UI Shut Down By Management Following Students' Protest

The management of University of Ibadan (UI) has shut down the institution following the on-going protest by students of the institution.
This was announced by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Idowu Olayinka on Tuesday on Diamond FM, the varsity’s radio station
The students have been instructed to vacate the campus before 4 pom today.
The students staged a protest which started yesterday to register their displeasure over the rustication of one Michael Tunji-Ekpeti, 500-level Petroleum Engineering, students by the management due to the fact that he participated in a mass protest last semester when his hostel, Independence Hall, had no electricity and water supply for two weeks.

See FUAM Academic Calendar Here – 2015/16 [Postgrad & Undergrad]

Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, FUAM academic calendar for the 2015/2016 academic session – Postgraduate and Undergraduate students.
This is to inform all the undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), that the authorities of the institution have released the academic calendar for the 2015/2016 academic session.
FUAM Academic Calendar.
1stSemester
Sunday, 10thApril, 2016
All students return to campus
Monday, 11thApril, 2016
Friday 15thApril, 2016 (1 week)
Screening for fresh students
Monday, 11thApril, 2016
Friday, 22ndApril, 2016 2 weeks)
Registration (Returning students,
Monday, 18thApril, 2016
Friday 29thApril, 2016 students, 2 weeks)
Orientation/Registration (Fresh
Monday, 2ndMay, 2016
Friday, 22ndJuly, 2016
Lectures (12 weeks)
Monday, 2ndMay, 2016
Friday, 13thMay, 2016
Late Registration (2 weeks)
Friday, 13thMay, 2015
End of Add/Drop of Courses
Monday, 25 thJuly, 2016
Friday, 29thJuly, 2015
Revision (1 week)
Monday, 1stAugust, 2016
Saturday, 19thAugust, 2016
Examination (3 weeks)
Sunday, 21stAugust, 2016
Saturday, 3rdSeptember, 2016
1stSemester Break (2 weeks)
Friday, 16thSeptember, 2016
First semester results to be ready for consideration
by all Departmental Boards (4 weeks after Exam)
Friday, 30thSeptember, 2016
First semester results to be ready for consideration
by all College Boards (2 weeks)
Friday, 7thOctober, 2016
First semester results to be ready for consideration
by Senate Committee on Exams (1 week)
Thursday, 13thOctober, 2016
First semester results to be ready for consideration
by Senate (1 week)
2ndSemester
Sunday, 4 thSept, 2016
Students return to campus
Monday, 5thSept, 2016
Friday, 16thSept, 2016
Registration (2 weeks)
Monday, 19thSept, 2016
Friday, 28thOct, 2016
Lectures (6 weeks)
Monday, 19thSept 2016
Friday, 30thSept, 2016
Late Registration (2 weeks)
Friday, 30thSept, 2016
End of Add/Drop of Courses
Sunday, 30thOct, 2016
Thursday, 10thNov, 2016
25thNUGA Games/Mid Break (12 days)
Monday, 14thNov, 2016
Friday, 16thDec, 2016
Lectures (5 weeks)
Sunday, 18thDec, 2016
Sunday 1stJan, 2017
Christmas Break
Monday 2ndJan, 2017
Friday, 6thJan, 2017
Lectures (1 week)
Monday, 9thJan, 2017
Friday, 13thJan, 2017
Revision (1 week)
Monday, 16thJan, 2017
Friday, 3rdFeb, 2017
2ndSemester Exams (3 weeks)
Saturday 4thFeb, 2017
2ndSemester break begins
Friday, 3rdMarch, 2017
Second semester results to be ready for consideration by all Departmental
Boards (4 weeks after Exam)
Friday, 17thMarch, 2017
Second semester results to be ready for consideration by all College
Boards (2 weeks)
Friday, 24thMarch, 2017
Second semester results to be ready for consideration by Senate
Committee on Exams (1 week)
Thursday, 30thMarch, 2017
Second semester results to be ready for consideration by Senate (1 week)
Summary
First Semester
Second Semester
Screening (fresh students)
1 week
25thNUGA Games/Mid Semester break
12 days
Registration
2 weeks
Registration
2 weeks
Lectures
12 weeks
Lectures
12 weeks
Revision
1 week
Revision
1 week
Examinations
3 weeks
Examinations
3 weeks
For all Semesters
1. Draft examination time table should be released at least 4 weeks and final time table should be released two weeks before commencement of examinations.
2. Remedial, General Studies, and first year courses should be scheduled to come up early during examination period.
All examinations must be marked and results submitted within three weeks after they had been taken.

