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

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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

AS UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN GETS SET TO ADMIT ONLY 3000 THIS YEAR...UNIVERSITIES WARN PARENTS AS SCAMMERS STEP UP THEIR ANTICS!

Admission: Varsities warn parents against unnecessary pressure

Though this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is yet to be concluded, National Mirror can reliably say that some candidates, aided by their desperate parents, are already working on ways to make sure they are offered admission by different universities and other tertiary institutions of their choice.

Since May 3rd, when JAMB released the results of the 1,644,110 candidates who sat for the Paper Pencil Test (PPT) and the Dual Based Test (DBT) modes on Saturday, April 27, various candidates, especially those with low scores, have been reportedly seeking means of influencing the post-UTME examinations to be conducted soon by the various institutions.

Many of the candidates, who have been busy applying for change of their preferred institutions and courses of choice, to meet the two-week ultimatum set by the examination body, are also said to be doing so based on the instructions they received from their contacts.

It would be noted that this year’s UTME will be rounded off on Saturday, June 1, when  about 90,000 candidates who applied for the Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode,would have finished the spatial mode. Soon after, institutions are expected to conduct their post-UTME.

Ahead of these post-UTMEs  various people and workers of some institutions are already reportedly making advances to unsuspecting candidates, guaranteeing them  admission or placements in them while some even pledge to jerk up their UTME scores for them once the required charges are paid.

Similar situations had happened during the last examination held on April 27, when many candidates were found to have paid into accounts of swindlers who sent in suspected fake answers to them on the day of the examination through some websites created for the purpose by the fraudsters.

In its response to the allegations of malpractices during the examination JAMB had disclosed that the results of a total number of 68,309 candidates from various centres across the country were still undergoing further screening to find out their culpability .


Some of the universities contacted by National Mirror have not denied that some desperate parents do attempt to influence admission processes by hook or crook but they gave the stern warning to anyone including parents, guardians and even candidates already making efforts to corrupt the system to desist from such practices.

They claim they are now more vigilant and ready to prosecute any individual or agency found guilty of any allegation of fraud. In an interview with the Registrar, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Mr. Oluwarotimi Shodimu, he said the development is not strange to the institution considering the high figure of candidates applying to the university every year.

He said the university has a well-laid down structures and procedures for conducting its admission activities, which he said are handled by men and women of integrity “who would never attempt to soil their reputation.”

“There is really nothing new about this at all. We are used to it and this year cannot be different. In fact, we have in the past, investigated such cases of parents offering as much as N500,000 to secure admission for their wards.

That is what our country has steeply degenerated to. Corrupt parents make sure their children inherit their corrupt character and this is telling on the larger society because everywhere you go, you are stunned at the massive fraud going on,” Shodimu stated.

Talking about the integrity of the university’s entrance examination, the registrar said not even the vice-chancellor of the institution has knowledge of the questions to be set because “we have a pool for our questions which are securely guarded and can hardly be hacked into.” He added that, though nothing is impossible particularly in this age of technology, he said the university is very proactive and can address any emergency situation.

Similarly, the authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, have enjoined parents to stay away from the university saying all efforts are on deck to stave off undue influences.

According to the university’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Abiodun Olanrewaju, the institution deploys computer to conduct its examination and releases the results less than 48 hours after.

“Within these 48 hours, the results pass through series of scrutiny.

So, where is the room for any syndicate to influence the results?” Also, the University of Ibadan spokesman, Mr. Olatunji Oladejo told National Mirror yesterday that the university knows how to block loopholes for malpractices in any of its examinations including post- UTMEs. He also added that students admitted by the university over the years were always consistent with their results upon which they were admitted throughout their studies period.

“Now the university’s standing committee in charge of admission is about sitting for this year’s admission process starting with the post-UTME,” he noted, adding; “And the university is looking towards admitting about 3000 candidates.”

In his own contribution, The Ekiti State University’s Deputy Registrar in charge of Information and Public Relations, Mr. Ajibade Olubunmi said the institution is not unaware of the development but insisted that the procedure its examination takes these days would definitely make it difficult for anyone to perpetrate fraud.

Olubunmi, who frowned at the desperation of those he described as unqualified candidates seeking university admission, blamed the country’s reward system for the development. He charged the policy makers to develop the nation’s vocational educational system that will adequately reward skill workers and allow them to reach the peak of their career like their counterparts in the universities.

Shodimu in his own submission, would expect Nigeria to step up its campaign against corruption and create employment for the teeming population of her youths whom he alleged  deploy their idle hands to engage in corrupt practices.

