JAMB reveals Nigeria's most popular universities

-Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it does not use students’ checklist in determining applicants’ preferred schools
– Economic Confidential a magazine says Unilorin had the highest student applicants
– Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson, said the students’ checklist as outlined in the report was not determined by JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in reaction to reports going round has stated that it does not use students’ checklist in determining applicants’ preferred schools.According to Economic Confidential a magazine, Unilorin had the highest student applicants of 103,238 (males – 51, 082 and females – 52, 156).The report said that academic stability, popularity, affordability, available facilities and quality of lecturers were factors students considered before choosing their preferred institutions.
Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesperson, speaking to Premium Times on Tuesday, October 4, said the students’ checklist as outlined in the report was not determined byJAMB.Benjamin said:“JAMB has no way of determining these factors from information available to us through the frequency of schools chosen by Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates.”“What we do each year, is to roll out data on the institutions with the highest number of applicants. For some years now, the University of Ilorin has been topping that chart, this does not mean that the school is the best in the country. It just shows students’ preferences.”Unilorin goes on Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike actions, a problem that plagues many federal universities in the country.Also, Unilorin was said to have one of the fastest academic calendars of all institutions in the country.However, in the 2016/2017 global ranking carried out by Times Higher Education (THE), University of Ibadan was the only Nigerian university that made the list at 801.Teaching, research citations of scholarly publications, industry income and international outlook were the factors for determining the ranking. Yet, for 2016, Unilorin surpassed the University of Ibadan in preferred student choices.As for the determinants earlier mentioned by Economic Confidential, Benjamin said JAMB was not in a position to know why students choose their institutions.READ ALSO: 6 helpful tips to get up to 300 in JAMBUniversity of Ilorin, University of Benin, Ahmadu Bello University, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and Bayero University, Kanowere the most popular federal university choices for 2016 by magazine.Nasarawa State University, Imo State University, Kaduna State University, Delta State University and Adekunle Ajasin University were also the most popular state university choices for 2016.While the most popular private university choices for 2016 are Covenant University, Afe Babalola University, Babcock University,Igbinedion University and Bowen University.

JAMB cancels the use of scratch card for its examinations

– On September 20, JAMB announced the cancellation of scratch cards for all its examinations

– Professor Oloyede informed candidates that this method would begin next year

– He explained that this is an opportunity for more students to participate in the examinations

In an attempt to ease the application process into higher institutions of learning in the country, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has announced the cancellation of scratch cards for all its examinations, yesterday, September 20.

Daily Sun reports that the JAMB registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, in his address at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) in Abuja, said this would begin next year.

Oloyede informed that this step was taken to give opportunities to more students to participate in the examinations.

“Students would generate a PIN number for themselves from their phone or computers before registering for examinations,” he said.

The registrar who was represented by one of his officials, Dr. Yusuf Lawal said bottlenecks associated with the scratch cards and the costs had denied students, most especially those from poor backgrounds access to higher institutions of learning.

“This is part of the change coming up in JAMB; we do not want a situation where cost of education would be beyond the reach of the poor.”

He also challenged NASU to get involved in the ownership of Computer-Based Testing Centres, saying those who own the centres are businessmen merely exploiting students.

“JAMB would not support a situation where banks and vendors hoard the cards, only to sell them at a higher price,” he concluded.

Recall that the registrar of the JAMB, Oloyede stated on Friday, September 16, that all admissions to universities, polytechnics and colleges of education should end at the stipulated time.

The professor informed that schools which are yet to update the requirements for the 2017 brochure should do so quickly.

Adding that students seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria have been given a lifeline until Wednesday, November 30, 2016.

