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A Nigerian teenager who definitely had a bright future ahead of him has tragically lost his life after a brief illness.
16-year-old student, Mubarak Razak reportedly lost his life just after passing both the JAMB exams and Post-UTME with flying colours.
Razak applied to study Medicine and Surgery at the University of Ilorin in the Post-UTME screening before the unfortunate incident.
The news which was shared with StellaDimokokorkus reads:-
The person in subject was a close relation of mine, his name was Mubarak Razak by name and 16 years.
He applied for Medicine and Surgery at University of Ilorin after being denied admission last year when he applied for Anatomy scoring 206 in UTME, immediately after graduating in a private secondary school in Ilorin, Kwara state.
He then struggled to have a better UTME score this year and passed POST-JAMB excellently scoring 72% when he suddenly died after a brief illness last week Saturday night.
He was survived by 3 siblings, his father, a civil servant(Mr Razak Owolabi) and Mother,a government school teacher (Mrs Aminat Razak).
I just taught I should share this story because to me he left an indelible mark in this world, he was a nice, quiet boy and so young. And I believe that it’s not how far you go in life but how well.
The first picture is during his school graduation

Plumbing and Fitting, Photography, Salesmanship, Upholstery, Painting and Interior decoration are amongst 39 subjects recently added to the examination syllabus of The West African Examination Council, WAEC by the examination body.
Of the 39 subjects, four of them, Computer Studies, Insurance, Store Management & Office Practice would serve as electives while the remaining 35 are for Trade-related courses.
Revealing this, the Council’s Acting Head, Test Development Division, Mrs. Olayinka Ajibade said the recent introductions were in line with the Nigerian Education Research & Development Council’s new secondary school curriculum.
Ajibade said the new syllabus would take effect from this year’s May/June WASSCE Examinations and students would be required to take four core subjects which would include English Language, General Mathematics, Civic Education and Trade/ Entrepreneurial Studies.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday, said only candidates who meet the O’ level and A’ level requirements and other criteria set by institutions would be offered admission in 2017/2018. ‎JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a Training and Sensitization Forum on Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) for admission offers, candidates and stakeholders on in Abuja.
Prof. Oloyede said: “Scoring higher than the cut-off mark does not guarantee admission but makes the candidate eligible for admission consideration. It is not UTME that qualifies the person. It is O level, A level that qualifies a person for admission.
“That is why you can go from here to UK, you can go to Ghana, Uganda, Republic of Benin, nobody ask you of your UTME, they ask for your O level because by law it is the school cert that qualifies you not JAMB,” he said.
He also warned that JAMB will not tolerate illegal admissions by any higher institution. The body also stated that students admitted illegally won’t be regularised anymore.
“We know that we have abused the process. What we have been doing is to send N5,000 each to JAMB in the name of regularization without capturing their picture, without capturing anything. You pay N5,000 and then they are regularized.
“We have not stopped to do backlog but from 2016 upward we will not allow anybody to do backdoor admission. Anybody that is not properly admitted cannot benefit from regularization.
“You cannot admit anybody under the table. Let us know your problem and let us collectively solve the problem so that you do not need to do such thing.
“We don’t have accurate data because what we have on record is different from real life. We cannot continue to do that. We will protest to the whole world that we have 500 students in our institutions but in reality they are about 1 million but 500,000 thousand have been admitted illegally,” Oloyede remarked.

