NGF NEW "SECRETARIAT"...YOU CANT BUT FEEL SOME GOVERNORS WERE IN MAGIC OR YAHOO-YAHOO BUSINESS BEFORE POLITICS!

JANG’S FACTION OF GOVERNORS’ FORUM OPENS PARALLEL SECRETARIAT

[caption id="attachment_9448" align="aligncenter" width="480"] Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang[/caption]

The Governor Jonah Jang faction of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, has commissioned its secretariat in the Maitama District of Abuja.

The secretariat, a butter colour two-storey building, located at No 2, Nana Street, Maitama District, was officially opened by Mr. Jang, Plateau State Governor and his self-appointed NGF Vice Chairman, Olusegun Mimiko, the Ondo State Governor.

Altogether, 14 state governors and two deputies were present at the event. The governors present include Kaduna, Kogi, Abia, Katsina, Ondo, Plateau, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Delta, Ebonyi and Taraba States. The deputy governors present were those of Benue and Gombe.

NGF, an association of the 36 state governors in Nigeria was factionalized Friday when 18 governors refused to accept the re-election of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state as chairman. Mr. Amaechi defeated Mr. Jang  by 19 votes to 16 to emerge chairman.

Vice President Namadi Sambo was not present as expected.

By Sani Tukur

FOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY, OSOGBO -POST UTME SCREENING FOR 2013/2014 ACADEMIC SESSION TO HOLD ON 6TH JULY 2013

ADMISSION OF STUDENTS FOR THE 2013 / 2014 ACADEMIC SESSION

[caption id="attachment_9437" align="aligncenter" width="593"] FOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS,OSHOGBO[/caption]

Fountain University is a private university established by the Nasrul-Lahi-Il-Fatih Society of Nigeria on May 2007 and started operating in January 2008. The vision of the University is to be a pace-setting institution in terms of learning, character-building and service to humanity. Its mission is to produce competent and resourceful graduates with high moral standards.
Its philosophy is the total development of men and women in an enabling environment through appropriate teaching, research work and service to humanity, influenced by Islamic Ethics and Culture.
Fountain University has finally scheduled its POST UTME Screening for 2013/2014 Academic Session to hold on Saturday 6th July, 2013 by 10 a.m at the university campus ground, All Fountain aspirants are asked to be at the university ground before time.
The university runs a fully residential policy for all undergraduate programs .
Endowed scholarships are available for brilliant but indigent students while the university scholarships are awarded to brilliant students.
(DEGREE AND PRE-DEGREE PROGRAMMES)
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the Screening Exercise for admission into the DEGREE and PRE-DEGREE Programs for the 2013/2014 Academic Session commencing OCTOBER 2013.
(i) GENERAL ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
a. Candidates applying for admission into Pre-Degree Program must possess minimum of four (4) O’level credit passes in subjects which must include English Language and Mathematics for Sciences and Management & Social Sciences. Candidates with deficiencies in their O’level results will be considered; but such candidates are however, required to make up for any deficiency before the 2014/2015 admission exercise.
b. Candidates applying for admission into any Undergraduate Program must possess a minimum of five (5) O’level credit passes at not more than two sittings in WAEC/NECO SSCE AND GCE which must include credit passes in English Language and Mathematics, and any other THREE subjects relevant to the proposed course of study OBTAINED WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
c. Direct Entry Candidates are expected to possess a good Diploma in their choice of Course (With minimum of Lower Credit) from reputable Polytechnics or Universities OR equivalent A’ Level Passes (including IJMB) in relevant subjects.

Direct entry students are expected to also purchase the direct entry form of the Joint Admissions & Matriculation Board.
Candidates awaiting results can also apply provided there is the assurance that such results will be available before Matriculation in December, 2013.
(ii) Upon successful completion of the Pre-Degree Program, candidates who must also satisfy the minimum score in the 2014/2015 JAMB Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME),would have opportunity of being placed in any of the following Degree Programs;
COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES
( i ) Department of Biological Sciences
a) Microbiology
b) Plant Science and Taxonomy
c) Genetics and Biotechnology
d) Zoology and Animal Systematics
(ii) Department of Chemical Sciences
a) Biochemistry and Nutrition
b) Chemistry
c) Industrial and Environmental Chemistry
(iii) Department of Physics, Electronics and Earth Sciences
a) Physics
b) Physics and Electronics
c) Engineering Physics
d) Geophysics
e) Geology
(iv) Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences
a) Mathematics
b) Computer Science
c) Statistics and Biometrics
(v) Department of Renewable Resources and Environmental Management
a) Aquaculture and Fisheries Management
b) Natural Ecosystem Science and Management
c) Biodiversity, Conservation and Utilization
d) Wood Science
COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(i) Department of Economics and Financial Studies
a) Economics
b) Accounting
c) Business Administration
d) Banking and Finance
(ii) Department of Political Science and Administration
a) Political Science and Public Administration
b) Industrial Relations and Personnel Management
(iii) Department of Psychology and Sociology
a) Psychology
b) Sociology
c) Social Works and Administration
FEES AND OTHER INFORMATION