Gambia Seeks NYSC’s Support on Youth Empowerment

The Republic of the Gambia has sought technical assistance from the National Youth Service Corps towards addressing the problem of graduate unemployment in the country.

Gambian Minister for Youth and Sports, Hon. Alieu K. Jammeh, made the request during a courtesy visit to the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier-General Sule Zakari Kazaure, at the Directorate Headquarters in Abuja.

The Minister, who stated that his country had made a lot of achievements by using the platform of the Gambian National Youth Service Scheme to train youths in different areas of vocation, added that there was the need to curtail the rate of unemployment among its graduate youths.

He said the Gambian Government was ready to learn from the experience of the Nigeria’s National Youth Service Corps on how the country’s graduates mobilized for youth service would benefit from skills acquisition and entrepreneurship development training so as to empower them to become self-reliant.

Jammeh lauded the NYSC for deploying its technical know-how and managerial experience, including deployment of its personnel, to help in establishing the Gambian National Youth Service Scheme (GNYSS) in 1996. He expressed his country’s interest in enjoying further technical support from the NYSC to enable it tackle emerging challenges.

“On behalf of the President and the people of Gambia, we want to thank you for the time and resources you have invested in the Gambia. We are here to register our appreciation for your assistance in the formative years of the Gambian National Youth Service Corps.

“From 1996 up till now, the young people in the Gambia have been going through the Gambian National Youth Service Scheme. This time it is for Skills Acquisition and some are making good living for themselves. We want to tell you what our situation is and how you can help us to enable us achieve our objectives.

“We have challenges of what we can do for young people who go through the universities and we realize that in Nigeria, you have been able to overcome these challenges,” he said.

The Minister also stated that the Gambian government had made it compulsory for all its graduate youths to serve before getting employment in the public service. He added that there was the need to instill the spirit of patriotism among Corps members during the service year through positive co-existence.

He used the occasion of the visit to congratulate the Director-General on his appointment, and wished him success.

In his response, the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General SZ Kazaure, said the National Youth Service Corps had achieved a lot in terms of socio-economic development across the country in numerous ways, pointing out that the Scheme had, especially, enhanced national unity through the inter-regional posting of Corps members.

He added that countries like Zimbabwe, Sierra-Leone, South-Africa and Liberia were seeking assistance from Nigeria through sub-regional and regional initiatives.

He recalled how, based on the resolutions of the Second Global Conference on Youth held in Abuja in 1994 urging countries to establish NYSC-like youth programmes, the Republic of Gambia made a request for Nigeria to help in the establishment of its National Youth Service Scheme.

He further recalled that a team of NYSC officials from Abuja arrived Gambia on January 13, 1996, to provide the technical and managerial assistance for the establishment of the Scheme in that country.

Kazaure informed the Gambian delegate that the NYSC in Nigeria had also made tremendous achievements over the years by introducing the on-line registration for Corps members, creation of Distress Call Centre, Hope Alive Programme for Corps Members that suffered permanent disability during service year, Health Initiative for Rural Dwellers, participation of Corps members in elections and also in monthly environmental sanitation exercise among others.

He assured the Minister that his requests would receive positive response.

The Minister was accompanied by the Director, Planning, Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Gambia, Mr Musa Mbye and the Deputy Ambassador of the Gambia in Nigeria, Mrs. Fatou Njie-hydara

FUAM Postgraduate Admission List – 2015/16 [1st Batch]

This is to inform all the candidates that applied for theFederal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM) 2015/2016 academic sessionpostgraduate programmes admission exercise that the management of the institution has released the names of candidates offered provisional admission.

