WILL GEJ BOKO HARAM ALL CAMPUSES WITH EMERGENCY DECLARATION IF ASUU REFUSES TO BUDGE?

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ASUU dares FG over sack

Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities [ASUU], Calabar Zone, has reacted angrily to the order to return to the classrooms issued to them by the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, saying that the action would worsen the strike action rather than solving the problem.

ASUU accused the minister of deceiving  President Jonathan on the crisis, alleging that Wike and some other unnamed officials of the Government did not want the lingering problem between the union and the Federal Government to be resolved.

According to the zonal coordinator of ASUU Calabar zone, Dr. Charles Ononuju, with such threat the crisis would linger far longer than expected.

In a statement in Umuahia,. Ononuju said that the union received with shock the pronouncement by the supervising minister, saying the crisis could not be resolved that way.

“We received with shock the pronouncement of by the Supervising Minister of Education, Wike, that lecturers should resume work or be sacked”, Ononuju said.

He said that the union had gone far with discussion on how to resolve the crisis and was waiting for President Goodluck Jonathan’s reply to their letter after their meeting when the minister came up with the “unfortunate” pronouncement.

“Sacking lecturers will not solve the problem but will compound it. Wike should resign and come to the university and teach. This is not the way to go if they go this way, the crisis will not be resolved in the next 100 years”, he warned

WHICH IS WORSE?...ASUU'S 5-MONTH OLD STRIKE OR JONATHAN'S MILITARY ORDERS?...WILL ASUU SEEK RESTRAINING ORDER FROM COURT?...WHAT IF NLC COMPOUNDS THE MATTER?

Govt orders varsity teachers to resume work before Dec. 

• Directs VCs to sack, advertise vacancies
• ASUU says threat may prolong strike

FUMING at the failure of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike, the Federal Government yesterday directed the immediate reopening of all its universities.
  It also directed that the position of any teacher who does not resume by December 4, 2013 should be declared vacant and advertised.
  The Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, made the position of the government known while briefing journalists yesterday in Abuja.
  But the ASUU yesterday dared the Federal Government, insisting that the strike was a legal action. It warned that the threat would only make the strike to linger.
  Wike said: “All vice-chancellors of the federal universities that are currently on strike should immediately reopen for academic and allied activities as directed by pro-chancellors.
  “Any academic member of staff who fails to resume on or before December 4, 2013 automatically ceases to be an employee of the institution.
  “Vice-chancellors should ensure that members of staff who resume for work are provided with the enabling environment for academic and allied activities.”     
  The minister also directed the National Universities Commission (NUC) to monitor the compliance of the directives by the various institutions.
  He revealed that as a responsible government, “we cannot allow the continuous closure of our public universities for this length of time (five months), as this poses a danger to the educational system, the future of our youths and national development.”
   Wike noted that the Federal Government had met all its commitments and obligations with respect to the FG/ASUU 2009 Agreement.
  “The Federal Government initiated a series of meetings between her team led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), including the Ministers of Education, Finance, and Labour and Productivity, and other top government officials with the executive of ASUU. It should be noted that a joint Senate and House Committee on Education also intervened without success. A committee was also inaugurated for the implementation of the Needs Assessment Report.
   “As a further demonstration of government’s commitment to resolving the crisis, His Excellency, Namadi Sambo, GCON, Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on behalf of the Federal Government, intervened and invited ASUU to the meeting where the two contentious issues of Earned Allowances and Funding, for the revitalisation of the universities, were discussed and resolutions reached. There was still no positive response for ASUU.
  “Consequently, on November 4, 2013, in a 13-hour meeting, His Excellency, President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, met with ASUU executive, Labour union leaders from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), where all the issues were resolved and firm commitments were made to address the lingering issues.”      

He noted that the President’s gestures were enough to guarantee the commitment of government to addressing all issues as resolved at the meetings.
  “At the end of the meeting with the President, the ASUU executive promised to meet with its NEC to present all the resolutions reached and report back by Friday, November 8, 2013. It is unfortunate that while travelling to attend the NEC meeting in Kano, we lost a key member and former President of the union, Prof. Festus Iyayi. Government sympathises with the family of the late Iyayi and ASUU.”
   He, however, revealed that three weeks after the meeting with the President, ASUU responded by giving new conditions for suspending the strike.
  He hinted that government had reviewed the situation and come to the conclusion that the continuation of the strike was an attempt by ASUU to sabotage all efforts to address the issues.
  But ASUU said the threat further buttressed its earlier claim that the Federal Government was not committed to implementing any resolutions it reached with the union.
  In his reaction, the National Treasurer of ASUU, Dr. Ademola Aremu, said the Federal Government was wasting the time of Nigerians and youths in the country by failing to perfect the resolutions and get the strike suspended.
  The union said it had reasons to be wary following the failure of government to honour its promises to polytechnic teachers, resident doctors, and health workers who have suspended their strikes.
  ASUU added that the threat was an insult to the sensibilities of Nigerians who were waiting for the Federal Government for positive reaction.
  “With the latest action, the Federal Government has shown that it is not committed to its word. We are saying that since we agreed at the meeting that the sum of N200 billion is for 2012 and 2013 revitalisation, the Federal Government should deposit same in the Central Bank of Nigeria. We are already in November and December is around the corner. If they don’t do that now, when do they want to do it? We are saying the non-victimisation clause should be included as agreed while the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement should be included as agreed with the President.
  “It is a pity if the Federal Government is not willing to perfect the resolutions reached with the union. This is why we find it difficult to trust our leaders by their words. How can someone be threatening to sack lecturers when universities are already short-staffed by almost 60,000? We are not in a military era.   The military tried it and failed. This one will fail again. Government can reopen the schools. ASUU did not shut down the universities. It was the school management that ordered the students to go back home.”
   Aremu berated Wike, saying it was a shame that the Federal Government would wait for four months to take any step and scuttle the strike through military orders.
  “We are saying the government should show commitment to the resolutions. It should address the issues before it: we are not demanding any extra kobo. This is another long path to make the strike linger more than necessary.”
  Meanwhile, Ekiti students in tertiary institutions who were tired of the strike yesterday took their case to God.
  They held a prayer session and sought divine intervention in the impasse. The session, held at Lady Jibowu Hall, Ekiti Government House, had in attendance the Deputy Governor, Prof. Modupe Adelabu and some clerics.
  In her remarks, the deputy governor noted that the students did the right thing by taking their petition to God. She described as unfortunate that both parties to the dispute – ASUU and the Federal Government – remained adamant despite interventions from well-meaning Nigerians.

