JAMB 2014: Only 2% Applied For Admission in Private Varsities

 According to JAMB out of the over 1.6million
candidates that applied for this year’s matriculation
exam only 18,667 representing just 2% are seeking
admission in private Universities.
Out of this, the Covenant University Otta has the
highest number of applicants with 3,315 while the
Obong University, Obong, Ntak, Akwa Ibom State and
the Southern University, Okun-Owa, Ogun State, have
the least in the number of applicants.
Bells University, Ota, Ogun State has 232 applicants,
the American University, Yola has 280 applicants.
Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti , Redemeers
University,Mowe,Ogun State, Kwarafa University,
Wukari, Mcpherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ogun
State, The Paul University,Awka, Anambra State,
Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, the Babcock
University, Ilishan-Remo; Madonna University, Okija,
and the Igbinedion University Okada has 1588, 349,
31, 22, 25, 62, 2,139, 1021 and 658 applicants
respectively.
Sources linked the low patronage to high cost of
schooling in private universities.

UNILLORIN: Admission into Postgraduate Programmes

 Admissions are invited from suitably qualified
candidates for admission into the postgraduate degree
programmes of the University of Illorin.
Interested candidates are advised to only select
programmes advertised by the institution.
To view advertised programmes, requirements, fees,
dates and venue of screening examination and method
of application

Redeemers University: Admission Fraud Alert!!!

 This is to bring to the notice of the general public
especially the prospective students of the Redeemer’s
University that some persons using false names on a
website, m.topix.com and phone number:
08105007314 are posing as admission agents of the
institution there by defrauding unsuspecting students.
Redeemer’s University has neither commissioned nor
designated any person or group of persons as its
admission agent(s).
In addition, the university does not collect cash or sell
admission forms through any individual.
Any person who patronizes them does that at his/her
own risk.
All admission correspondences, therefore, should be
done through http://www.run.edu.ng only.
You can send your queries or enquiries to either:
registrar@run.edu.ng or adeleyea@run.edu.ng

Parents Groan, Lament Extortion Over N1,500 JAMB Result Checker

 Some parents and guardians in Plateau State have
described as “very exorbitant,” the N1,500 they were
being charged by the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) for scratch card to access
the examination result.
Speaking to journalists in Jos, Pakshin and other towns
in the state, parents accused the examination body of
extorting money from students and parents with all
manners of charges.
“The charges are strange. Last year, we used the JAMB
registration number to check the scores. We were not
expecting something different this year,” Mr Gotong
Nanman, a parent said.
He said he was very surprised when his niece brought
the request to him, and alleged that JAMB was not
sensitive to the harsh realities facing poor Nigerians.
Nanman recalled that he spent N5,000 to purchase the
JAMB form, and another N1,500 was a huge burden,
especially since there was a mass failure this year.
Another parent, Mr. Danjuma Dumak, argued that
JAMB was making billions of naira since more than one
million candidates sat for the university admission
test.
He therefore urged the federal government to
intervene to save poor people from such pains since
many parents had consistently registered for the
examinations in the last five years.
“The National Assembly should also ask JAMB to
explain what is happening. They (lawmakers)
represent us and should intervene in this matter,” he
said.
JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Mr. Fabian Benjamin,
however said in his reaction, that the complaining
parents were doing that out of ignorance.
“Many of them are not aware of the activities of the
board; we are trying so hard to reduce the cost of this
examination.
“If we are to charge according to the services we
render, each candidate will pay nothing less than N10,
000 but government has consistently subsidised the
services and that is why the registration form costs
only N4,000.”
He rejected suggestions that JAMB was making profit
from the admission process, saying that it was usually
a tedious route from the registration to the point of
admission to admit a qualified candidate.
Benjamin claimed that the scratch card had diverse
uses, pointing out that its cost was not enough to
cover its services.
“All universities, colleges of education and
polytechnics are involved in the entire process and
each of them is entitled to a certain percentage,” he
said.
According to him, “what the board realizes is used to
pay people that set the questions, those that mark the
scripts, and those that enter them into the master
system.
“The process cannot be said to be completed until we
reach the point of admission to the candidates; this
demands a lot of funds.
“You also remember that from May 17 to May 29, we
shall conduct computer examination for prison
inmates in Lagos and Katsina as part of our
rehabilitation programmes. Just try to imagine how
much that will cost,” he said.

ASUP STRIKE: Police Uses Tear-Gas On Protesting Students, Lecturers

 The latest report we have on the ongoing protest by
ASUP at the federal secretariat, Abuja, says the protest
has been disrupted by police with tear-gas and water
aimed at protesters - lecturers of Nigeria's higher
institutions.
The police is using tear-gas and water to stop the
protest that is right now going on at the building of
Federal Secretariat in Abuja.
Lecturers and students of Nigeria's polytechnics and
other colleges are protesting to show their discontent
on how the federal government is handling the strike
by the ASUP lecturers and COEASU lecturers.
The representatives of both unions have been on strike
since the last year, and hundreds of thousands of
students have not been able to attend lectures since
then.
People on spot of the protest are sharing the photos on
Twitter.

TASUED Final Admission List Out!!!

 The supplementary admission list for 2013/2014
academic session of the Tai Solarin University of
Education, TASUED has been released.
Candidates whose names appear on the list are
advised to go to the admission office to submit the
necessary documents.
To view the list of admitted students click www.tasued.edu.ng/candidates-admitted/

Kaduna State University Matriculation Ceremony

 This is to inform all 100 level students and the general
public that the Kaduna State University, Kaduna
(KASU) will be having its Matriculation for the newly
admitted students for the 2013/14 Academic Session
on Wednesday, 30th April 2014 ( Main Campus)
and Saturday, 3rd May, 2014 (Kafanchan Campus).
Those that are yet to collect there matriculation gowns
should go to their different departments for
collections.

Uniuyo School Fees for Environmental Studies 2013/2014

 Below is a listing of the school fees that each student
in Environmental Studies is expected to pay for this
session, 2013/2014.
100 Level, 1st semester; 37,250, 2nd semester;
22,500.
200 Level, 1st semester; 25,600, 2nd semester;
23,000.
300 Level, 1st semester; 23,600, 2nd semester;
22,000.
400 Level, 1st semester; 25,600, 2nd semester;
23,000.
500 Level, 1st semester; 13,100, 2nd semester;
11,500.