The current school fees is N341,500 for the Degree Program. The fee is payable in two instalments of 60:40 ratio at the beginning of First Semester and Second Semester respectively. Every new student will pay N25,000 as Acceptance fee before collection of Admission letter. Students will be responsible for their feeding in the University Restaurants on PAY AS YOU EAT BASIS.
PURCHASE OF APPLICATION FORM
Application forms can be accessed on the home page of the University Website: www.fountainuniversity.edu.ng after obtaining a teller for the payment of a fee of N5,500 at any of the Branches of:
GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC (Acct No 0035759013)
WEMA BANK PLC (Acct No: 0121793412)
SKYE BANK PLC (Acct No: 1790084888) in Nigeria.

CANDIDATES ARE REQUIRED TO PRINT OUT THE COMPLETED ONLINE FORM AND COME ALONG WITH THE PRINTED COPY, THE TELLER FOR PAYMENT AND ALL CREDENTIALS TO ATTEND THE SCREENING INTERVIEW

Contact 08033599525, 08053528148, 07035670556, and 08054304742 for any further information.
REGISTRAR


 

APPLYING TO JAMB FOR RE-MARK OF YOUR SCRIPT(S)? WATCH OUT!...SURELY THERE IS SOME NAKED CRAZINESS IN OUR COUNTRY!

How to apply for JAMB to re-mark your script

[caption id="attachment_8920" align="aligncenter" width="593"] Prof Dibu Ojerinde[/caption]

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board has release steps to take by candidates who are not satisfied with their 2013 UTME scores.

Sometimes ago, the Registrar of the examination board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde had asked the 2013 JAMB UTME Candidates who feel their scripts were not well-marked by JAMB to apply for remarking and if any mistakes were found, JAMB would compensate candidate with the sum of N100,000.

The steps are as follows:

Step 1. Go to JAMB’s office, located in Abuja.

Step 2. You are to pay an application fee of N10,000, and a receipt will be issued to you.

Step 3. Your answer script  will be retrieved and re-marked in your presence.

NOTE: The initial N10,000 you will pay is not refundable if you were given the right score by JAMB.

Once your scripts are marked, there are two possibilities

1 .If you were scored correctly by JAMB, you'll lose your N10,000 and you should therefore look ahead toward another exam in 2014.


PLEASE TAKE NOTE BEFORE WASTING YOUR TIME AND MONEY TO ABUJA

a).Any script marked A or C WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.ONLY SCRIPTS HAVING B,D,I,U or D,I,B,U qualify for remarking!

b)This arrangement might imply that if you do not have your result by now there is a very high possibility that your deposit might achieve nothing.


2.If  your script(s) qualifies and JAMB made a mistake by giving you a wrong score, this will prompt JAMB to officially apologize for its mistake and the inconvenience caused.The Board will not only officially recognize your actual score,but will also give a compensation of N100,000!

The procedure starts on the 3rd of June 2013..

By Feyi Afisunlu/DAILY POST


OTHER REMINDERS

1. Purchase of Change of Course/Institution Scratch Cards ends on Monday, June 3, 2013.


2. Purchase of Change of Course/Institution Scratch Cards ends on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

This information was extracted from Jamb Official Website, you can read it in Jamb Official website by clicking on the link... http://www.jamb.org.ng/

3.HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR JAMB, POST UTME, O LEVEL COMPOSITE

Your Jamb score is allocated 50%, hence your jamb score is divided by 8. Your O level is 20%

It is calculated using the 5 core subjects as follows


*A1-6points
*B2-5
*B3-4
*C4-3
*C5-2
*C6-1

The total points is then mutiplied by 2/3.
Your Post utme score is multiplied by 0.3

Example: a candidate had 202 in Jamb and his O level goes thus. Maths-B3, Chemistry-C4, Biology- B2, English-C5, Physics-C6, Economic-B3, Geography-A1 and had 58% in the post utme.