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The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Ishaq Oloyede, on Friday, said the agency will ensure candidates are not mistreated by their preferred universities.
He also listed eight conditions that tertiary institutions must follow when admitting students.
Mr. Oloyede spoke at Baze University, Jabi, Abuja at the first Extraordinary Technical Committee meeting on 2016 Admissions to First Choice Institutions.
He said the only difference in this year’s admission process is the policy that there should be no written post-UTME test.
Mr. Oloyede insisted that as a referee, his agency would not allow arbitrariness by institutions in the admission process.
“JAMB will resist such arbitrariness and illegal introduction of extraneous factors which were not contained in the published advertisement made available to the candidates.
“We should be able to explain to every Nigerian child who had applied for admission, why s/he was not admitted into his/her institution of choice,” he said.
According to him, the right of Senate or Academic Board of each institution on admissions of candidates is subject to the following conditions:

a. Guidelines stipulated by proprietors of the institutions
b. 60:40 (Science/Art) ratio for conventional universities
c. 80:20 (Science/Art) ratio for non-conventional universities
d. 70:30 (Technology/Non-technology) ratio for National Diploma Awarding Institutions
e. Use of 2016 JAMB, UTME results’ print-out for all candidates
f. Adherence to published subject combinations of various courses as specified by the Senate/Academic Board and included in the 2016 JAMB brochure
g. Adherence to the 2016 Admissions quota as prescribed by the Regulatory Bodies (NUC, NBTE, NCCE)
h. (For Federal universities) The quota stipulated by the Federal Executive Council concerning Merit, Catchment and Educationally less developed states, should be complied with.
Mr. Oloyede stated that the deadline for approved institutions’ admission panels was still November 30, 2016.
He also said the second Technical Committee Meeting would take place at Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo state on November 14, 2016.

1st NATIONAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS COMPETITION:

1st NATIONAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS COMPETITION:
By: COMMITTEE OF DEANS OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY OF
NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES (CODET)                                                                                                                              Download PDF Format

INTRODUCTION

In order to increase awareness of the activities of our engineering profession and also to really engage our students in Speech, Writing Skills and Debate, CODET intends to organize an engineering competition at the national level. The competition will have various benefits including providing extra challenge for our students to really use (and test!) their debating skills in a friendly but competitive environment, encourage teamwork, and provide a platform for students to present their solutions to a range of problems from everyday household tasks to groundbreaking space explorations.

An engineer, like all professionals, must possess a well-developed ability to communicate, both orally and in writing. This competition is, therefore, designed to:

 

1. not only develop the theoretical knowledge but also the practical knowledge of students,
2. emphasize the value of their ability to deliver oral presentations and
3. also encourage young engineers to come together to showcase their creativity by
   
   demonstrating the value added through their ingenuity and application of sound engineering
   
   design principles to address a broad spectrum of industrial, manufacturing, and humanitarian
   
   challenges.

 

MODALITIES

Interested students may not be confined to a specific topic but each discipline of engineering may come up with topics that may be a current issue of interest in the society, industry or environment.

Categories of entries: Individual and Group. Students may be offered to participate in any of these two categories:

1. Team work: is a category which competitors can use their practical skills to design.
   
   Competitors need to build a functional device regarding to a technical problem given in a
   
   limited amount of time and resources. The group may consist of up to four people;
2. Individual: In this category, a student can come up with a design or any sort of ingenuity that will consist of solving a theoretical, technical or a managerial problem occurring in real life or industry. Participants can develop hypothetical solutions with no actual construction of any device or assembling of some materials.
3. Eligibility: All participants must be students enrolled at undergraduate level in an Engineering/Engineering technology degree program at any time during the current academic year. All Competitors will agree to abide by the Engineering Code of Ethics. Students whose institutions have good financial standing in CODET as of 2015 are eligible to participate in the competition.

Levels of the Competition:

• Deans to submit a maximum of 3 entries from each category making a total of 6 entries from each institution.
• Regional coordinator to submit to National coordinator the best 3 entries in each category making a total of 6 entries from each Region
• National Coordinator to select the best 3 entries in each category making a total of 6 entries for the nation
  

 Theme of competition:

The theme of the competition is “Engineering Entrepreneurship and Innovation”

What to submit: A 2page document or entry of a technological innovation on the theme detailing what the innovation is about, the gap it fills or need it meets, economic considerations, engineering features and some pictures. Hardcopies and softcopy of all entries should be submitted to the Dean of Faculty latest by April 15, 2016. An individual or group can submit multiple entries.

Students may be invited to make a presentation in defense of their submissions at the various levels.