MOJEED ALABI/NATIONAL MIRROR

2013 JAMB RESULTS...SHOULD CLOSURE OF UNNAMED "ILLEGAL UNIVERSITIES" TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER THE LIVES OF ALMOST I MILLION JAMBITES?...WHY ARE OUR MINISTERS OF EDUCATION DISPLAYING GROSS LACK OF CARE TOWARDS NIGERIAN STUDENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD?

ICPC, NUC begin closure of 67 illegal varsities

* FG scholars stranded in Russia, China

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, and the National Universities Commission, NUC, yesterday began the closure of all identified illegal universities nationwide. The closure followed an order of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Sixty-seven of such illegal universities had been identified by the anti-graft body, which has the full addresses of 41 of them.

Policemen, operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, and officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, executed the court order yesterday. The anti-graft agency is also arresting operators of the illegal universities.

ICPC Chairman, Mr. Ekpo Nta, told journalists yesterday in Abuja that the action was first in the series of implementing the outcome of an ongoing ICPC/NUC University System Study and Review, USSR, for which the antigraft agency sought and obtained a Federal High Court warrant.

The ICPC chairman, who was represented by Prof. Olu Aina, a member of the commission’s board, explained that the crack down on the illegal degree awarding institutions, which began simultaneously in nine different zones in the country, would be concluded by the end of this week.

According to the ICPC boss: “In keeping with its warning delivered by the chairman last week, ICPC has today (yesterday) commenced a nationwide operation to seal the premises of identified illegal universities, seize their properties, make arrests, prosecute and execute such other actions it deems fit.

“An Inter-Agency Team, comprising the ICPC; the NUC, the police, the SSS and the NSCDC will continue the exercise until all corrupt practices and impunity associated with the physical existence of such illegal institutions cease completely.

“We know it is a worldwide phenomenon which occurs whenever demand for educational or other services far outweigh supply, but we are determined to eliminate it from such a critical sector like education in Nigeria.”

The chairman made it CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 clear that the universities being closed down were established in contravention of the law, which states that any application for the establishment of a university must be done through the National Universities Commission.

According to him: “These unaccredited institutions, apart from extorting huge sums of money from unsuspecting Nigerians, are manned by unqualified personnel and operate in makeshift structures and poor environment that cannot qualify our youth both in learning and character for the award of recognised university degrees.

“Students of these institutions are not admitted through JAMB (Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board), neither are they qualified or considered for the NYSC (National Youth Service Corp).

“As a result of all these deficiencies, the so- called students of these illegal outfits are not equipped for employment in the public or private sector. In the end, certificates obtained from such institutions become useless and the period of study becomes a monumental waste of precious time.

“Therefore, the activities of these illegal operators have impacted negatively on the mental, psychological and economic well-being of many young Nigerians and their parents. The institutions constitute an embarrassment to the government and remain a monumental corruption of the education system,” he stressed.

The ICPC, however, ruled out any form of compensation for the victims of these illegal universities, stressing that such persons can only be guided as to how they can gain admission into recognized universities in the country.

Speaking at the ceremony, the representatives of the NUC and former Vice- Chancellor of the Osun State University, Osogbo, Prof. Sola Akinrinade said that the NUC does not grant temporary approval for universities as being claimed by some of the illegal universities, stressing that there were 14 stages involved before the Commission could grant licence to any university in the country.

ISE-OLUWA IGE/NATIONAL MIRROR

THIS LIST WAS LATER SENT TO US

List Of Illegal Universities In Nigeria With Known Addresses
1. University of Accountancy and Management Studies
41, Ikorodu Road, Jibowu,
Yaba, Lagos.

2. Concept College London
CITEC Villa Junction,
Gwarinpa, Abuja.

3. Imo State University
(Illegal Study & Degree-awarding Centre) Garki Primary School
Behind UTC, Area 10, Abuja.

4. Logos Institute  (Illegally affiliated Olabisi Onabanjo University) 9, African Church Road, Ifako Ijaiye, Lagos.
Director: Pastor Femi Majekodunmi

5.Open University of Nigeria     C/o Notitia Tutorial Centre,        No. 5, Dar-es Salem Crescent,    Wuse II Abuja
Coordinator: Larry James

6. Mr. David Lornem
New Idea Management Consultants & Open Learning Network, 18/19 Ahmadu Bello Way, NNDC Building Kaduna.

