MYSCHOOLCOMMUNITY: June 2012

Monday, June 11, 2012

List of Nigerian Universities

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

UST First Choice Post-utme 2012/2013 Screening Exercise

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for 1^st Choice Candidates

NOTICE TO ALL CANDIDATES SEEKING ADMISSION INTO THE RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR 2012/2013 ACADEMIC SESSION

All candidates who choose the Rivers State University of Science and Technology as their 1^st choice University during the 2012 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are hereby requested to take note of the following:-

i. The screening exercise for admission of candidates will be administered only on candidates who chose RSUST as their first choice University.

ii. Candidates who chose RSUST as their second choice are not expected to apply.

iii Candidates who scored 180 and above in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are qualified for the screening exercise in all the Faculties of the University.

iv. Candidates must possess the basic five (5) O’ level credit passes in accordance with the University’s Entry Requirements (Faculty /Departmental) before applying for the screening Exercise.

v Candidates are expected to register for the screening exercise On-line by logging onto www.ust.edu.ng and make e-payment of Two Thousand, Five Hundred Naira only (N2,500.00) by using Interswitch Verve enabled cards.

vi Candidates will be required to upload their O ‘Level results and a scanned copy of their passport photograph.

vii Candidates are to note that the mode of screening exercise is ELECTRONIC. It is important that candidates practice how to use the computer especially the use of mouse and keyboard before they turn up for the screening exercise. In addition, the Information Technology Centre (ITC) may be conducting a 1-week demonstration session prior to the examination date to candidates for the screening exercise.

vii The closing date for the registration of the Post-UTME screening exercise is 8^th June, 2012

SCHEDULE FOR THE SCREENING EXERCISE

The Post-UTME screening exercise will take place from Monday 11^th to Thursday 14^th June, 2012 at the Information Technology Centre (ITC) of the University. Candidates are requested to please note that the Post-UTME screening exercise is as scheduled in the screening exercise slip they printed out after their On-line registration. The scheduled date, time and venue shall be indicated in the Post-UTME examination slip.

Consideration will not be given to candidates who fail to appear for the screening exercise on the scheduled date and time. All candidates for the screening exercise are required to come to the examination venue with their Post-UTME exam slip printed out during the On-line Post-UTME registration.

Candidates should note that GSM phones will not be allowed into the Examination hall during the Post-UTME screening exercise.

Parents, Guardians and Well-wishers are advised to stay away from the venue of the screening exercise

Candidates must report at the examination venue one (1) hour before the scheduled exam time on their exam slip.

Further details about the screening exercise can be obtained on-line at www.ust.edu.ng.

It is important to note that the names of successful candidates for admission shall be published on the same site (www.ust.edu.ng.).

HOW TO TRANSFORM NIGERIA'S EDUCATION SYSTEM

• Protesting students of Tai Solarin University of Education

A senior lawyer asked a junior lawyer in his chambers why an assignment he gave him was not executed. The junior lawyer replied, 'I forgetted'.

This is a true story and it is not an isolated event. Data from Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) shows that only about 23per cent of students, who enter Nigerian universities have a credit pass in English language and Mathematics. With very poor foundation from the secondary schools nationwide, most of our university students are poorly equipped for focused and productive intellectual academic pursuits.

Many buy passing grades from unscrupulous lecturers with money and sex. Therefore, many university graduates in present day Nigeria are just like the junior lawyer who 'forgetted' to do the assignment that was given to him.

But our problems as a nation are even worse. Apart from an overwhelming number of adult illiterates, numbered at over 40 million, 90.8 per cent of eligible early childhood students, 30 per cent of primary school children, 65 per cent of Junior Secondary School children, and 61 per cent of senior Secondary School children are out of school, deprived of the benefits of education in a country where the Constitution demands free and compulsory basic education as a mandatory law of the land.

An illiterate population is a fertile breeding ground for terrorists, tribalists and dangerous, gullible, volatile superstitious miscreants in society who can be manipulated by disgruntled elements to ferment and ignite great havoc in society. Nigeria therefore direly needs to educate her citizens throughout the country as a matter of great priority. A revised education curriculum that includes the study of the Nigerian Constitution at all levels of education will be a potent tool for nation building. Great national values such as Democracy, Social Justice, Equality, Non-tribalism, Human Dignity, Accountability, Rule of Law, Respect for Diversity, and Tolerance, can be taught as part of the educational curriculum, and brought to life in the classroom in a manner that will transform each student into a valuable and decent citizen, permanently.

Specific problems and roadblocks in our current educational system have been highlighted and discussed briefly. A number of these problems and issues can be dissolved over the next four years to bring true sanity to our educational system, and to our national life and polity.