A male student of Imo state University,owerri has been unconscious and has sustained multiple injuries after falling from the last floor of their hostel, Chelsea hostel Aladinma Alliance.
Some students who witnessed the incident said that the boy was suspected to be Gay while some occupants of the hostel tried beating him up which Led him fall from the 2 storey building of the hostel.
“He fell onto the hostel concreted floor and he bleed profusely and was rushed to Federal medical centre, FMC owerri ” A student said.
The boy who is currently on admission bed in FMC sustained multiple fractures on his right arm,left arm, both legs broke and some injuries to the head and face. He is however responding to treatment as report said that he is at the point of Death as at when the incident happened in the afternoon.The students say the incident has frightened them as students who reported to be involved in this incident are no where to be found.
Please we urge entire Imo stars to be in prayers as it has reported now that he is at the point of death.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has agreed to consider the federal government’s offer and suspend their strike.
This great news comes after 12 hours, 30 minutes of a closed door meeting between ASUU and a government delegation in Abuja which started 1:38pm on Thursday, September 7 and ended 2:15 a.m. on Friday, September 8.
According to Premium Times, the leadership of ASUU, however, said though it accepted the proposal presented by the government, it will take the proposal to its members and get back to the government in a week.
The national president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, told journalists after the meeting that the union will come back after one week to take its final decisions.
He said: “Now we have some concrete proposal that we will take back to our members for consideration.”
Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, said ASUU’s demands have been addressed and the union will get back to the government in a week after consulting with its principals.
Naijaloaded earlier reported that the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists, (NAAT), announced that they would join the ASUU strike on Wednesday, September 6.
The president of SSANU, who is also the chairman of JAC while speaking at a press conference in Abuja explained reasons for the industrial action, saying the nationwide strike would be total and comprehensive.

Dr Fabian Benjamin, the head of media and information of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has announced that the Direct Entry e-Registration portal will be closed on September 15.
This was announced on Friday, September 8, in an interview with newsmen in Abuja. He was also quoted as saying that there might be no postponement of the deadline.
According to NAN, Dr Benjamin also advised JAMB candidates to re-upload their ‘O’ level results in the new portal as the previous portal did not allow for the capturing of candidates level of grades.
He added that candidates should use the approved Computer Based Test (CBT) Centres for the exercise.
Interestingly, the new portal has provided a platform for the detailed category of the West African Examination Result (WAEC) of candidates for proper placement.
He said: “The first platform that was used for the exercise does not create room for the capturing of the levels of grade such as C4, C5, C6, B1, B2, B3 and A1.
“You know in some schools, all these ‘O’ level grades are being considered.
For example, if you have B1 and another one has B3 and there is no room for separation in the platform schools may not be able to ascertain the level of grades some schools will consider the O’ level grades.
“And the first platform just stated A, B, C, so with this new platform, there will be room for the download of the level of grades. Somebody who has B1 will stand a better chance than the person with B3.
“So, we use this new platform to capture all those detailed categories of WAEC result so that no grade of result will be left uploaded.’’
Meanwhile, when speaking on the JAMB process, Dr Fabian Benjamin, explained that students could only secure admission after they might have passed through the rudiments of admission processes.
He had said: “We have come up with the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) this year. This entails that once candidates are admitted and the institution approves, then JAMB will approve.
The information about the candidates will be keyed into CAPS automatically.
“Candidates can monitor their admission process through CAPS online and those who want to get admission letter can do so by printing such online.’’