7. Imo State University (Illegal Satellite Campus)    Lucia Group of Schools Ibusa Road, Asaba.

8. Temple University  Orozo, Abuja.     (Proprietors are already facing trial at Karu Magistrate Court)

9. Volta University College
No. 13, Okehie Street, Aba.

10. Abia State University (Illegal Study Centre) International Secondary School, Aba.

11. Triumphal University, Omugbo town, Orumba North LGA, Anambra.

12. Rockville University Uburu, Ohaozara LGA, Ebonyi State.

13. Royal University  Izhia,
Abakaliki.

14. University of Caribbean
22, Agbarho Street,
Idi Iroko, opp Govt. College,
Ikorodu, Lagos.

15. Irish University Business School London (Anchor: Lobi Business School) 20, Old Otukpo Road, Makurdi.

16. University of Education Winneba Ghana a) 39A Ayilara Street, Ojuelegba, Lagos. b) Federal College of Education (Tech) Awka. c) Royal Star College, Lawanson, Surulere – Lagos.

17. Irish University Business School Doseg International College, Akin Mateola Street, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos.
Promoter: Envoy Consulting Limited,
10, Calcutta Crescent, Apapa, Lagos.

18. Christ Message International University, 174/178, Okota Road, Isolo, Lagos.

19. University of Nigeria (Illegal study centre) a) Ansar-Udeen Grammar School,
Randle Avenue, Surulere, Lagos.
b) Hanaco Plaza, 113 Ikorodu Road,
Fadeyi, Lagos.

20. University of Ibadan (Illegal Campus)
Agent: Quality Merchandise Associates
5, Emmaneul Kolawole Street, Somolu, Lagos. Lecture centres: i) Bright Future College Somolu, Lagos.
ii) St. Margaret, Comprehensive College, Agboju, Lagos.

21. Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (Illegal Campuses)
Agent: Quality Merchandise Associates
Lecture centres: i) Bright Future College Somolu, Lagos.
ii) St. Margaret, Comprehensive College, Agboju, Lagos
iii) Victory College, Abule Onigagbo, Ikeja.
iv) Topmost Collge, 3 Ikorodu Road, Maryland, Lagos.

22. North Central University
KM4, Otukpo – Adoka Road,
Otukpo, Benue State.

23. University of Applied Management, Germany
Agent: Dr. Martins Gyambrah
Cambridge College of Arts and Science,
6, Ikole Street, off Gimbiya street,
Area 11, Abuja.

24. Luminar International Centre for Health and Alternative Medicine
a) 16 Nkwubor Road, Enugu.
b) Ekpuinto Mgbowo Autonomous Community, Awgu, Enugu State.

25. Houdegbe North America University
Pioneer School of Management,
Airport Road, Kano.
Agent: Mr. Jibril – 07040044859

26. The International Universities (TIU) Missouri
Pioneer School of Management,
Airport Road, Kano.
Agent: Mr. Jibril – 07040044859

27. Pilgrims University
5/7 Okpu Umuobo Road
Opp. Union Bank, Umungasi,
Aba. 07082801611

28. EC Council University
No. 5, Babatola Drive,
Off Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja.
CEO: Tim Akano – 017901013.

29.  Atlas University
Agent: Southland College of Tech
50, Zik Avenue, Uwani, Enugu.
08086673378.

30. Halifax Gateway University
20, Aranle Street, Surulere, Lagos.

31. Urban University College of Nigeria
88, Afikpo Road, Abakaliki.

32.  Christ Alive Christian Seminary & University
No. 48, Kenneth Street,
Agbani Road, Enugu.

33. Atlanta International University i/c Best Choirce Consult Ltd., 21, Aguta Road, Opp. CKC Okija.

34. Christians of Charity American
University of Science and Technology
No. 2, Oshimili Street,
3rd Floor, Off old Enugu Road, Nkpor.

35. Atlanta Univeristy
CMML Secondary School,
Ayagba, Kogi State.

36. Samuel Ahmadu University
C/o Govt. Sec. School, Makurdi.

37. Atlas University
Uko Eshet Street, Ikot Usoso,
Oku – Uyo.

38. Concept College London
No. 15 Abdul’Azeez Atta Road
Opposite B Division, Surulere,
Ilorin.

39. Royal Institute of Continuing Education
(Illegally running degree of AAU, Akungba Akoko) 70, Station Road,
Osogbo, Osun State.
Lecture Centres:    a) Old Children Boarding School, Osogbo.
b) Fakunle Grammar School, Osogbo.

40. Federal College of Complementary & Alternative Medicine of Nigeria
No. 4, Bujumbura Street,
Off Libreville Crescent, Wuse II, Abuja.

41. Richmond Open University
Arochukwu, Abia State.

2013 JAMB RESULTS...NEWSPAPER CONFIRMS MASSIVE EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES OF LAST SATURDAY

Massive cheating mars UTME

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Despite strenuous efforts by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to reduce malpractices in its examinations to the barest minimum through the introduction of hi-tech devices and procedures, the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, held last Saturday across the country was characterised by large scale cheating by candidates, National Mirror can now reveal. School teachers, JAMB invigilators and even parents of candidates actively participated in the cheating.