SOME SPECIFIC PROBLEMS WITH NIGERIAN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

1. THE PROBLEM OF MASS FAILURE IN WAEC
The following data from West African Examination Council (WAEC) on the performance of students nationwide in WASSCE over the past six years revealed that the percentage of students with five credits including English and Mathematics ranged from 13.76per cent (2008) to 27.53 per cent in 2005.

PERFORMANCE IN WASSCE, 2005-2010 (Source: WAEC)
YEAR NO OF CANDIDATES %WITH 5 CREDITS INCLUDING ENGLISH AND MATHEMATICS

2005 1,091,676 27.53
2006 1,184,348 15.56
2007 1,275,330 25.54
2008 1,369,142 13.76
2009 1,373,009 25.99
2010 1,351,557 24.94
The NUC and WAEC-reported percentages nationwide include data from private and exceptional schools where students generally do well. If you isolate private school excellent results from the above data, it should not be difficult to understand the tragedy in our public schools where most Nigerian students receive their education.

Education in Nigeria is structured in three tiers: Basic education, Secondary School education, and Tertiary education. Traditional Basic education offered to children between ages three and 14 in Nigeria consists of three years of early child care and development education, 6years of primary education and three years of Junior Secondary education. Non-traditional Basic education includes educational outreach to nomadic and migrant children, Almajirais, and mass literacy intervention. Traditional Basic education is followed by 3years of Senior Secondary School and then Tertiary education.

SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF MASS FAILURE IN WAEC
The problem that shows up as mass failure in WAEC every year is only a symptom of a bad disease that was there all along which could have been diagnosed and treated by standardized and nationwide exam from Junior Secondary school (JS1). Academic weaknesses of the students will be detected earlier. Poor performing teachers whose students do poorly on the standardized exam will be warned and assisted to do better; but if the teacher continues to perform poorly, he/she will be replaced.

There will be no more automatic promotion. The performance of each student on the standardized national exam or a local repeat exam after remedial studies will be a factor in promotion to the next class. If, at every level of their educational experience, both teachers and students put in same level of effort that they expend every year in preparing for both Junior and Senior WASSCE, the outcome of their learning experience will be remarkably different. By the time a student gets to SS3 under this structure and discipline, the performance will be better and WAEC mass failures will be history. We will still work on teacher motivation and commitment, improvement of facilities and infrastructure where possible and necessary.

2. PROBLEM OF ACCESSIBILITY AND ENROLLMENT IN SCHOOLS

The Nigerian Constitution states that 'government shall strive to eradicate illiteracy, and to this end, government shall, as and when practicable, provide:

• Free, compulsory and universal primary education
• Free secondary education
• Free university education
• Free adult literacy programme
In spite of the constitutional mandate to eradicate illiteracy through free and compulsory education, the education ministry in Nigeria has not applied imaginative initiatives to enforce free and compulsory Universal Primary Education. Recent data from a 2009 report by the ministry show that of 22 million children expected in early childhood schools, only 2.02 million are enrolled, leaving a short fall of 19.98 million out of school.

For primary school, out of expected enrollment of 34.92 million, actual enrollment is only 24.42 million, leaving a short fall of 10.5 million children at home. For Junior Secondary school, expected enrollment is 9.27 million; actual enrollment is 3.27 million, leaving a short fall of 6.0 million children out of school. For non-formal adult education, out of 40 million illiterate adults, only 500,000 are enrolled, leaving a short fall of 39.5 million. The problem of accessibility and non-enrollment is even more severe in Senior Secondary schools. Out of a potential enrollment population of 7.2 million, only 2.8 million (28 per cent) are actually enrolled. At the university level, it is reported that only sixper cent of students who want university education are admitted nationwide. [to be continued]

•Nwangwu, a professor of pharmacology, toxicology and clinical pharmacy, presented this paper, titled 'How to Transform the Educational System in Nigeria for the Immediate Benefit of the Nation', at the 2011 National Youth Summit, held at International Conference Centre, Abuja.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) 2012/2013 Post UME Screening