The University Admissions Board (UAB) at its meeting held on Wednesday August 30, 2017, considered the weighted average scores across the faculties and recommended the underlisted as cut-off marks for the 2017/2018 academic session.
CUT-OFF MARKS FOR THE VARIOUS COURSES IN THE UNIVERSITY;
1. Agriculture
Agric. Economics/Extension. 45
Animal Science. 45
Crop Science. 45
Fisheries. 45
Forestry & Wild Life. 45
2. Arts
English & Literary Studies 60
Fine & Applied Arts 51
French 45
History & Inter. Studies 57
Linguistics 45
Linguistics/Urhobo 45
Music 45
Philosophy 45
Religious Studies 45
Theatre Art 55
3. College of Health Science
Anatomy and Cell Biology 57
Medical Biochemistry 62
Medicine & Surgery 74
Nursing Science 69
Pharmacology & Therapeutics 58
Physiology 50
4. Education
Agric Education 45
Biology Education 51
Business Education 46
Chemistry Education 45
Computer Education 45
Economics Education 45
English Education 50
Fine Art Education 45
French Education 45
Geography Education 45
Guidance & Counselling 45
Health Education 45
History Education 45
Home Economics 45
Integrated Science 45
Library & Information Science 45
Mathematics Education 45
Music Education 45
Nursery & Primary Education 45
Physical and Health Education 45
Physics Education 45
Political Science Education 48
Religious Education 45
Social Science Education (Social Stud.) 45
5. Engineering
Civil Engineering 57
Electrical Engineering 57
Mechanical Engineering 57
6. Law
Law 63
7. Management Science
Accounting and Finance 53
Banking & Finance 51
Business Administration 52
Marketing 45
8. Pharmacy
Pharmacy 68
9.  Science
Animal & Environmental Biology 45
Biochemistry 57
Biochemistry Technology 55
Biological Technology 45
Botany 45
Chemistry 45
Chemistry Technology 45
Computer Science 62
Environmental Science Technology 45
Geology 50
Industrial Chemistry 45
Industrial Mathematics 45
Mathematics 45
Microbiology 58
Physics 45
Physics & Electronics Technology 45
10. Social Science
Accounting and Finance 53
Business Administration 52
Economics 65
Geography & Regional Planning 45
Mass Communication 62
Political Science 60
Psychology 47
Sociology 52

if you have any questions about this list drop it in the comment section.

The Lagos State University (LASU) Governing Council has dismissed 15 Academic Staff, including the Chairman and Vice Chairman of Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) of the institution, over various malpractices.
The dismissed LASU-ASUU Chairman and Vice Chairman were Isaac Oyewunmi and Adebowale Adeyemi-Suenu.
LASU spokesperson, Ademola Adekoya, said in Lagos on Friday that the institution also dismissed two non-academic staff and demoted two others.
Among others dismissed for various financial and academic misconduct were Olatoye Raji, Olugbenro Odofin, Adebowale Ademeso, John Adeogun, Scholastica Udegbe and Olufemi Soyeju.
Other were Olawale Raimi, Ademola Adesina, Shamisudeen Badmus, Christiana Obagbuwa, Emmanuel Asapo, Lateef Salami, Olubukola Oyeniya and Fatimat Bakare.
Mr. Adekoya said that the decision to dismiss the staff was taken at LASU 115th Governing Council Meeting on Thursday.
“Pursuant thereto, the Governing Council with immediate effect dismissed 15 members of the academic staff, two members of non-academic staff, and sanctioned two others for different acts of misconduct.
Mr. Oyewunmi was dismissed for demanding N50, 000 from students while Mr. Adeyemi-Suenu was sacked for “unilaterally altered the results of 12 students already advised to withdraw by Senate’’
Mr. Adekoya said the council established that Mr. Oyewunmi demanded N50,000 from 2003 modular year students of Political Science Education on the sandwich programme to process their results.
According to the council, Mr. Oyewunmi is found culpable of attempt to obtain money for himself as an inducement to carry out his duties, and consequently dismissed from the service of the university.
Mr. Adekoya said that the university established that Mr. Adeyemi-Suenu unilaterally altered the results of 12 students already advised to withdraw by Senate in the Department of History and International Studies in the 2015/2016 academic session.
“He changed their status from “withdrawn” to “good standing”. He also changed the results of some final year students and stragglers outside the scope of the departmental decision,” he said.
“Dr Adeyemi-Suenu also awarded grade point of 2.0 to two students in an examination which they were absent.
“This is tantamount to manipulation of students’ results in contravention of provisions of the Conditions and Scheme of Service for Senior Staff and therefore dismissed from the service of the university.”