In lagos, many candidates in virtually all the centres visited by our reporters had access to the supposed answers before the commencement of the examinations. As early as 6:30a.m. some candidates were seen copying answers from their phones into pieces of paper, which they tucked in different parts of their bodies.

Most of them later entered the exam halls unhindered as the papers could not be detected by the metal detector and body searches by officials. It was not however clear how or when the JAMB question papers leaked to the public.

Nobody saw the papers but most candidates started receiving the supposed answers via SMS text massages very early in the morning. A candidate was overheard telling her friends that she got the physics answers from one Mr. Ajala her Physics teacher.

Another was overheard confirming he had got answers to all her subjects except Accounts which he urged the party on the line to send as fast as possible. From Vetland Senior High School, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government; Ojota Grammar School, Ojota; Agidingbi Grammar School; Isolo High School, Akute; Opebi High School; Ogudu Senior Secondary School, Ogudu GRA; Dolphin High School to Boys Academy, Lagos Island, the story was the same as the candidates were seen either copying the prepared answers or making calls to obtain the answers, which appeared to be in wide circulation across the country. In one of the centres, many of the candidates did not enter the exam hall until well over an hour after the exam had started.

They were seeing copying from their phones and only entered after they had tucked the small pieces of papers under their belts, inside their socks and other hidden parts of their bodies. They were later allowed to enter in batches well after the paid time.

National Mirror investigation also revealed that the candidates were assisted by invigilators. In two of the classes in one of the centres, candidates paid N500 and N1,000 respectively to invigilators to be able to use their phones and their prepared answers.

The invigilators also watched out for JAMB officials and often warned the candidates each time they approached the classroom. National Mirror is in possession of a question paper with omission of three questions, which a candidate asked to be changed by the invigilator. She was however ignored because according to her, she refused to pay the ‘levy’. One of the invigilators at a centre in Agege, Lagos openly advised the candidates to “help” themselves.

“Feel free to show your neighbour your paper,” she urged. Also to ensure that the candidates “use” the correct answers, an invigilator was seen in one of the centres warning candidates to be sure that the answers they were copying from their phones were for the right questions. Parents were also deeply involved in the malpractices.

For instance, at Dolphin High School, Lagos, many parents were seen making calls to get the supposed answers, which they passed on to their wards in the exam halls with the help of invigilators. Although many supervisors denied knowledge of such massive cheating by the candidates, a JAMB official in charge of the 11 centres in Ikotun/Idimu area told National Mirror that over 30 candidates were caught cheating at different centres in the area with the connivance of some invigilators.

He disclosed that he had to transfer some invigilators at Comprehensive College, Ikotun, having sensed that foul play was about taking place in the exam. In Ogun State, no fewer than 82 candidates were arrested from different centres for using their phones in the exam hall or copying from pieces of papers. Also in Abuja, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, personally caught a candidate for impersonation.

“We were able to fish him out because the registration number of his answer sheet is different from the one on the slip. His slip ended with DA while the real answer sheet ended with FH. “He came with wrong slip, in order to be sure, we went to the internet and discovered that the owner of that paper is from Enugu. This boy came to impersonate and unfortunately we were able to catch him.

I took him to the biometrics and ask him to thumbprint, but there was no record of his registration. I tried it myself; there was no record of my registration. He has been handed over to the civil defense who will hand him over to the law enforcement agency. “He registered for centre 021 but came to centre 022 and 023, he was handed answer sheet of 022.We discovered that the owner of the number was meant to be in Enugu which is O21 centre,” Ojerinde told newsmen, adding that the boy later confessed that his father did it for him. Also at Model Secondary School, Maitama, two students were caught with mobile phones while another was caught with a calculator. JAMB’s spokesman, Mr. Fabian Uchenna, however pledged the Board’s resolve to sanction those involved in such malpractice, saying it was already investigating all the established cases and would not hesitate to apply appropriate sanction on any candidate found guilty. He told National Mirror yesterday that the examination body would soon come up with a comprehensive figure of candidates involved in malpractices across the country before the end of this week. Uchenna, however, denied that the leakage of JAMB questions would have emanated from the Board’s officials saying its staff are “people of integrity”


NATIONAL MIRROR

OUR COMMENT

Barons of malpractices no longer need Jamb staff to hack into the Board's computers.An 18-yr old Chinese student can do it from his village!The Barons might even attempt to change results or introduce viruses if Jamb's "new weapon" will spoil business for them. They might now be as powerful as those holding the power industry to ransome!

2013 JAMB RESULTS...OVER 1MILLION CANDIDATES ESTIMATED TO HAVE CHEATED LAST SATURDAY!...75% OF THEM MIGHT HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UNAWARES BY JAMB'S SECRET "WEAPON"!