The management of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has at last cleared the confusion that kept her 2012/2013 prospective candidates worrying in a recent couple of weeks past.
The date of the 2012 post UTME has now been fixed to take event between Thursday, June 14 to Saturday, June 16, 2012.
Eligibility for FUTO 2012/2013 post UTME
The university has invited all candidates who chose FUTO either as first or second choice in the 2012 UTME. Such interested candidates must as well have obtained a minimum of 180 JAMB score as directed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination Board, JAMB.
How to Register
The FUTO 2012/2013 post UTME registration form is sold at the rate of N1,000.00 (one thousand naira flat). And is obtainable at branches of the following banks nationwide: First Bank Plc, Diamond Bank Plc., UBA Plc. and First City Monument Bank.
What to do after depositing the money
1. Candidates should collect an e-transact slip from the bank for further use. Note: you must not lose this slip!
2. Proceed to complete the registration form with your e-transact receipt number and pin at: www.futo.edu.ng
3. Click on the Post-UTME Online form and follow the instructions.
4. Complete the application form carefully
5. Upload your passport photograph (photo size should not be more than 64kb in jpeg or gif format)
Preview the completed form and submit when you are sure of your entry
6. Print the completed on-line registration form
Required Documents: Applicants should come to the exam with the following:-
1. Original JAMB Result Slip and photocopy
2. HB pencil, eraser and sharpener
3. Two clear copies of the printout of the completed on-line registration form
4. UTME result slip and photocopy
5. Payment slip (e-transact slip) used for registration.

Examination Dates and Sitting Schedule for Federal University of Technology Owerri:

Thursday, June 14, 2012: Time 8.00am:
1. Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)
2. Petroleum Engineering (PET)
3. Material and Metallurgical Engineering (MME)
4. Agricultural Engineering (AGE)
5. School of Agriculture and Agricultural Tech. (SAAT)
Friday, June 15, 2012: Time 8.00am:
1. Mechanical Engineering (MEE)
2. Civil Engineering (CIE)
3. Environmental Technology (EVT)
4. Chemical Engineering (CHE)
5. Polymer and Textile Engineering (PTE)
6. Food Science and Technology (FST)
7. School of Health Technology (SOHT)
Saturday, June 16, 2012: Time 8.00am:
All Departments in the following schools
1. School of Science (SOSC)
2. School of Management Technology (SMAT)
3. School of Environmental Technology (SOET)
How do I know my Exam hall and sit number?
The sitting schedule can be accessed online at www.futo.edu.ng
Helpdesk: For enquiries, send e-mails to: info@futo.edu.ng

ASUU threatens Mass Mobilization Against Oil Subsidy in Nigeria.

ASUU has threatened to mobilise Nigerians to the streets to protest against the proposed removal of oil subsidy by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Dr Ademola Aremu, chairman of ASUU, while speaking at a symposium organised by ASUU on the proposed subsidy removal, which took place at the Institute of African Studies, on Friday, said the union rejected the proposal entirely.
DR. Aremu, who joined other discussants, including Professors Isaac Albert, Tam David West, Kassey Garba and Adeola Adenikinju, said Nigerians were fed up with the injustices in the government and would be forced to react in the best way they can.
“Is any refinery working in Nigeria despite all the monies spent and appropriated for turn around maintenance? I am not a prophet of doom but after Boko Haram, another group will still emerge because we are fed up with this system.
“The system is full of injustices and as long as injustices exist in the country, people will continue to react in the best way they can, through deep seated grievances,” he said
Professor Tam David-West, who described the proposed removal as sanctified falsehood, said Nigerians must go to the streets.
“They must not do it and if they do it, we must all go to the street. People should not stay at home. Oil subsidy is a sanctified falsehood, absolute lies,” he said.
While challenging President Goodluck Jonathan, Minister of Finance, Dr (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and her petroleum counterpart, Mrs Alison Maduekwe, to prove him wrong, the former minister wondered how Jonathan stood on the way of the people.
‘He is saying there is no going back on oil subsidy. I say no, he will go back. It is a lie to say Nigerians are paying the least oil price in the world. Going by their analysis, Nigerian workers should be earning about N184,000 to be at par with their mates in the United States.
“They have killed refineries through sabotage. You are asking the masses to pay for your inaction and to tighten their belt because their waist is loose, while you grow belly and cheeks in Abuja,” he said.
Professor Isaac Albert, Director of the Institute of African Studies, noted that Nigerian leaders were deceptive and living in self denial of reality, lamenting that the country was collapsing.
He wondered why leaders would want to make life more difficult for the downtrodden while government in Algeria had stopped taxing people for fear of revolution.

University of Ibadan (UI) 2012/2013 Post UTME Screening

University of Ibadan, UI is currently accepting application from her 2012/2013 prospective candidates for the admission into her various undergraduate programmes.

To be eligible to apply: you must satisfy the three under listed eligibility criteria:

1. Must have chosen UI either as first, or second or both choice in the 2012 UTME.

2. Must have obtained a minimum of 200 in the 2012 JAMB exams, to be proved by your Original JAMB Result Slip.

3. Must be at least sixteen (16) years of age by October 2012.

Examination date will be communicated soon after the University announce it.

