Scrapping of post-UTME: Varsities to screen candidates on oral, essay before admission

Former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Peter Okebukola, has said that Nigerian universities deviated from the initial agreement NUC had with Vice-Chancellors in 2004 when it introduced post-UTME to screen candidates on oral interview and written essay.

He also said out the present position as revealed to him by the Vice-Chancellors, after their meeting with Malam Adamu Adamu last Thursday, was that the Minister had directed that universities should no longer conduct the same type of test as JAMB, but should be free to further subject candidates to screening to meet their local peculiarities.

Okebukola, who spoke exclusively with Vanguard, lamented that universities had since deviated from the initial agreement of post-UTME disclosed that the 2004 model had a screening component which was agreed with all vice-chancellors to be through oral interview and essay which JAMB assessment did not cover.

NYSC Batch 'A' stream II Orientation begins on June 13

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Abuja on Monday said the Batch 'A' stream II Orientation Course would commence on Monday, June 13, and end on Wednesday, June 29.

The information is contained in a statement signed by the NYSC Director of Press, Mrs Bose Aderibigbe.

The statement urged prospective corps members to log on to the NYSC portal to commence printing of call-up letters from Tuesday, June 7, by 2p.m. as the earlier printed call-up letters were invalid.

2016 Jamb preffered universities

1   ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UTURU.  ABIA

 2   GREGORY UNIVERSITY, UTURU, ABIA STATE  ABIA

 3    ADAMAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, MUBI,    ADAMAWA

 4   AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA , YOLA   ADAMAWA

 5   FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, YOLA (  AFFILIATED TO AHMADU BELLO  UNIVERSITY, ZARIA.)    ADAMAWA

 6    MODIBO ADAMA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, YOLA   ADAMAWA

 7    AKWA IBOM STAE UNIVERSITY, IKOT-AKPADEN    AKWA-IBOM

Jamb Recommended Physics text books

Ike E.E (2014) Essential Principles of Physics, Jos ENIC publishers

 Ike E.E (2014) Numerical Problems and Solutions in Physics, Jos ENIC publishers

Nelson M. (1977) Fundamentals of Physics, Great Britain, Hart Davis Education

 Nelson M. and Parker … (1989) Advance Level Physics, (Sixth Edition) Heinemann

Okeke  P.N and Anyakoha M.W. (2000) Senior Secondary School Physics, Lagos, Pacific Printers

Olumuyionwa A. and Ogunkoya O. O (1992) Comprehensive Certificate Physics, Ibadan: University Press Plc. 191 

JAMB Recommended English text books

Attah, M. O. (2013) Practice in Spoken English for Intermediate and Advanced Learners, Maiduguri: University of Maiduguri Press

Bamgbose, A. (2002) English Lexis and Structure for Senior Secondary Schools and colleges (Revised Edition), Ibadan: Heinemann

Banjo, A. et al (2004) New Oxford Secondary English Course Book Six for Senior Secondary Schools, Ibadan: UP Plc.

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We’ve paid all allowances to corps members, others –INEC

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said funds for the payment of allowances of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and ad-hoc workers engaged for the 2015 general elections have been released.

Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, told reporters in Abuja yesterday that it was possible for some of ad-hoc workers not to have received their money due to error in the bank account details submitted for the payment of such allowances.
He said for corps members, their money was paid directly to the NYSC even before the elections.

The Director-General of the NYSC acknowledged this on the day INEC and officials of the directorate held a joint news briefing. He said the monies for corps members had been paid to the scheme for onward payment to the corps members as agreed.
“They were to be paid an initial sum before the elections and the balance after the elections. I am very sure that the directorate has done that. For the non-NYSC members, they were requested to submit their account details and they were also paid an initial amount and then the balance after the exercise. It is very likely that, this had been done,’’ Idowu said.

He, however, admitted that there were isolated reports that some ad-hoc workers had not been paid their allowances, saying he had spoken with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) of the affected states, including Lagos on the matter. He said most of the outstanding cases were due to challenges associated with submitted account details.