QUOTES BY SOME CHEATERS WHO TOOK THE EXAM


1.   " The exam was fine o! Expo was just flying in the air to the extent that if one opened his mouth, the expo would enter. My subject combo was Math, english, literature and economics but i had to shade the expo answer i got for english, biology, physics and chemistry -Tolexande.

2.    Warri exam too sweet,,c as everybody dy dance azonto nd kukere dy go hux,,vigilator nor fit do anyhw na,,he want make nak akpako 4 im head- Evestar200

3.    Here in Ekiti state University,its cool,calm and peaceful until an Hausa man shouted Allahu Akbar,wey make everybody tear race finkin its Boko are Rams,It takes d intervention of My Oga @ d toppmost top(Nscdc) to put dose classes back in place.Bt meanwhile d expo jst dey flow to say,e dey on Fb,Twitter,2go,eskimi,Badoo even watsapp no carry last...na as i see am u talk am oo,No insult pls-sojiboy
4.    I'm writting mine in maiduguri with my two eyes outside d gate..who knows what Boko haram are planning-ZENNA

5.. It was really nice. In fact the guy wee deey solve my maths for me na genius. He answered all questions in 20 minutes. 100% in maths. Medicine here I come! I am so happy. Bashir thanks!

REPLIES BY SOME NIGERIANS HEROES TO THE QUOTES ABOVE

1.Hmmm...When do Jamb subject combo for medicine now contain maths?Btw, which school is that? If it is a school.

2.Most of d guys around my seat were copyin frm their expo,but as i saw govt answers no 1-10 nd discovered dat only 4 were correct..i den settled down nd used my head..d english,govt,nd lit in english were cheap..it was only d econs dat gave me headache..but xpectin more dan 250 though#INSHA ALLAHU#- Madawaki01
3. I can't just believe these students are very happy and cofident that they cheated in their exams.. What is the use of wasting 6years in secondary school if you cannot write jamb yourself? Judging from the comments so far,i can confidently say that our educational system is finished?(does the sign of cross).Let me tell you the truth,if all dose yeye expo stops leaking and Nigeria tightens those loop holes that enable students to cheat,only 10% i repeat only 10% of jambites will score above 200....If you cheated in this jamb,your 6years and all the money spent in training you in school is an absolute waste...It is better to fail jamb honourably than to cheat.. There is just this "force" or "energy" in nature that always elevate honest people..
LASTLY,IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU WROTE THIS JAMB YOURSELF EVEN IF YOU TICKED RUBBISH,JUST BE OPTIMISTIC AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.. IF YOU EVENTUALLY PASS,HIT YOUR HAND ON YOUR CHEST AND BE PROUD OF YOURSELF...IF YOU FAIL TO MEET THE CUT-OFF,STILL BE PROUD OF YOURSELF COS IT`S EASIER TO SCORE 400 IN JAMB THAN TO FIND MEN WHO STILL HAVE HONOUR IN THEM.. Continue being honest and you will dine with kings and princes..Kslib
4.I called a friend yesterday and my friend say him dey go write Jamb. Someone older than 25years old, a graduate for that matter. I shame. Why cant we allow those that are sitting for Jamb to write by themselves? Why are we encouraging mediocrity in the Nigerian educational system? I now visited some centres this morning where i saw some grey haired candidates also struggling to gain entrance into halls to write thesame JAMB. Nah that time i give up..okpara

5. Here in FUTO exam is yet to start, a lot of students running from post to poll for expo. A certain guy met me and was complaining that he was robbed of his phone and beaten because he was lured by some guys to come and take the leaked questions.

6.Its funny how some people honestly think they can cheat their way into school.
You see some1 who wants to study medicine carrying expo to jamb and post ume...so what are you going to do when you get in...carry expo and sort till you get out.Well like our dreaded thermo lecturer (DR Lucky) grin used to say-University is like an open continuous flow system. Where some people are begging "let me in, let me in!!", and those inside are crying "let me out!! Let me out!!"
I blame d family system actually. We all talk about corruption in high places, but we forget to mention how corrupt some families are. when a parent can actually give out money to his child to runz jamb. Well that paints the picture of the nigerian society.

7.Pls, is it d xtent tins hv gon worst? Somone even mistakenly sent d so cald expo 2 ma phone!. Sincerely speakin, i pity any body dat choose UNN as institutn of choice & hv engagd in dis malpractic, 'cos, idon be 4 dat person finish. Dis one is nt let me enter & chang, even dea pume u cant even pass. Generaly 2 everyone dat did such, cant u hav a rethink? Y nt repent?. Trouble wt Nig = Leaders. Wo ar leaders? It starts wt U

8."Some people have estimated that last Saturday over 1million candidates out of 1.7million were probably involved in examination malpractice!."EDDIE

The last statement is the basis of our next post....thank you

MOST QUOTES FROM NL

NEWSFLASH!