GUARDIAN

REMINDER TO STUDENTS, SCHOOLS AND PARENTS:JAMB 2014: REGISTRATION CLOSES 14TH MARCH, EXAM HOLDS SAT. APRIL 5TH 2014

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has designated 256 centres for the 2014/2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) Computer Based Test (CBT) across the country.

Mr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Head of Public Relations, made the disclosure in a telephone interview on Monday in Lagos.
Benjamin said that the centres were increased from 56 in 2012/2013 to 256 for the forthcoming examination.
He said that the increase was made to accommodate the large number of candidates applying for the CBT.

“Application form is out; preparation for the technical aspect is in top gear and we are always ready.
“Centres that had hitches during the 2012/2013 examination will be corrected, while some may not be used.
“What we already have on ground is close to perfection,“ he said.

The board, in an earlier statement, had announced the commencement of the sale of the application forms for the 2014/2015 academic session UTME.

It advised qualified candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria that online registration would be on until March 14, 2014, while the website would be closed on March 25.

JAMB said that the examination would be conducted on April 5, 2014 for those writing the Paper Pencil Test (PPT) and Dual Based Test (DBT).

It said that the date for the Computer Based Test (CBT) would be announced later.
The board said that the examination centres of the candidates would depend on their chosen towns during online registration.

FOR NIGERIAN SECONDARY SCHOOLS' ATTENTION...MORE GIRLS NEED BEENCOURAGED ABOUT COMPUTERS BEYOND TWEETING AND FACEBOOK BROWSING!

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Code secrets: The real reasons why girls need to become computer geeks

Pennsylvania junior-high girls learn computer coding skills through AspireIT, a program sponsored by the National Council for Women and Information Technology.

Summary

Computer science jobs are plentiful and well paid and can offer career flexibility and chances to work from home. So why do so few women choose to study computer science?

National Edition (U.S)

This story is part of the Deseret News National Edition, which focuses on the issues that resonate with American families.

Nobody told eighth-grader Cassidy Williams that computer programming isn’t for girls. Williams overheard a schoolmate talking about the website he was making, and decided she wanted one, too. So she built one.

That was seven years ago. Chicago native Williams still remembers combing the Internet for free help in using computer programming languages — a skill called coding. With persistence, she picked up a bit of HTML, a smattering of CSS and a smidge of Javascript. She was on her way.

Like a tourist who arrives in Paris barely able to say “Bonjour,” Williams expanded her coding vocabulary by surmounting new challenges. Before long, she could flow graphic elements and text on the colorful, “silly” Web pages she cobbled together. A photo gallery came next, and a chat room followed. When Williams invited her schoolgirl chums to the site, a lively social community blossomed within her creation.

“This was before Facebook, and they were all embracing it just as much as I was,” Williams recalls. At the time, no one mentioned the words “geek” or “nerd.” No one told her that girls don’t code. That would come later.

Few girls and women learn computer programming skills in the United States, and the number who do is falling. In 1990-91, 29 percent of all undergraduate computer and information science bachelor’s degrees went to women, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Now, only 18 percent do. A growing band of experts say those numbers must change — not only to give women better opportunities, but to strengthen the U.S. economy. By 2020, there will be 1.4 million open jobs in fields related to computing, and at current U.S. graduation rates for computer science degrees, two-thirds will go unfilled by Americans.

“There are a lot of unfilled technology jobs that have to be outsourced because we don’t have people with the right skills,” said Ruthe Farmer, the National Center for Women and Information Technology’s director of strategic initiatives. “There is a talent shortage.”

Computer-related careers are a great option for women who need to balance work and family, experts say. Jobs are plentiful, and entry-level salaries range around $80,000-$100,000. Some technology jobs have flexible schedules. And many computer programmers work online from their homes.

Where are the girls?

Researchers who look at causes for the declining percentage of women in technology fields cite difficulties of breaking into an increasingly male-dominated world, lack of positive role models in media, and societal messages that cast computer programming as a masculine pursuit.

“Girls aren’t getting the same kind of encouragement as boys are getting,” Farmer said. “We think it’s the same, but it really isn’t.”

Girls receive too little exposure to what computer scientists really do, and they lack positive female role models in computing fields, she added. Stereotypes about nerdy women in technology fields abound. Social isolation in male-dominated classes and careers is a problem, too. To many girls, breaking into computer-related careers seems almost like storming a clubhouse with “Girls Keep Out” scrawled on the door.

Cassidy Williams confronted that reality when she showed up for the first day of Advanced Placement Computer Science as a high school junior and found herself surrounded by boys. And, outside class, a chorus of discouraging comments arose.

“People would say things like ‘girls don’t go into that,’ or ‘that doesn’t sound very fun,’ ” Williams remembers. “But it is fun,” she would reply. “Have you seen the websites I’ve made?”

deseretnews.com

10 STRATEGIC TIPS FOR UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS IN THE COMING YEAR 2014...ALSO TO BE READ BEFORE FILLING YOUR JAMB REGISTRATION FORMS!

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How to be successful in Jamb 2014 Examination

Tip 1. Following the words of the JAMB Registrar after the 2013 exercise, Prof Dibu Ojerinde said: “We have gone digital in JAMB.” What he meant by ‘going digital’ is that  in the Jamb 2014/2015 UTME examination the Computer Based Test is likely to be more popular than it was in 2013 . To avoid surprises in the exam hall, we encourage participants to learn how to operate a computer system which is as simple as ABC. In the examination hall, your computer will be “timed”  and when it reaches the allotted time, it will switch off, even if you have not answered any question! So the call to be fast is important.

Tip 2. All admission-seeking candidates in the Jamb 2014, mostly candidates from  the Southern states are advised to make early registrations  to avoid missing out on available centers. Last season (Jamb 2013), with a record number of 1.8 million candidates centres were exhausted  within three months of beginning of registrations, and late registrants were pushed to the North, north east and north central zones  to take their examinations.If you are not used to the the north, why risk going there to write your Jamb exam? A lot of candidates missed  last year’s jamb exams due to this problem.So we encourage you to purchase the form  and register VERY EARLY!

