The National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB, has said it will begin its NBC/NTC examinations from Sept. 21 to Oct. 15.

The Registrar and Chief Executive of NABTEB, Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, NAN reports.

Isiugo-Abanihe said that the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for JSS 3 Students’ admission to Technical Colleges had been brought forward from Oct. 3rd to Sept. 5th.

”While commending the Federal Ministry of Education and all state Ministries of Education and their stakeholders, for excellent planning and a smooth resumption of school and examinations for the exit classes, I wish to, on behalf of my Board NABTEB provide the following updates on our examinations”, she said.

“A reminder that the NABTEB NBC/NTC examinations will soon commence on Sept. 21, and end on Oct. 15, as already announced by the Federal Ministry of Education.

“The National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for JSS 3 Students’ admission to Technical Colleges has been brought forward from Oct. 3 to Sept. 5.

“This is in consideration of the convenience of JSS candidates seeking admission to Technical Colleges who will be concluding their BECE examinations on Friday, Sept. 4.”

She further disclosed that with the new date, there would not be any need for students to go back to school on Oct. 3 for another examination.

She added that the deadline for registration of candidates for the NBC/NTC examinations had been extended to Sept. 4, to accommodate requests from various states that had not been able to complete registration of their students due to exigencies arising from the COVID-19 lockdown.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the lifting of suspension it earlier placed on printing of admission letters, inter-university transfers among others.
The board, in a statement, Sunday, by its Head of Media and Public Relations, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said; “all requests for printing of admission letters, inter-university transfers, condonement of illegitimate admissions and other processes for previous years which had been hitherto suspended would now be restored from Monday, 31st August 2020.”

“To ensure that candidates who took the UTME prior to 2020, and who require certain corrections of their processes are accommodated, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has lifted the suspension earlier placed on processes covering those years,” he said in the statement.

According to the statement, “it is to be noted that most of these operations are only available at JAMB offices nationwide. Furthermore, as the Board is desirous of sustaining compliance with COVID-19 protocols, it maintains that 2020 UTME candidates desirous of these services will only be attended to through the Appointment Booking Platform which they could access online through their phones to secure a definite date and time for an appointment. ”

“The Board urged all State offices to ensure that all clients comply with all existing COVID -19 protocols,” he said.
The statement read in full: “To ensure that candidates who took the UTME prior to 2020, and who require certain corrections of their processes are accommodated, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has lifted the suspension earlier placed on processes covering those years.

“As you may be aware, the need to prevent overcrowding at its Computer-Based Test Centres and other partner facilities, in line with extant COVID -19 protocols issued by relevant agencies, led it to allow candidates to seek corrections and other processes only through the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)or Direct Entry (DE) platforms. This measure had the intended effect of limiting the number of persons visiting the centres.

“As government continues to ease the lockdown leading to the resumption of students in exit classes, the number of 2020 UTME candidates needing one service or another at the various centres has drastically gone down, thus, the Board has decided to open up its platforms to accommodate more requests especially from previous years.
“Therefore, all requests for printing of admission letters, inter-university transfers, condonement of illegitimate admissions and other processes for previous years which had been hitherto suspended would now be restored from Monday, 31st August, 2020.

“However, it is to be noted that most of these operations are only available at JAMB offices nationwide. Furthermore, as the Board is desirous of sustaining compliance with COVID-19 protocols, it maintains that 2020 UTME candidates desirous of these services will only be attended to through the Appointment Booking Platform which they could access online through their phones to secure a definite date and time for an appointment.

“The Board urged all State offices to ensure that all clients comply with all existing COVID -19 protocols.”

After months of being shut down, schools in Lagos are set to re-open in September, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed on Saturday.

The Governor, in a regular briefing on the state’s COVID-19 status, said tertiary institutions in the state will re-open from September 14.

Primary and secondary schools are also tentatively scheduled to re-open from September 21.

“This decision is not cast in stone and is subject to review of our ongoing modelling and what procedure comes out from the Ministry of Health,” Sanwo-Olu said.

This is to notify applicants of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma that Post UTME online screening for those who registered earlier on, that is, first batch of screening has been uploaded on the school kofa portal.

Applicants are to login with their Username and Password given, to access their screening score

To check your result, visit here
aaue.waeup.org/login .

CHANGE OF COURSE/INSTITUTION
Students who didn’t change of course/institution and it hasn’t reflected yet should not panic as their data would be uploaded next week

NOTE:
AAU Post UTME form is still on sale
AAU Direct Entry form is still on sale
Those who haven’t seen their score, are advised to be patience.

Higher National Diploma (HND) holders are threatening to embark on industrial action in four weeks if the government fails to implement a white paper detailing the removal of qualifications division that affects their career progress.

According to the group comprising of public servants, unions and students, the failure of the government to do the needful has exposed them to career limitations and discrimination as HND holders cannot progress beyond level 14 in civil service

President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Chris Isiquzo Ikechukwu stated that the coalition intend to carry out this agitation by occupying the office of the Head of Service of the Federation until their needs are met.

Sabastine Onyemaobi, President of Higher National Diploma Holders Association of Nigeria (HNDHAN), added that the white paper had not been implemented for almost 14 years and appealed to the President to attend to this because anything that affects a particular set of government affects the entire system.

1. INVITATION AND ELIGIBILITY

The executive Governor of Ondo state, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has approved the reduction of the tuition fees payable at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA).

See the details below in the circular 

CIRCULAR TO ALL STUDENTS:

REDUCTION OF TUITION FEES

I write on the directive of the Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Olugbenga E. IGE to inform all returning students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko that following an earlier appeal by students, and in view of the economic effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the country on parents and students, the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi AKEREDOLU, SAN, has directed that the University should consider a reduction in tuition fees in a way that quality education can still be sustained in the University.

As a follow up to the above, a meeting between the Governor, the University and the student leaders was convened.

Consequently, the Visitor has approved the underlisted reduction of tuition fees with effect from the 2019/2020 academic session, as recommended by Council:

Current Tuition Reduced Tuition for all

Returning Students

Science N150,000.00 N120,000.00

Social & Management Sciences N150,000.00 N120,000.00

Agriculture N150,000.00 N100,000.00

Arts N100,000.00 N80,000.00

Education N100,000.00 N80,000.00

Law N150,000.00 N150,000.00

All students are therefore advised to take advantage of the reduced fees by paying their school fees and registering for their courses without further delay.

By copies of this circular, all Deans, Heads of Department and stakeholders are requested to note this information, please.

Thank you.

Opeoluwa AKINFEMIWA
Acting Registrar & Secretary to Council

According to a report by The PUNCH, 4 PhD holders, 200 master’s degree holders have applied for the Federal Government’s unskilled job offer targeting 774,000 Nigerians under the Special Public Works programme overseen by the Minister of State for Employment, Labour and Productivity, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN).

The Senate of Lagos State University has elected Prof. Wahab Elias Olukorede as the Deputy Vice Chancellor ( Academics) of the University.

The election, which took place today, Wednesday, 26th August, 2020 saw Prof. Wahab defeat the other candidate for the position, Prof. Ayodeji Abari, by 88 to 43 votes to emerge winner.

Prof. Wahab a Professor of Sociology, and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences succeeds Prof. Olumuyiwa Noah whose tenure ended on Monday, 24th August, 2020 after serving for 2 consecutive terms of 4 years.

The election of the new DVC (Academics) is to be ratified by the Governing Council of the Universit

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the Diploma programme of studies in Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru for 2020/2021 Academic Session.

Niger Poly Diploma Courses.