BEGINS
Wednesday, 5 August 2015
UNILORIN POST UTME FORM 2015/2016
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