Tip 3. Applicants who wrote the JAMB 2013/2014 UTME examination and selected the Paper and Pencil Type (PPT) were basically victims of various inefficiencies of by the board, with majority of them, forced to settle with scores that are not theirs. We therefore advise candidates applying for the JAMB 2014/2015 UTME to thread carefully, on what  type of exam to select, We recommend the Computer Based Test (CBT) and if you are good with computers, and there is no need to be scared of it. From last year’s experience, many candidates who chose CBT came out with flying colours.

Tip 4. From statistics, over 1.8 million students registered  for the 2013 exams but less than 500,000  were going to be admitted.Let us also note that  about 1.2 million students may also be in their final secondary school years now.So more than 2 million candidates may  participate in the next exams in 2014. We therefore suggest an all-round  preparations by candidates. One way to beat  JAMB is to read more tips on http://lagosbooksclub.com  and her sister blogs.


Tip 5. Only very confident candidates should select from the most popular institutions such as UNILAG,OAU,UI,UNN,UNIBEN,UNILORIN,UNIZIK,FUTO,UNIPORT,ABU...


These are about the most popular institutions in Nigeria. The reason why we recommend that you stay away from these universities is to boost your chances of admission and not because you are not intelligent, Admission slots are very limited and the competition for these institutions is fiercer. Also if a Federal University is not your catchment area, then your chances of getting admitted is equal to zero. But still, if you must choose any of them please also look for courses that are not too competitive. Take note of all these before you register.


Tips 6. All candidates  are  also advised to be very careful in their selection of courses.It is no news that the following courses USUALLY have the highest number of applicants.
• Medicine And Surgery
• Economics
• Accounting
• Law/Civil Law
• Pharmacy etc.
• Mechanical Engr/Civil/Elect Elect etc.

Selecting one of the above means you will be competing with thousands of candidates for the space, which is likely to be lesser than hundreds in all the Institutions. But if you are however interested in any of the above courses, you must learn how to balance your selections appropriately to increase your chances of getting admitted. Ensure you also select courses such as EDUCATION that have fewer numbers of candidates. By so doing, you can be sure of a higher probability of admission.You may thereafter apply for a change of course after been admitted. This suggestion is to  boost your chances of and not because you are not intelligent.The reality is that the slots of many of these courses are limited, competition is higher and you are getting older.After factoring in ASUU there is a possibility may get discouraged or age  before ones time. Hence, make hay while the sun shines.

Tip 7. These days it has also become important  that you know about the accreditation status of the course(s) you want to apply for in your choice Institutions before submitting your application.

What is accreditation of  a course?
Some university offer courses that have not been approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC), and if you end up in one of those departments not eventually approved you would have wasted your years for nothing. You won’t be given any original certificate by the University! For example; Medicine and Surgery has NOT been accredited in the Benue State University, BSUM and many others Universities, and candidates  admitted there might  end up spending 8+ years in vain.

How will you know if your course has been accredited in your choice institution?
You can know this from the Jamb 2014 Brochure that will be given to you when you purchase the Jamb 2014-2015 UTME Form.


Tip 8. Most Institutions require a cut-off of 240 in the JAMB-UTME. (example of such institution is University of Ilorin) the minimum cut off for Medicine in Unilorin is 240 and 220+ for major courses, while admission at the University of Ibadan and Unilag begins with your O-Level results, therefore, its very important that you have the basic requirements of the Institution before applying for admission. In fact, this apply to almost all the Institutions in Nigeria. Ensure you have your COMPLETE O’LEVEL RESULTS for your chosen courses before buying Jamb, if you don’t have… you are only going to frustrate yourself. Even when you are admitted, you will be screened out after they collect your acceptance  and school fees.

Tip 9. DO NOT apply for admission into Institutions outside your catchment areas.You lower your chances of being admitted by doing so

What are catchment areas?(See your Jamb Brochure for more notes in this)

Tip 10. Take note: Once you have submitted your application form for the JAMB 2014/2015 UTME and gotten registered through an approved centre there is no more opportunity to initiate any change.Therefore, we advice candidates to check all the fields properly, including passport, names,  institutions of choice and fingerprints before submission.This is because all would be verified one time or the other along ehe way before you are admitted for the Examination.

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• Jamb 2014/2015 Reminders...read Before You Fill Your Application Form!...(part 1)

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We need quotations for  supply of 4 scanners and installment...please send to lagosbooksclub@ yahoo.com or 08033010872

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TO STUDENTS, PARENTS,SCHOOLS,CHURCHES AND MOSQUES...HERE ARE REASONS/ ADVANTAGES OF REGISTERING YOUR WARDS FOR JAMB 2014 THROUGH OUR CENTRE (EDUPEDIA ASSOCIATES)

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Kindly note that our office,EDUPEDIA ASSOCIATES is a duly registered and accredited JAMB/UTME registration centre for 2014.You can confirm this  through here..


http://jamb.org.ng/unifiedtme/RegistrationCentres.aspx...

On getting to this page please TYPE LAGOS and filter it with FESTAC  in the two spaces provided.You'll  then see the list of all such centres in FESTAC WITH OUR NAME EDUPEDIA ASSOCIATES AT NUMBER 7.

ADVANTAGES/SERVICES WE SHALL PROVIDE YOU ON PAYMENT OF N700

The advantages you'll have in registering through us are many.These include


1.Our 25-yr association and link to the JAMB office through our tutorial school called PASS which was established in 1988.This makes us believe without any atom if pride that we know how JAMB works like the back of our hands.The advantage of this is our zero tolerance for BIOMETRIC errors which delay the results of many students registered elsewhere.


2. Your registration and fingerprinting with scanners approved by JAMB PLUS 2 E-SLIPS as indicated by  the examination body.


3.To this we can add other miscellaneous advisory and follow-up services on your behalf through post-utme till admission into a higher institution.

4. We are not an overnight emergency  registration centre.Even before you fill your forms you can ask for our advice on your choices including higher institutions,courses and Jamb subjects to pick on an individual basis.


5.We can also provide group services  to jamb students on location at schools,churches, mosques,blocks of flats and closes (cul de sacs) if desired and if so invited.Discounts out of the N700 are available for group registrations and can be discussed before service.