To calculate his composite, this is how it’s done.

Jamb score divided by 8 i.e 202/8=25.25

For the O level, only 5 subjects (math, english, chemistry, biology, and physics) are needed. There he has Math-B3-4points,English-C5-2point,Chemistry-C4-3points,Biology-B2-5points, Physics-C6-1point

Total gross points for O level= 4+2+3+5+1=15. This score is then multiplied by 2/3 i.e 15 x 2/3=10.

His post utme score is multiplied by 0.3. I.e 58 x 0.3=17.4

Therefore, James composite is the sum of these 3 scores I.e Jamb+O’level+po­st utme. That is 25.25+10+17.4=5 ­2.65

Hence, the candidate's composite is 52.65

4..2013/2014 POST-UME CUT OFF MARKS FOR COURSES!

Below are the cut-off Marks for all Nigeria Universities

FACULTY OF SCIENCE COURSES: 50-60%

FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMIN: 60%

FACULTY OF ARTS AND LANGUAGES: 50%

FACULTY OF PHARMACY: 60%

FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES: 65% (EXCEPT MEDICINE 70%)

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING:65%

FACULTY OF EDUCATION: 50-55%

FACULTY OF LAW: 60-65%

FACULTY OF RELIGION(ARTS): 50%

FACULTY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: 60%

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES: 65%

These cut -off points/ranges are universal to all Federal and State Universities and are the minima anyone would need to score/achieve in their Post-UTME exam to have a shot at admission in their desired faculty. However, the benchmark can be increased or decreased depending on the average scores of candidates. Where the success rate is high, the first choice candidates will be given priority.

ASK SOME PARENTS OR STUDENTS TO GO TO WAEC AND THEY FEEL YOU HAVE ASKED THEM TO GO TO ASO ROCK.HERE IS AN INTERNAL ANNUAL REPORT TO GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO THE WAY WAEC THINKS AND WORKS.

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2009_Registrars_Annual_Report

Please download and give us some feedback after reading this report. To those who always think those at WAEC are fools you'll definitely be surprised at how much WAEC puts into curbing exam malpractices! A bit long but every page is worthwhile of the time spent.


Good luck.

16,OOO CANCELLED JAMB RESULTS...THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION TALKS ABOUT UPHOLDING SOCIETAL VALUES WHILE HER SECOND IN COMMAND JOINS IN DOWNGRADING DEMOCRATIC VALUES...WHERE ARE WE GOING? WHO WILL USE THE BOOK THEY THEMSELVES DON'T BELIEVE IN?

Why 16,000 JAMB results were cancelled – Minister

[caption id="attachment_827" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Prof (Mrs) Ruqqayat Rufai (April 2010-Present)[/caption]

ABUJA — Minister of Education, Prof. Ruquayyatu Rufa’i, has explained that 16,000 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, results were cancelled by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, because of examination malpractices by the candidates.

Rufa’i spoke through Mr. Julius Ameh, yesterday, in Abuja, during the presentation of the Teachers’ Guide for the teaching of the National Values Curriculum, NVC,  in Basic Education, which was funded by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC.

She said: ”We shall be resolute in our decisions as there shall be no sacred cows. Nobody, no matter how highly placed, will be allowed to get away with the breach of the law or perpetration of corruption and evil in our colleges and tertiary institutions.”

[caption id="attachment_1985" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Chief (Barr.) Ezenwo Nyesom Wike – Honourable Minister[/caption]

The minister said the inclusion of the guide into the numerous literature available in the education sector, especially on corruption and value orientation, was an indication of the premium which the administration placed on education and transparency in the conduct of government business.

She said: “It is also an eloquent testimony of the present administration’s determination to heal the wounds of the past quickly, put the ugly past behind and use the new NVC to stretch hands of fellowship to aggrieved Nigerians for complete reconciliation.“The Nigerian child must be encouraged and taught that integrity pays.”His self respect must be restored and his growth process rewarded through  mentoring and parental care.”” she added.

Chairman of ICPC, Ekpo Nta, in his address, said that the NVC was applicable at all levels of education and was designed to expose the Nigerian child to a value-based curriculum that incorporates ethical values into academic studies from the early years to adulthood.

“The curriculum has been infused into subjects and courses at basic, post-basic and teacher-education levels. It has also been infused into the curriculum of mass literacy and non-formal education,” he said. Nta further pointed out the need for teachers to be trained and properly oriented on the methodology and behavioural imperatives for imparting such values.