JAMB Releases Tactics To Deal With Those Involved In Exam Malpractice

JAMB Just Released The Tactics they will Use In Finding Out Those Involved In Exams Malpractice in the Just concluded UTME Exam!!!



According to  JAMB, they stored the paper types of each candidate who participated in the just concluded UTME  in their Database...
Unlike other years where students can just change their paper type and go away with it,this year, JAMB will mark your papers according to the paper type they stored in their database for you...
This implies that if your original type was "Paper Type U" and you changed it to "Paper Type I" they wont mark your paper with the type you provided rather they will mark your paper according to paper type U...

 by antonio omeihe

 

2013 JAMB RESULTS TO BE RELEASED THIS WEEK?…OFFICIAL JAMB WEBSITE FOR CHECKING RESULTS...FOR YOUR PROBLEMS,REGISTER WITH US FOR POST UTME/JAMB SERVICES

2012 RELEVANT STATISTICS
NO OF CANDIDATES – 1,503,931
DATE OF EXAM – 24/3/2012
DATE RESULTS WERE RELEASED – 29/3/2012

QUESTIONS RELATING TO 2013 EXAMS.

A.Will JAMB release results within one week as it did in
2012 or will it wait till after the conclusion of the CBT
alternative? Let us wait to see.

B.Should students prepare their minds for the usual  annual drama covering:
-UNTIMELY RELEASE OF RESULTS BASED ON STATES OR LGAS

as a result of “ongoing investigations over alleged extortion by examination officials and special centres”. Last year, the statement from Jamb was reported  as follows “Prof Ojerinde said that of the eight states from which the 52 centres’ results were withheld, Rivers State topped the list with 24 centres, followed by Lagos with 11 centres while Imo had state 6.Others are Benue and Delta states with 3 centres each; Abia and Cross Rivers had 2 centres a piece while Nasarawa had only 1 centre results withheld.

-INCOMPLETE/INVALID RESULTS 
for “further  screening” and which might be cancelled at the end of the day.
- EXAMINATION MALPRACTICES

discovered during and after the exams.

- NO RESULTS YET”OR ”YOUR PIN OR SERIAL NUMBER IS INVALID”  situations after the results are released.

C. And what will other statistical figures for 2013 show to us this week (?) as they did in 2012?Here is what Jamb gave out last year. “Of the total of1,503,931 candidates that sat for the 2012 UTME exams,833, 082 were males with 660,522 females thus representing 55.78 percent and 44.22 percent respectively.Of the total figure of over 1.5 million, 181 prisoners took part in the March 24, 2012 exams. The JAMB boss stated that the prisoners were from Kaduna and Ikoyi prisons in Lagos.Six states top the list of highest number of candidates with Imo leading by 123, 865 candidates; Delta, 88,876; Anambra, 84,204; Osun, 73, 935; Oyo, 71, 272 and Ogun with 71, 173.Also, six states mostly northern,recorded the lowest number of candidates while all other states fell within the average.The six states are Jigawa with 11, 529 candidates; Kebbi, 7, 364; Yobe, 6, 389; Zamfara, 5, 713; Sokoto, 5,664 and FCT with 3, 380
candidates.Candidates had  preference for some universities than others.11 varsities stood out as the most preferred. They are University of Lagos with a total candidates of 83, 865; Nnamdi Azikiwe, Akwa had 82,148; UniBen, 80,048; UNN, 79, 398; Unilorin, 76,276; OAU, 64,702; ABU, 56,708; Uniport, 48,439; UniUyo, 44,397; Imo State University, 43,353 and UI, 40,011. Experience this time is consistent with the earlier trends- that Nigerians have a higher preference. For some universities ahead of other tertiary institutions.Unfortunately those universities still have constraints with 83,865 candidates recorded the highest applications of 99, 115 in 2011 UTME and from the carrying capacity figure given by National Universities Commission, NUC can admit only 9,507. These figure are
only for most preferred choice and do not include those who chose Unilag as their second choice901 candidates scored above 270 – 299; 71,339 made 250 – 269; 601, 151 scored 200 – 249; 374, 920 scored 170 – 199

while 336, 330 scored below 170.However, the board recorded a

significant reduction in the number of invalid and incomplete results of 5,161 this year compared to 2011 figure of 28,069 which was also far below 2010 figure of 96,451 invalid results .” We wait patiently for Jamb’s 2013 abracadabra

CHECKING OF RESULTS
The following is required from you when checking your 2013 Jamb Result
Personal Identification Number (PIN)
Serial Number or Registration Number

Instructions for Checking UTME 2013 Jamb Result
-Click on:http://www.jamb.org.ng/Unifiedtme/default.aspx

-Once the website opens, check the upper right side

-To process insert your PIN, Serial number or Registration Number

-If your result is available, you will definitely have access to it.