6. Databases on our systems are available 24hrs round the clock for  change of registrations if need be and where allowed by JAMB.This is because of the location of our systems.Our internet connections are also on 24 hrs and run on one of the fastest servers in Lagos if not in Nigeria.

7.You can register with us from any place in Nigeria as long as you can be present physically in our office for less than an hour for  fingerprinting or at your location  if it is a group service.

OPTIONAL SERVICES/(N1300 -N2000 DEPENDS ON  NUMBER OF STUDENTS INVOLVED)

8.We can point out  some of the pitfalls contained in JAMB Brochures which  many students are not aware of.Some of these were listed through  posts on our 3 blogs here...


a.http://lagosbooksclub.com (this one)

b.http://lagosbooksclub.wordpress.com and

c.http://edupedianigeria.wordpress.com

8.If you choose, we can also give further explanations on many of our write-ups covering


a.How to pass JAMB exams without relying on examination hall alligators or internet and telecom cheaters.Remember how Jamb caught many students napping  this year and how many students wasted their parents money on exam subject alternatives that did not exist.

b.What to do before the exam date and in the exam hall.But we SHALL NEVER ENCOURAGE OR TEACH YOU HOW TO CHEAT or claim we can help you upgrade your results as some people do in attempts to play 419 game with students' lives

c.How to overcome Use of English which many students think they know how to handle when they actually don't.

d.Tips on how to overcome JAMB MATHS.

9. So do NOT  register ANYHOW or  ANY WHERE. Ensure you register WITH US TO AVOID BIOMETRIC PROBLEMS  AT EXAM CENTRES WHICH CAN FURTHER DELAY YOUR RESULTS.LOOK FOR DEPENDABLE OUTFITS LIKE EDUPEDIA WITH DETAILED EXPERIENCES AND TRACK RECORDS OVER SO MANY YEARS AS SHOWN HERE...http://lagosbooksclub.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/who-says-experience-does-not-matter-in-nigeriafrom-our-archives/


10.KINDLY TAKE NOTE THAT THE FIRST TELEPHONE NUMBER LISTED BY JAMB FOR US ON THEIR LIST OF REGISTERED CENTRES IS NOT  CORRECT.THE CORRECT GSM number is 08033010872 and not 08023024213 as shown.Our location as shown on the JAMB  page of approved centres is 5th Avenue,M Close,House 27,Festac,Lagos.


Thank you.

EDUPEDIA ASSOCIATES

O.O.ODUMOSU

FG CONDEMNS ASUU’S NEW DEMANDS

ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, condemned the new conditions which Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, insists must be met before the five-month old strike could be called off.

The three conditions were payment of four months salaries, which accumulated during the period of the strike; immediate implementation of the N1.2 trillion offered by the government to public universities, starting with the release of N100 billion this year and the balance of N1.1 trillion to be spread over five years from 2014.

The union also demanded that the salary arrears must not be paid in piecemeal.



These were some of the resolutions reached by members of the National Executive Council, NEC, of the union that met in Kano on Friday.

Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, condemned the new conditions but assured that he would present them before President Goodluck Jonathan.

EBSU breaks ranks, recalls students

Meanwhile, the management of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, EBSU, yesterday ordered lecturers and students of the institution to return to classes following the inability of ASUU to end its strike.

A statement by the Registrar of the institution, Mr. Sam Egwu, stressed that the institution had resolved to resume academic activities regardless of the ASUU-FG dispute, adding that academic activities would resume in all the campuses of the institution from today, Tuesday, November 26.

EBSU chapter of ASUU however, said that lecturers would not return to classes until their demands were met in line with the position of its national body.

VANGUARD

JAMB 2014/2015 REMINDERS…READ THESE BEFORE YOU FILL YOUR REGISTRATION FORM!…(PART 2)

 

 



…JAMB student

RE-BLOGGED FROM LAGOSBOOKSCLUB.WORDPRESS.COM/CLICK ON BLUE LINES BELOW

1.WHY ADMISSION TO NIGERIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IS LIKE GOING TO THIRD WORLD WAR….like-going-to-third-world

2.JAMBITES RECOUNT THEIR VARIOUS ORDEALS OVER THE YEARS…ordeals-over-the-years

3.RESULTS HAVING BIOMETRIC VALIDATION PROBLEMS…biometric-validation-problems

4.WHETHER YOU PASS WAEC OR JAMB STARTS FROM HERE AND NOW! (2)

5.DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY ANYONE HAWKING ANY “SPECIAL” BOOK ON JAMB.IT IS SCAM!

6.WHY DO MANY NIGERIAN STUDENTS FAIL JAMB? HERE ARE THE REASONS!

7.WHETHER YOU PASS WAEC OR JAMB STARTS FROM HERE AND NOW! (1)

HERE IS THE NYSC 2014 TIME- TABLE FOR BATCH A

NYSC Mobilization Time Table For 2014 Batch A S/NO Event Date 1 Registration of Foreign-trained Nigerian Graduates 9th December, 2013 - 14th February, 2014 2 Submission of Masterlist. Screening/Vetting by Mobilization Officers. 6th - 11th January, 2014 3 Coding by ICT Department. 6th - 17th January, 2014 4 Delivery of Preliminary Printouts to Mob Dept/CPIs 20th - 22nd January, 2014 5 Return of Corrected Printouts by Institutions to Mobilization Dept. 29th - 31st January, 2014 6 Correction of errors and printing of call-up letters by ICT Dept. 3rd - 23rd February, 2014 7 Sorting and Packaging of Call-up letters by ICT Dept. 24th - 28th February, 2014 8 Delivery of Call-up letters to Institutions / NYSC Secretariats 3rd - 5th March, 2014 9 2014 Batch ‘A’ Orientation Course 11th March - 1st April, 2014

ADEYEMI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION...IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL FRESHERS

The Screening Exercise for the newly admitted candidates into Adeyemi College Of Education ACE, Ondo will commence in January 2014 ( Management says the exact date will be announced soon).