University of Agriculture, Makurdi postgraduate 1st batch admission listhas been successfully uploaded online.
Check FUAM Postgraduate Admission List – 1st Batch.
1.Go to FUAM postgraduate 1st batch admission status checking portal at http://entry.uam.edu.ng/postutme /admissionchk.php,
2.Supply your Application Number in the required column,
3.Finally, click on ‘Check Admission Status’
See also: FUAM Postgraduate Acceptance Fee & Registration Details – 2015/16.

9jaSchoolGist Team congratulates all the candidates that made it to FUAM postgraduate 1st batch admission list for the 2015/2016 academic session.

Crown Poly Admission Form (Full-Time ND, HND) – 2016/17

Crown Polytechnic ND and HND programmes admission forms for the 2016/2017 academic session is now on sale.
The Crown Polytechnic hereby announces to the general public, especially its prospective students, that it has commenced the sale of forms for the following Higher National Diploma (HND) and National Diploma (ND) (Full-Time) programmes for the 2016/2017 academic session:
Crown Polytechnic Available Programmes.
National Diploma programmes are:-
1.Electrical/Electronics Engineering 2.Computer Science 3.Computer Engineering 4.Statistics 5.Estate Management 6.Accountancy 7.Business Administration & Management 8.Science Laboratory Technology 9.Fishery Technology 10. Public Administration 11. Quantity Survey 12. Urban & Regional Planning
Higher National Diploma programmes are:
1. Business Administration & Management 2.Electrical/Electronics Engineering 3.Computer Science 4.Statistics 5.Estate Management 6.Accountancy.
Crown Polytechnic Admission Requirements.
ND APPLICANTS
Applicants seeking admission into any of the schools most possess these minimum entry requirements:
*.School of Business & Management Studies (Accountancy, Business Administration, Public Administration)
Five ‘0’ level credit passes including English Language, Mathematics and Any other three (3)Management/Social Science subjects
*.School of Applied Sciences (Computer Science, Fisheries Technology, Science Laboratory, Statistics)
Five ‘0’ level credit passes including Mathematics, English Language and Any other three (3) Science subjects
*.School of Environmental Studies (Estate Management, Urban & Regional Planning, Quantity Surveying)
Five ‘0’ level credit passes including Mathematics, English Language and Any other three (3) Science subjects
*.School of Engineering & Engineering Technology
Five ‘0’ level credit passes including Mathematics, English Language and Any other three (3) Science subjects
Note: Minimum of two sittings and combined results are accepted (NECO, WAEC/SSCE/, NABTEB
HND APPLICANTS
Applicants must possess Five ‘0’ level result, National Diploma (ND) and must have completed one year mandatory SIWES(IT)
Note: Applicants that have ‘pass’ in ND must undergo two years SIWES before applying for HND
How to Apply Crown Polytechnic Admission.
1. Purchase Online Admission Application Scratch Card atN5,500from Crown Polytechnic main campus Ado-Ekiti or accredited agents at selected locations in the country
2. Visit www.crownpolytechnic.edu.ng and click on the “ONLINE APPLICATION” link.
3. Fill in the SERIAL No and PIN on scratch card and log-in
4. Please fill the form correctly and submit.i.e you are expected to upload 2 x 2 passport photograph.Only jpeg format is accepted.
5.Check your Admission Entry Status 48hrs after the completion of your online admission application using the same PIN and Serial No on your Admission Scratch Card.
6. If provisional admission is granted , print out both the Attestation form and Application Confirmation slip
7. You are expected to bring along the Attestation form, Application Confirmation Slip and other document stated therein for submission and collection of Admission Letter at the polytechnic.

WAEC GCE 2016 Registration Has Commenced

This is to inform the general public and most importantly, candidates interested in sitting for the 2016 WAEC November/December WASSCE (Private) commonly referred to as WAEC GCE, that the registration has commenced.
For guidelines and registration, visit http://registration.waecdirect.org/
The registration will close July 29th, 2016.