“We therefore, request commissioners for education and chairmen of SUBEB  to order for more copies of the teachers’ guide such that every school in the basic education system in each state is given enough copies for the use of teachers,” he added.

The Executive Secretary of National Educational Research Development Council, NERDC, Prof. Godwill Obioma, explained that the NVC as approved by the National Council on Education, NCE,  in 2004 was to educate young Nigerians on their duties, rights as well as obligations to themselves and the society.

He added that ICPC and NERDC developed the Teachers’ Guide to assist teachers as implementers of the NVC, to acquire the knowledge as well as serve as a source of materials for the teaching of the new ideas.

“The Teachers’ Guide is expected to make the implementation of the NVC easier for teachers. It is meant to serve as a resource material for the effective implementation of the NVC,” Obioma further said.

By CALEB AYANSINA/VANGUARD

TEACHERS STRIP SEARCH STUDENTS DURING MATH EXAM

Quebec teachers strip search students during math exam

SAINT-JEROME, QC – A school board north of Montreal has launched an internal investigation after school staff strip searched 28 high school students to find a cellphone during a year-end exam.



The board admits that staff at Cap-Jeunesse high school in Saint-Jerome, QC, “lacked judgment” for asking 28 Grade 10 students to remove their clothes when a phone went missing last week.

The students were ordered to put their phones on a teacher’s desk to prevent cheating during a math exam but one phone was unaccounted for, prompting teachers to order the strip search.

“They put us in a small room,” one teenage girl, who didn’t give her name, told QMI Agency. “(They said) ‘take off your bra, then raise your arms.’ They even tapped us on theSchool board spokeswoman Nadyne Brochu admits the teachers went too far.



The school where the search took place.

“It was a disproportionate action under the circumstances,” she said.

“These are not measures that are recommended by either the school or the school board.”

Brochu said the school principal was not told about the decision to conduct the strip search.

“In the heat of the action, the decision seemed the best,” she said. “Once officials heard what had happened, they immediately contacted the students’ parents to explain the situation.”

The board didn’t say if the teachers will face disciplinary action, saying only that “an administrative investigation is ongoing.”

Students will have an option to re-take the exam, says Brochu, who admits “the climate was not conducive to a good test.”

via Sun News

WE LOVE OUR NOLLYWOOD...BUT HERE IS ONE OF ITS EVIL EFFECTS ON OUR PSYCHE...SHALL WE EVER BE FREE?

DPO COLLECTS SAND FROM COURT PREMISES FOR SUSPECTED RITUALS

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OWERRI— Eagle-eyed security officers at the Imo State Customary Court of Appeal, Owerri, yesterday apprehended a man, who came into the premises to collect sand for suspected ritual purposes.

The man, who was still held at the security gate when Vanguard visited the scene at 3.30p.m, not only gave his name as Alphonsus Madu but claimed to be a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, serving in Akwa Ibom State Police Command.

“My name is Alphonsus Madu. I am a Deputy Superintendent of Police. I am the Ika Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in Akwa Ibom State Police Command,”Madu told Vanguard.

On why he came under the heavy rain to collect sand from the court premises, Madu confessed that he has a case pending in the court.

He said: “I have a land matter pending in the Customary Court of Appeal, Owerri. I have been fasting all day in respect of the matter. I came to pick some sand from the court premises in continuation of my fasting and prayer.”

Asked why he chose a non-working day to carry out his mission, he claimed that Sunday was the only opportunity he had to visit Owerri.

When reminded that the court was a hallowed establishment and this singular act was capable of terminating his service, Madu told Vanguard that he was very sorry.

He said: “I am not here for ritual purposes. I have no intention to go into any ritual. I only needed the sand for my personal prayers. I am afraid that this act may jeopardize my service.”

Contacted on his mobile line, Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Katsina, said: “Even if the man is a serving police officer, he has no reason to be in the court premises on Sunday and under the heavy rain.”

Katsina said he would interview the man today to ascertain if truly he is a police officer and why he preferred visiting the court premises under the rain to collect sand.

“The man must be a funny human being. Does he not know the security situation in the country? I have ordered the DPO, New Owerri Division to bring him to my office for interview,” the CP said.

Efforts to reach the President, Customary Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Pius Ifeanyi Okpara, for his comments failed as he was said to be slightly indisposed to talk to anybody.

BY CHIDI NKWOPARA/VANGUARD