The Cork University Business School – Ireland is delighted to make this opportunity available to applicants who otherwise would not be in a financial position to pursue the programme.’This program provides an opportunity to graduates to gain a qualification in a specialised field that is of growing importance to policy institutes, NGOs and development agencies worldwide.

These scholarships will enable two highly-motivated students from developing countries to gain the skills and knowledge to make a real impact on these issues in their professional lives.

Application Deadline: 29th May 2020

Eligible Countries: Developing Countries

Type: Masters

Number of Awards: 2

Value of Award: The scholarships – open to students who are citizens of, and normally resident in, developing countries – include tuition fees, return airfare to Ireland, and a stipend of €1,000 per month for a year.

Duration of Award: 1 Year

Eligibility:

1. Applicants must first be offered a place on the MSc in Food Security Policy and Management
2. Applicants must be citizens of, and normally resident in, developing countries
3. Applicants must be fluent in English Language

Application Process: Applicants must first be offered a place on the MSc in Food Security Policy and Management (CKL04) by applying via the PAC portal. Entry requirements for the programme can be found on the programme page at https://www.ucc.ie/en/ckl04/. Applicants for the scholarships should apply by email to Ms Niamh Kiely ([email protected]), using the subject heading ‘MSc Food Security Scholarships’, with the following:

Evidence that they have applied online to the MSc Food Security Policy and Management;
A motivational statement (max. 300 words) outlining their suitability to be considered for a scholarship;
Contact details of two referees.

The Brunel University – UK is awarding the 130 International Excellence Scholarships to International students who are interested in studying for a degree program at the Institution. The scholarship scheme is for fully self-funded students only and is based on overall academic merit and professional experience. We will award scholarships to applicants who most closely meet or exceed the criteria for the award

Application Deadlines:

September entry:

Phase 1: Apply by 17th April 2020 to be considered for an early award {CLOSED}
Phase 2: Apply by 30th June 2020 to be considered for a later award.
January entry:

Phase 1: Apply by 20th November 2020 to be considered for an award.
Successful applicants will be contacted within four weeks of each deadline.

Eligible Countries: International

Type: Undergraduate, Postgraduate taught

Number of Awardees:

September entry: 110 awards will be allocated in early September, to those applicants who meet all the following eligibility criteria.

January entry: 20 scholarships, plus any remaining awards from September, will be allocated in January 2021.
Eligibility:

i. Applicants must be classed as Overseas for fees purposes and be self-funded (not sponsored).
ii. Applicants must have applied for a full time undergraduate or postgraduate taught programme starting in September 2020 or January 2021.
iii. Applicants must be proficient in English Language

Application Process: Applicants must complete a register your interest form HEREhttps://goingto.brunel.ac.uk/form/ies2020 by the stated deadlines. Applications will only be accepted if all sections of the application form have been completed and if the applicant is holding an offer on a course starting in September 2020 or January 2021.

The management of the Lagos State university (LASU) has released the postgraduate admission lists (1st batch and 2nd batch) for the 2019/2020 academic session.

All the candidates that applied for admission into the Lagos State university (LASU) postgraduate full-time and part-time programmes and also took part in the selection exercise examination, can now check their admission status online.

How to Check LASU Postgraduate Admission List.
The under-listed candidates have been offered Provisional Admission into the full-time and part-time postgraduate programmes of Lagos State University (LASU) for the 2019/2020 Academic Session.

Follow the link below in-case your device can’t display the document above (Note: You will however need a device that is capable of opening PDF files to access the list).

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Congratulations to all the candidates that made it to LASU postgraduate admission list for the 2019/2020 academic session.

The Senate of the Lagos State University, LASU has held her first virtual meeting due to the novel Corona Virus pandemic

The meeting which was held on Thursday, 22nd May, was for over two hours started around 11am culminating around 1pm and chaired by the University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has gotten a new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Godswill Obioma

Professor Obioma’s appointment has been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari.

In a letter dated 15th May 2020 with Reference No: FME/PS/396/C1/1/134 and signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, the letter stated that the appointment which is for an initial tenure of five years takes effect from 14th May 2020.

In a statement signed by the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, the Registrar officially took over the affairs of the Council from the former Acting Registrar, Mallam Abubakar Gana on Friday, 22nd May 2020 at the Council’s headquarters in Minna.