If any one gives you any other website different from what you read here you might be wasting your time.

However, some candidates last year claim to have used their phones to check through this site http://www.mobilejamb.appspot.com

USUAL PROBLEMS OR MATTERS ARISING AFTER RESULTS ARE RELEASED

-I read somewhere in the papers that the national assembly has suspended the Computer based testing. Is Jamb still going to hold CBT or not.
- I lost my Jamb registration number for 2013 and can’t remember it. How do I retrieve it please?
- I tried checking for my results and I get the error ”your pin or serial number is invalid”
- I have exceeded the 3 times limit to view my Jamb result. I really need to get access to my result so that I can print it. How do I do this?
-When will the selling of UTME 2013 Change of Course/Institution Scratch cards start and end. And how much?
-Please i need help. Jamb  released only 1 subject out of 4 that i registered for which is Use of English. My results in physics, chemistry, biology were not released
-When will my six chosen schools sell their post UTME form? How much will the forms cost?
-When will the Post UTME results be out?
-What is my schools’ cut-offs?
-What is the next course of action?
-When is the admission lists:1st Batch,2nd Batch,3rd batch and supplementary be out?

NOTE

CONTACT US ON ANY OF THESE PROBLEMS.BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE NO OFFICIAL CONNECTION  TO JAMB.AND DO NOT ASK US ABOUT UPGRADING YOUR JAMB SCORES.IT IS A SCAM.DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!

LAST MINUTE REMINDERS ON JAMB EXAM AND JAMB MATHEMATICS!

FOR JAMB EXAMS

1. Avoid “expo” arrangements like plague. Most time they will fail you. You could also land in jail.

2. Visit your examination center at least once so that the examination environment on the exam day will not be completely new. Look at the classrooms. Feel the furniture. Imagine the crowd around on the exam day and see yourself there cool and calm.

3. The day before the exams ensure that all expected documents (original + photocopies) are with you pen/pencil, eraser, sharpener, log table are kept at a place where your kid brother or sister cannot get them. 

4. On the day of the exam leave home very early.

5. Getting to the exam location, keep your composure. Other students are also as nervous as you are. The difference is your being able to keep calm despite the anxiety within.

6. Disregard those reading “textbooks” at the exam center. Check for the room where your number is located and determine all the time that you will not be affected by the exam atmosphere.

7. In the exam hall pray to God to lead you successfully. Read instructions carefully. Do not be disturbed by the ruffling sheets of students in a hurry or who might have started before you.

 8. Push Maths aside until you have done other subjects thereby saving yourself time for Maths later. Use appropriate pencil.

9. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. Avoid “no result situations”. Turn to kalo kalo in any emergency situation if need be.

10. Do not rush to be the first out of exam hall. Law students are usually guilt of this. But once finished, go home. Do not discuss the exam with anyone. Not even your closest friend!

FOR JAMB MATHEMATICS

11. Do you realize you have an average of only 54 seconds for each question?

12. Do you also realize that reading each question itself might take you up to10 and 24 seconds? So do you really have more than 30 seconds on the average for working each problem?

13. Actually there are four types of  Jamb  Maths questions:

(a). Those you can answer by mental elimination of options (options that are not likely to be the answer).

(b). Those you can answer by mental calculation.

(c). Those you can answer by written simplification

(d). Those you can answer only by "full working". These are otherwise called TIME WASTERS.

 14. AVOID those under 13(d) like plague till you have answered all those under 3(a) – (c). Use kalo-kalo method for 3(d) usually close to the end of the examination. Don't pretend you can be a Professor of Mathematics because you don't have the time. This method might also be useful for all calculation-based subjects such as Physics, Chemistry or to some extent, Economics.

 15. Where possible use methods and formulas instead of tables e.g. 88² – 12², = (88 + 12)(88 - 12) . 100 × 76

 

EDUCATION MINISTER CONFIRMS OUR POSITION ON NECO AND JAMB...ONLY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CAN SCRAP BOTH OF THEM!

“Even if government has to scrap JAMB or NECO, government has to write the National Assembly to repeal the Acts that established them...." says Education Minister

HERE IS THE FULL STORY FROM VANGUARD

No plan to scrap NECO, UTME, Minister tells Senate

[caption id="attachment_7914" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Chief Nyesom Wike- Minister of State for Education[/caption]

ABUJA—THE Federal Government,Thursday, said there were no plans to scrap the University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE) and National Examination Council (NECO) as being speculated, stressing that mischief makers were out to pitch the government against the people.