Meanwhile, here are the necessary preparations and requirements for the screening exercise .

a) Payment of Acceptance Fee:
Each of the admitted candidate would pay a sum of N15,000 (fifteen thousand Naira). Only those who pay would be screened.

b) Direct Entry Students:
The admitted DE Candidates are to pay a sum of N5,000 (five thousand Naira) in lieu of PUME Screening, the receipt will be demanded for screening.

c) Payment for Change of Institution:
All candidates that are offered provisional admission through Change of Institution are to pay a sum of N15,000 (fifteen thousand Naira). The payment receipt should be shown for screening.

Account for Payment:
All the afore-mentioned fees should be paid to Adeyemi College Account with First Bank Plc, Ondo.
Account No: 2000252023

ADEKUNLE AJASIN UNIVERSITY SHUNS ASUU...STUDENTS RECALLED TO RESUME...LECTURES START ON DEC.2ND

AAUA Shuns ASUU Strike, Resumes Lectures On 2/12/201

The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), in Ondo State has recalled its students after almost five months of strike. The institution Registrar, Mr Bamidele Olotu, directed the students to resume Monday

Lectures are to start December 2.

Though the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has not officially called off the strike, AAUA has joined two other state universities, Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT), Enugu, and the Ibrahim Badamosi University, Lapai, in Niger State to reopen their schools for academic activities.

The AAUA Vice-Chancellor, Prof Femi Mimiko, had tried to pull out of the strike in September but the local ASUU branch had resisted the move.

In a statement, Olotu said the students should continue their registration on the school portal immediately.

The AAUA Student Union President, Mr. Julius Adeniyi welcomed the development and assured his fellow students of a hitch-free semester.

He said, “We are dying and rusting at home; and I am backing my Vice Chancellor on the resumption date. We are coming in and nothing will happen.”

“AYO ORITSEJAFOR IS A POLITICIAN AND NOT A PASTOR.”…SAYS WHITE GARMENT CHURCH GENERAL OVERSEER

Pentecostal pastors go to white garment churches for spiritual powers – Primate Ayodele

Primate Babatunde Ayodele, General Overseer of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Lagos, bares his mind on the proposed National Conference, Nigeria’s fate in the hands of Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in 2015, the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, airplane crashes and the crisis rocking the polity. Excerpts:

Is there any spiritual undertone to airplane crashes  in Nigeria?

There is. When there is a cleansing for the whole nation, then the aviation sector will be calm. For now, there are still going to be troubles in the sector and some ministers will be removed from the cabinet. I could see some averted plane crashes, but still, I advise that the air force and police watch their aircraft very well. The presidential fleet should also be guarded against technical faults.



*Primate Babatunde Ayodele

Nigerians do not respect God, that is why the Dana plane crash occurred the other time despite warnings from God. That also is exactly what is affecting this government. There’s going to be a lot of political turmoil in the polity. Governor Rotimi Amaechi particularly has to be very careful because they want to ground him politically; they want to rubbish him.

He also should manage his court cases well. Kwara State’s Bukola too should manage his court cases so they are not used against him. Akpabio and Presidency will face challenges. The seven governors in the New Peoples Democratic Party-nPDP- will come back to
PDP; they’re just wasting their time. The All Progressive Congress, APC, will be a strong opposition but it will not be able to overthrow the PDP in 2015.

In the end, where are these leading us; will they work in our favour as a nation?

Nigeria needs a lot of prayers to avert dangers ahead. I’ve said it several times that Nigeria is  going to break. Even this National Conference will take us nowhere! Kidnapping for instance has come to stay! Government will only do its best but it is coming to the South-west as well.   Before Nigeria splits however, we need prayers to sustain the country and end disasters. The problem is that we have a president who has turned deaf hears to the word of God. AndCAN is unfortunately nothing to write about.

You just said the national confab will lead us nowhere while most people seem optimistic about it…

There will be elections in 2015. However, the National Conference is a mere waste of resources and time because nothing will come out of it. Even when decisions are taken at the end of the conference, they will not be executed. When the time comes for a genuine National Conference, you will see the signs and be convinced. But this particular conference has a lot of political undertones which I will not disclose because I am speaking as a prophet, not a political analyst. I therefore want to rename it a ‘corrupt national conference’.

But is Jonathan the best candidate for 2015?

Jonathan’s second term will cause some problem in this country. I see republics coming out. Mind you, may have more pipeline explosions and bombing is not over. Jonathan is not fighting Boko Haram the way he is supposed to fight it! The truth is, Boko Haram is more spiritual than physical and until the sect is weakened spiritually, it will not go.

Are you indirectly advising Jonathan to step down since you’ve said his second term will not be fantastic?

If I say he should step down, he will not listen. So, I will let him go and see the consequences. The only way forward is to consult God. By a very slim chance, he will get his second term, but that second term will not be fantastic.

Where exactly has CAN gone wrong?

They go to Mr.President every now and then, why can they not advise him on what to do and what not to do? Truth is bitter but you have to say it! CAN is political! Ayo Oritsejafor is not operating as CAN but as a Christian politician. CAN is blindfolded and there is no leadership in it.  That’s why we’re getting so many things wrong in Christendom.

CAN doesn’t know how many churches we have in the country, it has not created any youth empowerment or pastors’ empowerment. CAN should be scrapped. Christianity is not how rich you are but how well you’ve been able to touch the lives of others. CAN should employ not less than 20,000 youths and should do something about women, widows. The truth is: Ayo Oritsejafor is a politician and  not a pastor. If any white garment church should invite Ayo, he won’t go! We need somebody who is more vibrant as CAN leader.

What if he is turning down their invitations because he doesn’t see them to be genuine?

Is he God to say a church is not genuine? Any man who does that is not a pastor! It’s not your right to say you are holy!

But the Bible says God has blessed us with the spirit of discernment…

Can Ayo see? Is he a prophet? How can he tell me his spirit discerns? White garment churches are among the best worldwide! That’s why you see influential men and women going to them for prayers! Why don’t they remain in their Pentecostal churches? Even pastors from Pentecostal churches go to white garment churches to consult privately and get spiritual powers. I am a godfather to many Pentecostal churches but I have no godfather! God is my only father in the Lord!

VANGUARD

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We had previously advertised the said vacancy on 20th November 2013. These fraudulent offers of employment request applicants to pay five thousand naira as part of the application process. 

 

According to the offer letter, this fee encompassess the expenses for feeding, accommodation, transportation and lab coat. The individuals claim to be funded by UNICEF officials and have foreign experts. Applicants are required to submit their application in less than a week of receiving their email and application forms.