How to Purchase UI Post UTME Access Code

Pay a sum of two thousand naira (N2000) into THE UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN Accounts (See the list below) at any of the branches of the following approved banks, nearest to you.

BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS

FIRSTBANK NIGERIA PLC, (Ac. No. available in banks)

MAINSTREET BANK (Ac. No. available in banks)

Note: A teller containing your name, amount paid , date of payment and the teller number is given at the bank.

How to fill UI post UTME form online

With information from the Bank teller, log into the online admission portal, to update your payment details. Supply your jamb registration number, teller number,bank and bank branch where the payment is made and the date of payment to generate user id and pin.

1st choice: For first choice candidates CLICK HERE

2nd choice: For Second choice candidates CLICK HERE

The online forms should be carefully filled following ALL necessary instructions, as mistake(s) may lead to disqualification. The form contains a total of four pages as listed below:

PAGE ONE: CANDIDATE’S BIO-DATA

- Complete the additional information required on this page. Note that some data have already been filled in for you.

- Kindly use functional e-mail addresses and telephone numbers to enable us reach you in the course of the admission exercise, whenever the need arises

- We need data of father,mother and or the guardian.

- Proceed to page two

- Before proceeding to the next page, check to ensure you have entered the correct information.

PAGE TWO: O LEVEL DETAILS

- Fill in your o level details.

- You can fill in a second sitting if there is a deficient in the first sitting o level result.

- Ensure correct and adequate information is provided.

- Proceed to page three

- Before proceeding to the next page, check to ensure you have entered the correct information.

PAGE THREE: CANDIDATE’S UME DETAILS

- Cross check the record displayed to ensure it is the same as what you scored in the UTME examinations.

- Proceed to page four.

PAGE FOUR: REVIEW

- Review all information supplied and ensure they are correct and accurate.

- You can go back and correct any mistake observed

- Click on “proceed to page 5″ to continue.

PAGE FIVE: REVIEW AND PRINT YOUR DETAILS

- The page contains a full detail of all your entries and payment information for confirmation and printing

- If you notice any error kindly click “Back to the previous page” to correct the error

- If you are satisfied with the information click “Final Submission”

- Please ensure that you check your entries properly before clicking on Final Submission as you may not be able to make any correction thereafter.

However, you can revisit the page to complete submission anytime provided the final submission has not been made.

All genuine inquiries should be directed to: admissions.ui.edu.ng/helpdesk

For further information on admissions, visit: http://www.ui.edu.ng/admissions.

UNN Post UTME 2012 /2013 Screening Exercise Date Is Out!

UNN Post UTME 2012 /2013 Exam Date is out. This examination is for those candidates who chose UNN either as their first or second choice of university and scored 200 and above in the 2012 JAMB UTME examination.

The UNN Post UTME 2012 /2013 Exam will begin on the 18th of June (Monday) till the 20th of June (Wednesday), 2012.

Qualified candidates are required to pay the sum of Two thousand naira (N2, 000.00) and obtain a scratch card from the following Banks all over the country:

Diamond Bank Plc
First Bank of Nigeria Plc
University of Nigeria Micro-Finance Banks at Enugu and Nsukka.

After the purchasing the scratch cards, potential candidates should go the school portal at www.portal.unn.edu.ng to complete the UNN Post UTME 2012/2013 Screening form online. Candidates are not to scan any passport photograph on their forms.

Make sure you print your acknowledgement slip after registering on the UNN Portal

Requirements for the Screening Examination

Candidates are to come to the examination hall with the following documents:

1. Original JAMB Result Slip.

2. A copy of the University of Nigeria Nsukka online Registration form duly completed

3. Writing Materials include: HB pencils and Erasers

Prohibited Items: Mobile Phones, Calculators, Organizers and Mathematical Tables

Examination Time Table

DAY ONE

DATE: June 18, 2012 (Monday)

FACULTIES:

Faculty of Medical Sciences

Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences & Technology

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

DAY TWO

DATE: June 19, 2012 (Tuesday)

FACULTIES:

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Education

Faculty of the Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts

DAY THREE

DATE: June 20, 2012 (Wednesday)

FACULTIES:

Faculty of Business Administration

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Physical Sciences

Faculty of Environmental Studies (including all candidates who applied for Surveying & Geoinformatics)

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Agriculture

Venue

Information on the designated centers for the screening exercise will be made available at the campus and on the UNN official website on the 17th of June, 2012

Online Application Deadline

Registration begins on the 1st of June (Friday) and ends on the 12th of June (Tuesday)

NOTE

UNN Post UME/UTME Past Question and Answer for all faculties cost is N1000.