 Deadlines

 Deans submit to Regional coordinator

	Latest end of April or First week in May
Regional coordinator to submit to National coordinator	End of May
National selection	End of June
Notification of winners	2nd week of July
Presentation of awards	During COREN Assembly

Prizes to be won

Position	Individual		Group
	Regional level	National level	Regional level	National level
1st	N50,000	N250,000	N50,000	N350,000
2nd	N30,000	N150,000	N30,000	N250,000
3rd	N20,000	N100,000	N20,000	N150,000

 

Institutions in the different Regions

Engineering faculties in Universities (public or private).

North West	North East	North Central	South West	South East	South-South
ABU	ATBU	UniAbuja	UI	UNN	RSUST
BUK	UniMaid	FUT Minna	Uni Lag	ESUST	UniPort
KUST	MauTech Yola	Uni Agric Makurdi	OAU	IMO St. University. Owerri	UniBen
NDA Kaduna	Fed Uni Wukari	Uni Lorin	OOU	FUTO	Uni Okada
		KWASSU	LauTech	Uni Agric Umudike	Ambroose Alli University Ekpoma
		Turkish Nile	FUTA	AWKA	Delta St Uni Abraka
		Plateau State University	FUNAAD	FUNAI	Fed Uni Otuoke
		University of Jos	ACHIEVERS	COO Uni	Niger Delta Uni Wilberforce
		LandMark University Omo Aran	Fed Uni Oye-Ekiti	Madonna	FUPRI
			Ekiti St Uni	Gregory Uni Uturu	CRUTECK
			Osun St Uni	CARITAS
			Elizade Uni
			Afe Babalola Uni
			Adeleke Uni
			LASU
			BELLS Uni
			Covenant Uni

 Regional Coordinators:

Region	Coordinator	E mail	Phone
North West	ABU, Zaria (Dr Muhammad Dauda	muhammaddauda@ yahoo.com	08077609941
North East	ATBU, Bauchi (Engr. Prof. Jibril Danladi Jiya)	jibjiya27@gmail.com	07032153315 08059069233
North Central	Uniabuja, Abuja (Engr. Prof. O. B. Oloche)	profoloche@yahoo.com	08023784402
South West	UI, Ibadan (Engr. Prof. Emmanuel Atoo Ajav)	eaajav@yahoo.co.uk	08023305155
South East	UNN, Nsukka (Engr. Prof. S. O. Enibe)	samuel.enibe@unn.edu.ng	08063646798
South-South	RSUST, Port Harcourt (Engr. Prof. Josiah Ayotamuno)	ayotamuno.josiah@ust.edu.ng mjayotamuno@hotmail.com	08033403998

[]Nigerian Police Academy Application Into 4th Regular Course Degree Programme 2016/2017

[]Nigerian Police Academy Application Into 4th Regular Course Degree Programme 2016/2017