 

Our investigation has revealed that the said organization is not located at the said address and rather hosted on a free web hosting platform gbno.com

 

Please take note that any such activities are not authorized by nor linked in any way to Heartland Specialist Hospitals. All such activities must be regarded as criminal, unauthorized use of brands and names with the intent of starting a "recruitment scam."

 

Please don’t answer to these offers and please note these common warning signs that an employment offer is fraudulent:

Request for payment of a preliminary employment processing fee

Request for payment for mandatory pre-employment training 

Without any interview process, receipt of an email confirming employment

E-Mail messages from a webmail account. Pay particular attention if the "From:" address is different from the address to which you are to reply.

 

What could you do?

Until it is certain that both an employer and an opportunity are genuine, never release personal information or upfront payments such as that listed above. If you have disclosed any of the above information to an individual or website you do not trust, please consider reporting this to your local law enforcement agency.

JAF CLAIMS PROF FESTUS IYAYI'S DEATH WAS MASTERMINDED BY GOVT BECAUSE OF ASUU STRIKE...HOW TRUE?...AND WHAT IMPACT ON END TO STRIKE?

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The Joint Action Front (JAF) has accused the government of master-minding the killing of former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Festus Iyayi who died recently in a motor accident involving the convoy of Kogi State governor.

Several people and organized bodies have commented on the death of Iyayi. President Goodluck Jonathan has commiserated with ASUU and Iyayi’s Family. Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon also made his own “interesting” comment. The Senior Special Assistant to President Goodluck Jonathan on Youths and Student Affairs, Mr. Jude Imagwe, also described as unfair and untrue, allegations that the Federal Government killed the late former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi.

JAF in a statement signed by its president, Comrade Abiodun Aremu said the death of the veteran unionist was questionable.

They said “JAF wishes to alert Nigerians and the international community that Comrade Festus Iyayi was murdered by operatives of the Nigerian state, contrary to the widely reported claims that he died in the bus accident of November 12, 2013 along Lokoja – Abuja road due to the recklessness of the Kogi State governor’s convoy.

“JAF has every reason to believe that the murder of Comrade Iyayi was connected with the on-going Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike to compel the federal government to, not only honour the Collective Agreements it reached with it in 2009, but also to make government responsible to adequately fund public education against the dictates of its puppeteers – the IMF and World Bank.

“ We strongly believe that the assassination of Comrade Iyayi was carried out by expert shooters in the cover of the Nigerian Intelligence, reminiscence of the state murder of Dele Giwa in 1986 and Kudirat Abiola in 1996”, the statement said.

JAF said official explanation by the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and the Sole Administrator of the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, Dr Paul Amodu that Comrade Iyayi’s death was as a result of the accident, did not explain the piercing of his heart by a strange object.

JAF added that Iyayi’s death is a wakeup call to all Nigerians to struggle for a better society where people’s lives are respected and preserved.

DOWNLOAD ORIGINAL AND CURRENT WAEC SYLLABUSES FOR MAY/JUNE AND OCT/NOV EXAMS-FRENCH,HAUSA,IGBO,YORUBA

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ELIGIBILITY AND CLOSING DATE FOR (RUDE AND MISERLY) 2014/15 SHELL NIGER-DELTA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS!

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Apply Now For 2014/15 SHELL Niger-Delta Postgraduate Scholarship

Application is ongoing for the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) sponsored SPDC Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme for applicants from Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa States.

As a key objective, the scholarship scheme  is aimed at providing an opportunity for qualifying students from the three Niger Delta States to further their education in courses that are relevant to the oil and gas industry.

The competition for 2014/15 is now open and the closing date is 24 January 2014.

Eligibility

To qualify for the scholarship, applicants must:

1. display intellectual ability and leadership potential;
2. meet the university’s language requirement (usually at least 6.5 in IELTS);
3. be aged between 21-28 years;
4. be an indigene of rivers, Delta or Bayelsa States (documentary proof of this will be required);
5. currently reside in Nigeria;
6. intend to return and take up permanent residence in Nigeria after completion of the proposed programme of study;
7. have obtained a university degree of at least an equivalent standard to a UK Second Class Upper (Honours Degree);
8. be neither a current nor former employee (having left employment within the last five years) of SPDC, the Royal Dutch Shell Group of Companies or Karamat Ltd., or

9. be related to current employees of any of these companies;
10. not have studied previously in the UK or any other developed country.(red marks by us)

How to Apply
In order to be considered for the scholarship, candidates must apply to study on one of the three eligible programmes through the standard Imperial College admission procedure by 24 January 2014.

Candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted by the department and advised to complete a scholarship application form.

Scholarship will cover:
a) Tuition fees
b) One return flight from Nigeria to the UK
c) Contribution towards living expenses only*
*Please note that the stipends are based on the Association of Commonwealth Universities Annual Rates and are limited to this.

a) MSc Petroleum Engineering

This MSc course is a one-year, full-time course that trains petroleum engineering professionals to understand and effectively utilise the workflow concepts now prevailing in the oil industry, and prepares them fully for work in multidisciplinary teams.

The course provides a 12-month conversion from other engineering and science-based foundations into the specialties of petroleum engineering, and is designed for both those with industrial experience and recent graduates.

Entry requirements
We accept students with first class degrees from a wide range of science and engineering backgrounds from UK and overseas academic institutions.
Professionals with other qualifications, but with a minimum of three years’ relevant industrial experience, are also encouraged to apply.
If your first degree is from a country other than the UK, you may find the guidelines within our Country Index helpful. Please note that these guidelines indicate the College minimum.

b) MSc Petroleum Geoscience

This course is a one-year, full-time multidisciplinary programme covering a wide range of earth science subjects and their application to the full spectrum of hydrocarbon exploration and production.
It is designed for students with some industrial experience, as well as for recent graduates seeking careers in the petroleum and allied service industries.
The course presents the methods and practices of the modern petroleum industry, with considerable emphasis on developing transferable skills.

Entry requirements
The minimum entrance requirement is an Upper Second Class Honours (2:1) degree in an earth science-based subject from a UK University or its equivalent.

Graduates with other closely related earth/environmental‘ science degrees (physical geography or oceanography, for example) will also be considered.