The new NECO Registrar is a Professor of Education Measurement and Evaluation and was a former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Educational Research and Development Council.

Until his appointment as Registrar/CE of NECO, Prof. Obioma was the Ebonyi State Resident Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-ife has received full accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) h for all courses in the Faculties of Law, Dentistry, Basic Medical Sciences and Social Sciences

It was gathered that the NUC had in 2018 withdrawn the accreditation for law, dentistry and other programmes at the OAU.

In a statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the university, Abiodun Olarewaju, he said that the NUC, with the statutory mandate to accredit academic programmes in all Nigerian universities, had fully accredited all the programmes.

According to him, programmes being run by other Faculties were also accredited by the NUC while all programmes at the Postgraduate level were also fully accredited. With the latest accreditation of 42 undergraduate programmes, all the 107 programmes in the university are now accredited.

Thirty seven (37) out of the fourty-two (42) courses run in the University were granted Full Accreditation while five (5) others were given Interim Accreditation.

The statement quoted the Vice-Chancellor of OAU, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede to have praised NUC for giving in its best to ensure that all academic programmes being run by the universities in the country were of international standards.

He also appreciated what he called the institutional spirit of the institution’s Governing Council, led by Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi, the Senate as well as all the departments, faculties and alumni associations.

The vice-chancellor said that their commitment had assisted, in much greater measure, in ensuring all the necessary facilities are in place, which eventually culminated in the accreditation of all the courses, particularly those with initial outright denial or partial accreditation.

See the result of the accreditation process below;

Administration

Accounting – Full

Agriculture

Agriculture – Full
Home Economics – Interim

Arts

Dramatic Arts – Interim
English Studies – Interim
Music – Full
Philosophy – Full
Portuguese – Full
Religious Studies – Full

Basic Medical Science

Nursing Science – Full

Education

Education Biology – Full
Education Chemistry – Full
Education Economics – Full
Education French – Full
Education Geography – Full
Education History – Interim
Education Mathematics – Full
Education Physics – Full
Education Political Science – Full
Guidance and Counseling – Full.
Integrated Science – Full
Physical and Health Education – Full
Social Studies – Full

Engineering

Agricultural Engineering – Full
Food Science and Technology/Food Engineering – Full

Environmental Science

Fine Arts – Full
Survey and Geo-Informatics – Interim
Urban and Regional Planning – Full

Law

Law – Full

Medicine

Dentistry – Full
Medicine & Surgery – Full
Pharmacy

Pharmacy – Full

Science

Botany – Full
Computer Science – Full
Geology – Full
Mathematics – Full
Statistics – Full

Social Science

Demography and Social Statistics – Full
Economics – Full
Geography – Full
International Relations – Full
Sociology and Anthropology – Full

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of Prof Charles Uwakwe as the Registrar and Chief Executive of the National Examinations Council. This was contained in a letter dated May 11 and signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, on behalf of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.

Four members of the Management were also dismissed for various offenses bordering on financial mismanagement.

Uwakwe has been on suspension since 2018 and Mr Abubakar Gana has been the acting Registrar of the exam body since then.

Uwakwe was accused of violating the Public Procurement Act (2007) and pursuant to PSR 030402 and Part 1 schedule 4 (i) of the NECO Establishment Act. It was alleged that Uwakwe and some top officials of the council allegedly awarded contracts in the council to the tune of N25billion without following due process.

NECO, in a release on Wednesday by its Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Mr. Azeez Sani, confirmed that the suspended registrar had been relieved of his appointment by the President, while four members of the management had also been dismissed.

The former Registrar was also directed to hand over all the government property in his custody to the acting Registrar, Mr. Gana.

The Federal Government has disclosed that there are plans to reopen schools nationwide soon, saying, however, that this will not be done in two weeks as being speculated. This was made known by the minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 news conference in Abuja following rumours making the round the Federal Government would reopen schools in the next two weeks.

The Federal Government had ordered the indefinite closure of educational institutions nationwide as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 pandemic.

Nwajiuba said the schools would be reopened when the safety of the school children could be guaranteed. He said the government is being careful as not to endanger the lives of the school children and further spread of the coronavirus in the society.

He added that his ministry is working with other relevant stakeholders and agencies of government to put necessary measure in place that would guarantee the safety of children before the schools are reopened.

He said: “We all are seriously interested in reopening and I believe we will reopen soon. But I can’t confirm what your children said that we will reopen in two weeks.