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board JAMB says it will close the Direct Entry e-Registration portal on September 15.
Fabian Benjamin, the head of media and information of the board, said this in an interview with NAN in Abuja on Friday.
Benjamin advised candidates yet to register to do so before the deadline, saying that there might be no postponement of the deadline.
He also advised JAMB candidates to re-upload their ‘O’ level results in the new portal as the previous portal did not allow for the capturing of candidates level of grades.
He also said that candidates should use the approved computer based test (CBT) centres for the exercise.
According to him, the new portal has provided a platform for the detailed category of the West African Examination Result (WAEC) of candidates for proper placement.
He said: “The first platform that was used for the exercise does not create room for the capturing of the levels of grade such as C4, C5, C6, B1, B2, B3 and A1.
“You know in some schools, all these ‘O’ level grades are being considered.
“For example, if you have B1 and another one has B3 and there is no room for separation in the platform schools may not be able to ascertain the level of grades some schools will consider the O’ level grades.
“And the first platform just stated A, B, C, so with this new platform, there will be room for the download of the level of grades. Somebody who has B1 will stand a better chance than the person with B3.
“So, we use this new platform to capture all those detailed categories of WAEC result so that no grade of a result will be left uploaded.”
Benjamin, however, said that any candidate who felt that what he or she uploaded before was enough might not bother (NAN).

This is to inform all candidates who made the University of Jos their institution of first choice and scored 180 and above in the 2017 UTME that the University website will be opened from Monday, 11 September, 2017 to Friday, 29 September, 2017 for the UTME/DE online screening through https://mis.unijos.edu.ng
The deadline for the online screening of bio-data / credentials may not be extended. Therefore, any candidate whose screening details are not submitted within the stipulated time will not be considered for admission.
Eligibility
All candidates who made the University of Jos their 1 choice and scored 180 marks and above in the 2017 UTME JAMB examination.
General Instructions:
(i) Any candidate who fails to complete the online screening will automatically forfeit the chance of being considered for admission.
(ii) Withholding information or provision of wrong information will lead to instant disqualification.
Offenders shall be handed over to the law enforcement agents for prosecution in addition to being disqualified.
(iii) Candidates are required to upload their current passport photographs.
Candidates’ results will be screened according to the entry requirements of the respective programmes that they have chosen.
The results of Pre-Admission screening will be available on the University of Jos Portal: https://mis.unijos.edu.ng/
Specific Instructions:
(i) Each candidate shall pay a non-refundable fee of Two Thousand Naira (N2,000.00) only (excluding Bank charges) for the screening.
Payment shall be made through Remita collection platform at any Commercial Bank operating in Nigeria as follows:
a) Bank Branch:
Visit any Bank Branch operating in Nigeria Present your payment to the Teller (over-the-counter) and say you want to pay University of Jos Pre-Admission Screening Fee via the Remita platform.
b) Remita Collection Platform:
Access the collection platform via www.remita.net
Click “Pay Federal Government Agency”
Enter “UniJos Pre-Admission Screening” as payment details
Enter the required details including your JAMB Number and Full Name
Select any preferred electronic payment channels (ATM cards, internet Banking, mobile wallet, POS etc.) to complete your payment.
The payer will be issued an electronic receipt following payment, which he/she will keep for further processing.
Candidates are strongly advised against patronizing road side Business Centres for making payment. ALL PAYMENTS WILL BE VERIFIED BEFORE ADMISION PROCESSING. Visit University of Jos Portal https://mis.unijos.edu.ng/ for registration procedure as follows:
Create an Account using your email address and phone number. A verification email is automatically sent to your email
Log into your email and click on the confirmation link to enable you continue your registration, Complete your registration by providing your Bio-data information, including O’ Level details, payment details (RRR and Date), upload your passport photograph and other information as required
Click the ‘submit’ button to save your details on the University Portal Print Pre-Admission Screening slip and keep it for further processing.
NOTE
Misrepresentation/falsification of documents is a serious offence. Candidates are, therefore, advised to submit genuine documents only. Anyone found guilty of this offence will be disqualified automatically and in appropriate cases, be handed over to the Law Enforcement Agencies.
Candidates are strongly advised to adhere strictly to the guidelines stipulated above and the published requirements for admission into the programme applied for.
Signed:
Mr. Monday M. Danjem
Registrar,
University of Jos.