Professionals with different qualifications but with relevant industrial experience are also encouraged to apply.

If your first degree is from a country other than the UK, you may find the guidelines within our Country Index helpful. Please note that these guidelines indicate the College minimum. Our requirement is usually higher.

c) MSc Petroleum Geophysics

This course is a one-year, full-time programme covering the principles and use of geophysical methods in the hydrocarbon industry.

It is designed for recent graduates seeking careers in the petroleum and allied service industries, as well as for graduates with some industrial experience.

Uniquely, it incorporates aspects of petroleum engineering and focuses on production-related aspects of geophysics.

The course emphasises current industry practice, and incorporates commercial technology and software packages, as well as lectures from leading industry experts.

It contains a significant amount of fieldwork and project work, and aims to develop transferable skills in addition to technical proficiency. The course begins in early October.

Entry requirements
The minimum entrance requirement is an Upper Second Class Honours degree (2:1) in either a physical science or engineering from a UK university, or its equivalent.
Professionals with different qualifications but with relevant industrial experience are also encouraged to apply.

If your first degree is from a country other than the UK, you may find the guidelines within our Country Index helpful. Please note that these guidelines indicate the College minimum. Our requirement is usually higher

Applications for 2014 entry are now open.
Please consult the relevant departmental and course information to view the course specification, research areas and entry requirements. If you are applying for a PhD degree, you are advised to contact a potential supervisor before making a formal application. You may wish to provide the supervisor with a copy of your Curriculum Vitae and indicate what your proposed topic of study is, the potential start date and how you propose to fund the project.

You will then need to submit a formal application for admission. Applications are only accepted online.
*.Please make sure you have read and understood the application guidance notes [pdf] (Shell Website or Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme website) which will take you through the process step by step.
*.Once you are ready to apply, you should make your application online.

You can submit one application form only. This allows you two choices of programmes; these will be processed according to your stated preference. It will greatly enhance the processing of your application if you are able to submit scanned copies of your educational certificates and transcripts at the same time as your application.

Contact
If you have any questions about the scholarship programme, please contactclare.turner@imperial.ac.uk

For information on the Imperial Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme , please refer to the Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme website

Application Deadline: The competition for 2014/15 is now open and the closing date is 24 January 2014.

REMINDERS FOR JAMB 2014/2015... REGISTRATION/EXAM DATE,RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS TO BE READ FOR USE OF ENGLISH...AND NOTES ON APPROVED REGISTRATION CENTERS!

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To Students, Parents,Schools,Churches and Mosques…Here Are Reasons/ Advantages of Registering Your Wards for Jamb 2014 Through Our Centre (Edupedia Associates) (lagosbooksclub.wordpress.com)

2014 Jamb Tips For University Admissions...Read Before Filling Your Jamb Registration Forms! (lagosbooksclub.wordpress.com)

A.JAMB 2014/2015 REGISTRATION/EXAM DATE

  The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)  began the sale of application forms into the nation’s tertiary Institutions a while ago. The early sale of the application forms is to enable Nigerians desirous of tertiary education have access to the forms so that they could prepare ahead for the examination slated for April, 2014.

According to a statement issued in Abuja by JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, the two modes of tests hitherto conducted by JAMB- the Paper and Pencil Test (PPT) and Computer Based Test (CBT) – are still opened to prospective candidates for the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Candidates across the globe who have successfully completed their secondary school education with a minimum of six (6) credits, including the English Language and Mathematics, are expected to obtain the forms at the designated banks and register with the approved cyber cafés across Nigeria and at the Nigeria High Commission Offices in Ghana, United Kingdom (UK), South Africa (SA), Cameroon, Jeddah and Biu.

Candidates are urged to ensure that their data are well captured at the cyber cafés and their subject choices are accurately entered. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde, urged parents, guardians and café operators to ensure that candidates are well guided in the filling of the forms to avoid wrong filling and unwholesome practices that may affect their choices.

B.RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS  FOR USE OF ENGLISH

The public is also urged to note that candidates will be tested on two general books to enhance their reading culture, irrespective of their courses. The books are

1.The Successor by Jerry Agada 

2.Potter’s Wheel by Chukwuemeka Ike

C.TO CHECK FOR APPROVED REGISTRATION CENTERS

CLICK HERE.....http://jamb.org.ng/unifiedtme/RegistrationCentres.aspx

a.Do not turn yourself into a victim of fake jamb registration/ scratch card!

b. For the 2014 UTME Biometrics, only DIGITAL PERSONA scanner will be allowed for finger prints capture.

c. No registered center allowed to charge more than N700 from candidates. This amount  includes printing of 2 copies of your e-slip.

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DOWNLOAD ORIGINAL AND CURRENT WAEC SYLLABUSES FOR MAY/JUNE AND OCT/NOV EXAMS-COMMERCE,ECONOMICS,FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING,GEOGRAPHY

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ORIGINAL AND CURRENT WAEC SYLLABUS FOR MAY/JUNE AND OCT/NOV EXAMS-ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION- ENGLISH LANGUAGE SYLLABUS ( Nigeria  Only)

THE SCOPE OF THE SYLLABUS
This examination sets out to test the different basic skills of communication in English using the mediums of speech and writing. The examination will test the receptive and productive abilities of candidates. These abilities will be demonstrated in the following forms: Reading Comprehension, Summary, Vocabulary, Lexis and Structure, Listening Comprehension and Recognition of different aspects of English speech.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The objective of the syllabus is to measure the extent to which the aims of the teaching syllabuses of member countries have been realized in candidates‟ Secondary School career. The examination sets out to examine candidates‟ ability to
(i) use correct English;
(ii) write about incidents in English that are appropriate to specified audiences
and situations;
(iii) organize materials in paragraphs that are chronologically, spatially and logically coherent;
(iv) control sentence structures accurately;
(v) exhibit variety in the choice of sentence patterns;
(vi) comply with the rules of grammar, spelling and punctuation;
(vii) comprehend written and spoken English;
(viii) recognize implied meaning, tones and attitudes;
(ix) use an acceptable pronunciation that can be comprehended by others;
(x) isolate and summarize relevant information from set passages.