Speaking, yesterday, when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Education, led by Senator Uche Chukwumerije, PDP, Abia North, Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, said in  politics, it was possible for people who might have issues with government to come up with how government will be seen as unpopular, adding that critics of government had a hidden agenda.

Following reports of government’s plans to scrap the two examination bodies, the Senate had, on resumption from its Easter break, summoned critical stakeholders as Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, Minister of State, Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, heads of NECO and Joint Admissions And Matriculation Board, JAMB, but the senior minister was absent as she was said to have accompanied the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on an official assignment outside the country.

File Photo: Cross section of students writing exam

Wike, who alluded to the recommendation of the Steve Oronsaye panel set up by the Federal Government to rationalise over 400 government agencies, noted that they were not before the senators to discuss the existence of NECO.

He said:  ‘’I don’t know where they got the information that government wanted to scrap NECO. Government has at no time scrapped NECO and JAMB.

“Even if government has to scrap any of these agencies, it has to give reasons for its action. No position has been taken. It is the handiwork of mischievous people who want to pitch the government against the people.

“Even if government has to scrap JAMB or NECO, government has to write the National Assembly to repeal the Acts that established them. I don’t know where the rumours are coming from.”

Wike also frowned on a situation where some professional agencies as Computer Association, Library Association, among others, existed within the Education Ministry and funded by the Ministry.

It will be recalled that the Steve Oronsaye panel was reported to have recommended scrapping of UTME and NECO respectively

The panel, which report has become the subject of a white paper committee, also recommended the scrapping of double examinations for secondary school students but made a case for existence of only the West African Examination Council (WAEC).

When asked by a member of the committee, Senator Pius Ewherido, DPP, Delta Central,  if there was the need to retain the body, Registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, stressed the need for the examination body to remain.

He also explained that when scrapped, the unifying factor of UTME as well as its very cheap nature would be defeated.

According to him, UMTE is the only way of addressing the diverse problems of the country, including that of federal character.

Cautioning against the scrap of UMTE, Prof. Ojerinde said the scrapping  “would be grave for a Nigerian child. Each child would have to purchase forms for the university he wants to go.”

Also speaking, the Registrar of NECO, Professor Promise Okpala, who canvassed that NECO should be retained, however, said the body had brought a choice to the doorsteps of Nigerian children rather than being pigeon-holed to one examination body.

BY HENRY UMORU & JOSEPH ERUNKE

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REPORT ABOUT SCRAPPING OF NECO AND JAMB MADE NO SENSE FROM THE MINUTE IT WAS PUBLISHED

[caption id="attachment_7914" align="alignleft" width="200"] Chief Nyesom Wike- Minister of State for Education[/caption]

FG reassures on UTME, NECO

LAGOS — INDICATIONS emerged, yesterday, that the Federal Government may have soft-pedaled on the scrapping of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, examination, UTME; and the National Examinations Council, NECO, as recommended by the Mr. Steve Oransoye-led committee, which had generated mixed reactions.

This came as apprehension gripped over 2,000 workers of JAMB, who may lose their jobs if the recommendations by the committee on the restructuring of the Federal Government agencies and parastatals are implemented

In Ado Ekiti, yesterday, Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to President Goodluck Jonathan on Youth and Student Matters, Jude Imagwe, said Federal Government was not considering scrapping UTME and NECO.

The SSA, who spoke at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, during a workshop on teaching/learning method, said the bodies were set up by laws for specific purposes.

Imagwe noted that the recommendations of the Oronsanye committee may not be unconnected with the fact that a lot of government agencies were performing similar roles and functions, saying “at the end of the day, we will keep our own. NECO will be strengthened.”

Meanwhile, organised labour in JAMB, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, have vowed to challenge the report in court should the Federal Government implement it.

In an address by Mr. Samuel Azaba and Mr. Isaiah Adeigbe, branch Chairmen of NASU and ASCSN, respectively, and Mr. Stephen Ignatius, NASU Secretary and his counterpart from ASCSN, Mr. Adederin Adegoke, the unions said instead of scrapping the institutions, government should establish more to accommodate the about 1.7 million students seeking admission in about 400 institutions in the country.

By Gbenga Ariyibi & Johnbosco Agbakwuru/VANGUARD

OUR OPINION POSTED ON VANGUARD ONLINE

..some of us  never believed for even one moment that NECO and JAMB would be scrapped...to be replaced with what?...another NECO and JAMB with new names?...stop writing unapologetic headlines...you messed up from the first day you reported they were going to be scrapped...this is not to say that NECO and JAMB should not be reviewed.