In an effort to broaden its scope, the West African Examinations Council International Office (WIO) in Lagos, says it was set to re-introduce electronic marking for its tests.
The Head of the Office, Mr Adelowo Maliki, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos.
According to him, the marking before now was done with some foreign partners based in the United Kingdom.
“We started this electronic marking in 2014 through to 2015, only for us to suspend it in 2016, due to high costs as regards the high exchange rate.
“But now, we are set to bring it back as we have gotten all necessary approvals from the council’s committee meetings and the council itself.
“This led to our trying to develop our own in-house and by the grace of God, the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates would be marked electronically.

According to information reaching us, the 2017/2018 LASU Pot UTME Closing Date for Registration Extended.
The management of the Lagos State University, LASU announced 2017/2018 ONLINE ADMISSION SCREENING EXERCISE EXTENDED BY ONE WEEK, TO CLOSE FRIDAY, 22ND SEPTEMBER,2017
By this extension, the closing date for the Lagos State University 2017/2018 Online Admission Screening Exercise is now Friday, 22nd September, 2017, as against Friday 15th September, 2017, initially announced.
Prospective Candidates who are yet to register/complete their registration are advised to take advantage of the one-week extension as no further extension will be granted.

The student of Obafemi Awolowo University shares this on Facebook of his fellow students spreading their mattresses in the hostel.
It appears bed bugs are really troubling students of Obafemi Awolowo University as they are pictured below spreading their mattresses outside cos their hostel is getting fumigated.
See photos below:-

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released the full list of best universities in Nigeria by national ranking.
University of Ibadan topped the list as the best university in Nigeria, with University of Lagos in second place.
Obafemi Awolowo Univesity, Ahmadu Bello University and University of Ilorin complete the top five.
Below Are Full List Of Top 10 Best Universities In Nigeria 2017 (NUC Ranking)
1 University of Ibadan, Ibadan
2 University of Lagos, Lagos
3 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
4 Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
5 University of Ilorin, Ilorin
6 Covenant University, Ota
7 University of Nigeria, Nsukka
8 University of Benin, Ugbowo
9 University of Abuja, Abuja
10 University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt
Do you agree with this list ?

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday, said only candidates who meet the O’ level and A’ level requirements and other criteria set by institutions would be offered admission in 2017/2018. ‎JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, stated this at a Training and Sensitization Forum on Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) for admission offers, candidates and stakeholders on in Abuja.
Prof. Oloyede said: “Scoring higher than the cut-off mark does not guarantee admission but makes the candidate eligible for admission consideration. It is not UTME that qualifies the person. It is O level, A level that qualifies a person for admission.
“That is why you can go from here to UK, you can go to Ghana, Uganda, Republic of Benin, nobody ask you of your UTME, they ask for your O level because by law it is the school cert that qualifies you not JAMB,” he said.
He also warned that JAMB will not tolerate illegal admissions by any higher institution. The body also stated that students admitted illegally won’t be regularised anymore.
“We know that we have abused the process. What we have been doing is to send N5,000 each to JAMB in the name of regularization without capturing their picture, without capturing anything. You pay N5,000 and then they are regularized.
“We have not stopped to do backlog but from 2016 upward we will not allow anybody to do backdoor admission. Anybody that is not properly admitted cannot benefit from regularization.
“You cannot admit anybody under the table. Let us know your problem and let us collectively solve the problem so that you do not need to do such thing.
“We don’t have accurate data because what we have on record is different from real life. We cannot continue to do that. We will protest to the whole world that we have 500 students in our institutions but in reality they are about 1 million but 500,000 thousand have been admitted illegally,” Oloyede remarked.