OUTLINE
Candidates will be required to take three papers. Total marks for the three papers will be 220 marks for The Gambia and Sierra Leone and 200 for Nigeria.
PAPER 1: 2½ hours - Essay Writing, Comprehension and Summary - 120 marks
PAPER 2: 1 hour - Multiple Choice questions (Lexis and Structure) - 50 marks
PAPER 3: 45 minutes – Test of Orals – 30 marks (for Nigeria only).

WEST AFRICAN SENIOR SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION- ENGLISH LANGUAGE-DETAILED SYLLABUS

PAPER 1: This paper will be divided into three sections (A, B and C).

SECTION A: ESSAY WRITING (50 marks)

Candidates will be required to spend 50 minutes on this section. There will be five questions in all and candidates will be required to answer only one question.
The questions will test candidates‟ ability to communicate in writing. The topics will demand the following kinds of writing:
(i) letter;
(ii) speech;
(iii) narrative;
(iv) description;
(v) debate/argumentative;
(vi) report;
(vii) article;
(viii) exposition;
(ix) creative writing.

Credit will be given for
(i) Content: relevance of ideas to the topic and its specified audience and purpose;
(ii) Organization: formal features (where applicable), good paragraphing, appropriate emphasis and arrangement of ideas;
(iii) Expression: control of vocabulary and sentence structure;
(iv) Mechanical Accuracy: grammar, punctuation and spelling.
The minimum length expected will be 450 words.

SECTION B: COMPREHENSION (40 marks)

Candidates will be required to spend 50 minutes on this section. The section will consist of two passages each of about three hundred (300) words. Candidates will be required to answer questions on the two passages.
The questions will test the candidate‟s ability to
(i) find appropriate equivalents for selected words and phrases;
(ii) understand the factual content;
(iii) make inferences from the content of the passages;
(iv) respond to uses of English expressions to reveal/reflect sentiments/emotions/attitudes;
(v) identify and label basic grammatical structures, words, phrases or clauses and explain their functions as they appear in the context;
(vi) identify and explain basic literary terms and expressions;
(vii) recast phrases or sentences into grammatical alternatives.
The passages will be chosen from a wide variety of sources all of which will be suitable for this level of examination in terms of theme and interest. The passages will be written in modern English that will be within the experience of candidates. The comprehension test will include a total of three questions based on (vi) above in any one paper.

SECTION C: SUMMARY (30 marks)

Candidates will be required to spend 50 minutes on this section. The section will consist of one prose passage of about five hundred (500) words and will test the candidate‟s ability to
(i) extract relevant information;
(ii) summarize the points demanded in clear, concise English;
(iii) present a summary of specific aspects or portions of the passage;
(iv) avoid repetition, redundancy and extraneous material.
The passage will be selected from a wide variety of suitable sources, including excerpts from narratives, dialogues and expositions of social, cultural, economic and political issues in any part of the world.

PAPER 2: This is an objective/multiple choice paper comprising 100 questions: 40 lexical and 60 structural items. Each question/item will have four options lettered A to D.

A. LEXIS

In addition to items testing knowledge of the vocabulary of everyday usage (i.e. home, social relationships, common core school subjects) questions will be set to test the candidate‟s ability in the use of the more general vocabulary associated with the following fields of human activity:
I. (a) Building;
(b) Plumbing;
(c) Fishing;
(d) Finance – commerce, banking, stock exchange, insurance;
(e) Photography;
(f) Mineral exploitation;
(g) Common manufacturing industries;
(h) Printing, publishing, the press and libraries;
(i) Sea, road, rail and air transport;
(j) Government and politics;
(k) Sports and entertainment;
(l) Religion;
(m) Science and Technology;
(n) Power production – hydro, thermal, solar;
(o) Education;
(p) Transport and Communication;
(q) Military;
(r) Journalism and Advertising.
II. Idioms, i.e. idiomatic expressions and collocations (e.g. “hook, line and sinker”, “every Tom, Dick and Harry” etc.) the total meaning of which cannot be arrived at simply by consideration of the dictionary meanings of the words in the structures in which they appear.
III. Structural elements of English e.g. sequence of tenses, matching of pronouns with noun referents, use of correct prepositions.
IV. Figurative usage
By “more general” vocabulary is meant those words and usages of words normally associated with the field of human activity in question which are generally known, used and understood by most educated people who while not engaged in that field of activity may have occasion to read, speak or write about it. Thus, for example, in the vocabulary of transportation by sea, one would expect knowledge of terms such as “bridge” and “deck”, which most educated people understand, but not “halyard”, “dodge”, “davit” or “thrust block”, which are specialized.
All items will be phrased in such a way as to test the use and understanding of the required lexis, rather than dictionary definitions and explanations. In practice, the test of lexis will be so designed as to explore, not merely the extent of the candidates‟ vocabulary but more importantly their ability to respond to sense relations in the use of lexical items e.g. synonyms, antonyms and homonyms.
In the testing of figurative language, candidates will be expected to recognize when an expression is used figuratively rather than literally.

B. STRUCTURE

Structure here is used to include:
(i) The patterns of changes in word-forms which indicate number, tense, degree, etc.;
(ii) The patterns in which different categories of words regularly combine to form groups and these groups in turn combine to form sentences;
(iii) The use of structural words e.g. conjunctions, articles, determiners, prepositions, etc.

PAPER 3 ORAL ENGLISH (30 marks)
This paper will test candidates‟ knowledge of Oral English.

ALTERNATIVE C: TEST OF ORALS (For School and Private Candidates in Nigeria)A Test of Orals format is a multiple-choice paper of 60 items testing a wide range of areas or aspects of Orals as contained in the syllabus.

The Test of Orals will cover the following areas:
(1) Vowels – pure vowels and diphthongs;
(2) Consonants (including clusters);
(3) Rhymes;
(4) Word Stress/Syllable Structure;
(5) Emphatic Stress/Intonation Patterns;
(6) Phonetic Symbols.
The items to be tested in the specified areas are in accordance with the following blueprint:

SECTION/AREA/FEATURE/NO. OF ITEMS
1.Test of Vowels-15 (10 pure vowels, 5 diphthongs)
2.Test of Consonants-15
3.Test of Rhymes-5
4.Test of Stress (4 – Syllable word)-5
5.Test of Stress (2/3 – Syllable word)-5
6.Test of Emphatic Stress/Intonation-5
7.Patterns in Sentences-10 (5 vocalic and 5 consonantal)