This is to inform the general public that the sale of online application forms for admission into the 4th Regular Course of degree programme of the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil, will commence on Wednesday 16th March, 2016 and end on Friday the 17th June, 2016. Admission into the Academy is open to both male and female Nigerians of good character.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
2. Interested Applicants are advised to go to the Nigeria Police Academy’s Website:www.polac.edu.ng in order to obtain or generate Remita Retrieval Reference (RRR) Code. The RRR code obtained can be used to make payment of N3,000.00 through any commercial Bank Branch in Nigeria.
Applicants must, in addition, apply through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board as well as sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Candidates need not select the Police Academy as a university of choice in the JAMB form.
However, only candidates who obtained the minimum UTME scores which is to be determined by JAMB and purchased the Academy online application form; will be eligible to sit for the Nigeria Police Academy Selection Examination.
SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS
3. Applications are to be submitted online. On submission of the applications, candidates are required to download Acknowledgement Form. Candidates who obtained the minimum national cut-off marks or above, will be enabled to download and print their examination cards.
COURSES OF STUDY
4. Courses leading to Bachelor’s degrees in the following disciplines are available in the Academy:
a. FACULTY OF HUMANITIES. BA in:
English
Nigerian Languages & Linguistics
History & International Studies
b. FACULTY OF LAW: LLB
c. FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES: BSc in:
Accounting
Economics
Management Sciences
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
d. FACULTY OF SCIENCE: BSc in:
Biochemistry
Biological Sciences
Chemistry
Computer Science
Forensic Science
Mathematics
Physics
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
5. The following are the admission requirements:
a. Candidates seeking admission into the Academy must be Nigerian citizens and must be between 17 and 22 years of age, and must have a height of not less than 1.67 Metres (5 Feet 6 Inches) if male, and 1.62 Metres (5 Feet 4 Inches) if female. In addition, male candidates must have an expanded chest size of not less than 91cm (36 Inches). All candidates must be free from any physical deformity or mental disability.
b. Candidates must have obtained a minimum of SIX (6) credits at the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the National Examinations Council (NECO) or the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) at not more than 2 sittings and including a credit pass in English Language and Mathematics as well as subjects relevant to the candidate’s chosen course of study in the Academy.
c. Candidates must also obtain satisfactory scores in both the written examination and the interview and must pass physical and psychological tests of fitness.
d. SSCE STATEMENT OF RESULTS OR CERTIFICATES RELATING TO EXAMINATIONS TAKEN BEFORE 2012 WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
SELECTION EXAMINATION DATE, CONDITIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
6. The Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil Selection Examination, may be Computer Based Test (CBT) or Pencil and Paper. The examination shall comprise of a General Paper (Section A) which is compulsory for all candidates. It will cover areas such as general knowledge and current affairs, English Language and Mathematics. Other sections are to be selected according candidate’s Faculty of choice. It will be conducted on Saturday the 16th July, 2016.
Only candidates who obtained the minimum national cut-off marks or above will be eligible to sit for the Nigeria Police Academy Selection Examination at 12 designated Centres. The list of Centres is in the Academy Website.
Eligible candidates are to bring along to the examination venue their Acknowledgement Form, Examination Card, JAMB Result Slip and two Postcard size photographs (3.5×5 Inches) which should show only from the chest upwards. At the back of each of the two Postcard size photographs, the candidates must write their name, State of origin, examination centre and signature.
7. Only candidates who are successful in the Selection Examination will be invited for the Nigeria Police Academy Selection Board Interview. The list of successful candidates will be published on our website and in some national newspapers.
NATURE AND DURATION OF COURSE
8. Candidates admitted into the Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil degree course will undergo a combined academic and Police training for a minimum period of Five (5) Years leading to Bachelor’s degrees and commission into the Nigeria Police Force as Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP).
POLAC EXAM CENTRES
LIST OF EXAMINATION CENTRES
1. Kano – Nigeria Police Academy, Wudil
2. Kaduna – Police College, Kaduna
3. Enugu – Police Detective College, Enugu
4. Abuja – National Universities Commission, Auditorium
5. Minna – Police Secondary School, Minna
6. Jos – Police Staff College, Jos
7. Bauchi – Police Training School, Bauchi
8. Maiduguri – Police College, Maiduguri
9. Lagos – Police College, Ikeja
10.Ibadan – Police Training School, Ibadan
11.Port Harcourt – Police Secondary School, Port Harcourt
12.Owerri – Police College, Owerri
SELECTION EXAMINATION COURSES
SELECTION EXAMINATION
1. The name of the examination should continue as SELECTION EXAMINATION.
2. The Examination shall assume the following pattern:
i. SELECTION A: General paper – compulsory for all candidates (Weighting, 40%). Other sections, (only one section to be answered by candidates based on Faculty of choice (weighting 60%).
GENERAL PAPER AND ANY OF THE FOLLOWING 3 SUBJECTS
ii. SECTION B: FACULTY OF HUMANITIES:
Government/History
Economics
Literature in English
iii. SECTION C: FACULTY OF LAW
History/Government
IRS/CRS
Literature in English
iv. SECTION D: FACULTY OF SCIENCE:
Biology
Chemistry
Physics
v. SECTION E: FACULTY OF SOCIAL AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES:
Government
Economics
Principle of Accounts/Commerce
Source: http://www.ngschoolz.com/npa-application-into-4th-regular-course-degree/%5B/b%5D