We only send the UNN Post UME past question and Answer to your Email. You will have to download and print it out. If interested in getting the past questions, Call Mr. Chibuzor on 07033378184.

TO GET YOUR UNN POST UME/UTME PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Pay N1000 into the bank account below:

Bank name; Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB)

Account name; Chibuzor Tochi Onyemenam

Account number; 591 589195 1590

Send your names, email address, teller number, and bank location to 07033378184 after payment.

You will receive your past questions and answers in your email ONLY after your payment has been verified. It will be delivered into your email after 12-24 hours of confirmation of your payment.

UNIBEN 2012/2013 Post UTME Screening Exercise

The University of Benin UNIBEN Post-UTME Test Application process for 2012/2013 academic session will run between Monday, 28th May 2012 and end midnight of Sunday, 10th June 2012, while screening will take place on Friday, 15th June 2012 and Saturday, 16th June 2012 in designated Centres within Ugbowo Campus of UNIBEN. ALL candidates are expected to be seated latest one hour before the stipulated time for the screening exercise.

Note that, only candidates who chose UNIBEN as First Choice and scored 200 and above in the UTME are eligible to participate in the Screening Exercise.

Instructions

Click on ‘Register for application‘ to proceed.
Enter your FIRSTNAME as it appears on your JAMB REGISTRATION or RESULT SLIP, and a VALID email address (immediately your login authentication details will be sent to your mailbox).
Click on Button below titled “Get login credentials”.
Open your mail to get your login details (USERNAME and PASSWORD) that you will use for all your subsequent logins until you finally submit your application form.
Go to uniben-kofa.waeup.org and click on ‘Login’ (at the top right corner of the page).
Enter your username and the password to login.
To start the application process, please click on ‘Edit application record’ and provide all required information and upload your passport photograph.
Upload a clear 1” x 1” COLOURED passport photograph with red background in JPEG format only. NOTE that the photograph uploaded will be the only valid ID for all admitted candidates throughout their stay in the University of Benin.
To pay for the application, click on ‘Add online payment ticket’ at the bottom of the page. Then click on ‘College Pay’ on the top left corner of the page. Follow the instruction to pay with an ATM-enabled Verve or Master Cards only from any commercial bank.
Application fee is N2,000.00 and payment is through Interswitch payment gateway, consult your bank to ensure that your ATM card is enabled for web transactions. Only Verve & Master cards are allowed. You can also obtain enabled Verve Cashcard from any commercial bank for the payment of the application fee, if you do not have an ATM card.
Preview and confirm your information before submiting your application on-line and then print out an acknowledgement slip that contains your screening schedule.
You cannot edit your application after submission.
Application website closes by mid-night on Sunday, 10th June, 2012.
The grouping of courses, day and time of screening exercise are as indicated below.

S/N	GROUP	DATE	TIME
1.	Social sciences	Saturday, 15th June, 2012	10am-11am
	Management sciences
	Education – Soc. sciences
	Education -Mgt. sciences
2.	Engineering	Saturday, 15th June, 2012	2pm-3pm
	Physical sciences
	Education- physical sciences
3.	Medicine	Saturday,16th June ,2012	10am-11am
	Dentistry
	Basic medical sciences
	Pharmacy
	Dentistry
	Life sciences
	Agriculture
4.	Law	Saturday, 16th June,2012	2pm-3pm
	Art
	Education arts

Candidate are to come to the screening centres with the following:

Acknowledgement slip and bank teller for identification.
Four figure table (where applicable)
Writing materials (HB pencil and Eraser).

Note that GSM phones and calculators are not allowed.

ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY 2012/2013 POST UTME SCREENING

Abia State University(Uturu) 2012/2013 post-utme screening test would come up on the 13th of June, 2012 at the University Premises.
ELIGIBILITY FOR THE 2012/2013 ABSU POST-UTME
• Candidate for the examination must have selected the University as their First and/or second choice most preferred Institution in the 2012/2013 JAMB UTME.

• Candidate must have obtained the UTME official cut-off of 180 and above in the JAMB UTME examination.
• Candidate must have a minimum of six(6) credits including mathematics and English.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
• Candidates for the screening examination, are to obtain the screening Forms at any of the following banks;
- Eco bank,
- Zenith Bank,
- Keystone Bank,
- First Bank and
- Union Bank plc.
SCREENING DATE AND VENUE
The absu post-utme examination, would take place on the 13th of June 2012 at the University premises(Uturu)