The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admission Screening Exercise for 2017/2018 Academic Session; to be conducted by UNIBEN CONSULT NIGERIA LIMITED, is rescheduled to take place between 28th September 2017 and 10th October 2017 in designated centres within the Ugbowo Campus of the University.
The Screening Exercise shall be conducted using the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. All candidates are expected to be seated, latest one hour before the stipulated time for their screening exercise

The Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State has graduated the total of 465 graduands in the 9th convocation of the university.

Twenty two of them bagged First Class honours.
The Vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Debo Adeyewa made this known while briefing journalists on Monday, as part of the activities for the convocation.
He said while those who bagged First Class honours constituted 4.7 per cent of the total graduands, a total of 145 graduands graduated with second class upper division, which amounted to 31.2 per cent.
According to him, 203 graduands came out with second class lower division, which is 43.7 per cent, as others fell into third class and pass categories.
Adeyewa explained that the inspiring traits that stood the graduands out was the spirit of oneness and communalism.
“It is the first and the most active set that would passionately do everything possible to bring indigent colleagues who are unable to pay their fees back to school,” he said.
The Vice-chancellor, however, canvassed for government’ support for private higher institutions of learning, to aid acceleration of research and the development of the education sector.
He opined that the establishment of private universities in Nigeria had opened up the academic landscape and had provided access to many candidates who otherwise would have been denied the opportunity of higher education.
“Since private universities are contributing to the growth and well-being of our dear country, there is a clarion call on the government to support these institutions”, Adeyewa said.

Please join us as we celebrate the International Day of Peace on September 21st from 6-8pm in the AISA Lobby! This year, the International Day of Peace will focus on engaging and mobilizing people throughout the world to show support for refugees and migrants. The evening will include guest speakers, film shorts, artisan products from displaced women in IDP camps from Maiduguri, and more. Please save the date!

Please join us for a fun filled day to celebrate Nigeria on September 29. There will be lots of fantastic Nigerian food, cultural displays, face painting, traditional craft demonstration, a marketplace and more. This is an excellent opportunity to bring our diverse community together as we fête our host country.

Exam boards have launched a GCSE “double entry” investigation amid claims that schools are breaking the rules to boost their league table position.
Hundreds of students were entered for Maths GCSE with more than one exam board in 2016, figures from the Department for Education (DfE) and Ofqual, the exam regulator.

The practise is banned, but schools but there is concern that schools are attempting to increase their standing in league tables by giving pupils two attempts at the Maths GCSE and then submitting the best mark. 

 

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More than 50 schools “double entered” pupils for Maths GCSE in summer 2016, according to data obtained under freedom of information laws by the Times Education Supplement (TES).

Separate data, obtained by maths teacher Mel Muldowney from Ofqual, revealed that 172 centres – including settings other than schools – entered students twice for maths GCSE, sometimes in different tiers.
“Double entry is going on,” Ms Muldowney, a maths teacher at Alcester Academy in Warwickshire, told TES. “I can understand why – the pressure of accountability and desire to want to get the best result for students.”
The DfE uses a system of discounting to ensure that where a pupil has taken two subjects that have an overlap in curriculum, the performance tables only give credit for one.

Double entry is going on. I can understand why – the pressure of accountability and desire to want to get the best result for studentsMel Muldowney, maths teacher at Alcester Academy

The performance table rules were changed in 2013, so that only the first qualification taken in any subject was counted in the tables, but if qualifications are taken on the same day, then the best result is used.

The discounting guidance states: "However, schools should not vary the published starting time for an examination if there is a clash between papers of different awarding bodies or specifications in the same subject."
A spokesman for JCQ said: "The awarding organisations will carry out an investigation into any possible GCSE double entry by centres in the summer season 2016.
"Malpractice remains rare and cases are usually identified through the rigorous JCQ Inspection Service visits, whistleblowers and data analysis.”
“The small number of potential GCSE double entries that have come to light are being reviewed carefully and JCQ will continue to monitor this in the future."