“The five countries of West African Examination Council (WAEC) are meeting and I just came out of a meeting with African Union (AU) Ministers of Education, everybody is concerned as you are. We hope to reopen very soon.

“This morning, I met with the Ministry of Science and Technology. We are looking at putting a system in place that can disinfect every child as he goes into a school and disinfect him as he goes out.

“If we resource our schools properly we can begin to reopen. But we must be able to ensure that the children go in safe and come out safe and not become a conduit for further infection in society.”

The Olabisi Olabanjo University has received full accreditation of the 4 programmes presented by the university to the National Universities Commission, NUC, during the October/November 2019 Accreditation of Academic Programmes. The four programmes are Transport Management, Physiology, Fine and Applied Arts, and Applied Zoology

This has brought the total number of Full accredited courses in the university to 72. 70. Anatomy and Architecture programmes have Interim and Denied status, respectively

According to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, the deficiencies identified in the accreditation status of these two programmes were largely due to inadequacy in space and are being addressed by the on-going construction of Departmental building for the Anatomy and Morbid Anatomy Department in Sagamu Campus and the construction of six modern studios for the Architecture programme at the lbogun Campus.

He mentioned that with this development, the University has moved from 76% FULL accreditation status of the academic programmes offered in the university as at the time he assumed office in 2017 to 97.2%.

While appreciating the entire University community, the VC said, “This is arguably one of the best in the Nigerian University System and it has been achieved with the support of all staff and that of Council, and goodwill of the State Government. It is my prayer that this momentum will be sustained during the upcoming accreditation of 44 academic programmes that are due in November 2020. I have no doubt that with your usual support and our ‘CAN DO’ spirit, and the anticipated release of funds and goodwill of the State Government, we shall also record successful outcomes.”

Both for those of us back to our duties and those still working from home, in line with the recent directives of the State Government, I enjoin you to continue to observe strictly the guidelines of the National Centre for Disease Control on the prevention measures against the Coronavirus disease including use of face masks, frequent hand washing, use of sanitizers, and social and physical distancing, among others. Whether at home or at work, we should strive to be safe at all times.

Together shall we achieve the dreams of the founding fathers of OOU to build a University we can all be proud of.”

Latest Update: The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Screening Test for 72 Regular Course was earlier scheduled to hold on 30 May 2020 as indicated on the application portal. However, due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent measures put in place by the Federal Government to prevent further spread through interstate lockdown and restrictions on travels, the Screening Test is hereby postponed. New date for the Test will be communicated in due course when the current situation improves. However, candidates are advised to check the portal regularly for updates. Inconveniences caused by this new development is highly regretted.

Applicants who successfully completed and submitted their applications are invited to the NDA Entrance Examination.

Conduct of NDA Entrance Examination for 72 Regular Course is scheduled to hold on Saturday, 30 May, 2020.

In the light of this, candidates who duly applied to the Nigerian Defence Academy and successfully scored minimum of 180 (One Hundred and Eighty) in UTME are advised to visit application portal on the NDA website to select the examination centre of their choice and print out their examination card

NDA Entrance Exam Subjects Combinations.

A. Candidates for FASS. Candidates for FASS are to answer all questions in any THREE of the following subjects that are applicable to the candidate’s chosen course:
1) Mathematics – (Compulsory for Psychology candidates).
(2) Economics.
(3) Geography.
(4) History.
(5) Government.
(6) French.
(7) Biology – (Compulsory for Psychology candidates).

B. Candidates for Sciences. Candidates for courses in Faculty of Science are to answer questions as follows:
Mathematics (Mathematics and any 2 of Physics, Chemistry and Economics).

Physics (Physics and any 2 of Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology).
Chemistry (Chemistry and any 2 of Physics, Biology and Mathematics).

Biology (Biology and any 2 of Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics).
Candidates for Engineering. Candidates for the Faculty of Engineering are to answer ALL questions in the 3 subjects listed below:
(1) Mathematics.
(2) Physics.
(3) Chemistry.

C. Candidates for Military Science and Interdisciplinary Studies. Candidates for Intelligence & Cyber Security Studies are to answer the following:
Mathematics
Physics and
Anyone of Biology, Chemistry or Economics.

Please note that only those with duly printed Examination Card will be admitted into the various centres for the test.