The DAAYTA is an ARM initiative in partnership with TechnoVision that aims at providing young Nigerians with an opportunity to develop start-up ventures that add meaningful value to the Nation’s economy.

The DAAYTA 2020 initiative is in line with ARM’s commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with the aim of building a generation of change leaders, working together to build a better future. The DAAYTA Initiative seeks to support business ideas that intentionally create positive societal impact while generating a financial return.

Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award Focus Areas.
They are looking for great ideas that could be related but not limited to:

Agriculture
Education
Healthcare
Housing
Transportation
Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award Eligibility.
Be a citizen of Nigeria.
Be between 18 and 30 years of age.
Submit your application which must be your original work.
Have an MVP (minimum viable product) i.e. you have customers.
Be able to fund his/her/team travel expenses and other associated costs.
Be physically available (with co-founders/team where they exist) for the 2-day Pitch Workshop and Final Pitch Event scheduled for February & March 2020 in Lagos, Nigeria
Understand the business of ARM, what they stand for; and
Be ready to represent ARM as an Ambassador.
Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award Prizes.
The winner of DAAYTA 2020 shall, subject to the Terms & Conditions, receive funding of ₦12,000,000 over a period of one year for the following purposes:

Develop their business plan.
Complete an entrepreneurial education at the Pan Atlantic University’s Enterprise Development Centre in Lagos, Nigeria
Receive 5-month acceleration support for the development of their venture through a reputable entrepreneurial hub in Lagos, Nigeria.
Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award Selection Process.
Applicants to the DAAYTA 2020 program are required to propose practical solutions with a credible business plan for profit-making ventures that have the potential of generating significant, measurable and sustainable social impact while tackling the specific challenges identified.

After the deadline has passed and they have assessed the applications received, shortlisted candidates, will be contacted to pitch their business ideas to a closed group of business professionals, entrepreneurs, and investors in Lagos, in February & March 2020.

How to Apply for Deji Alli ARM Young Talent Award.
Interested candidates who meet the criteria listed above should apply by clicking on the “Apply” button below:

APPLY HERE OFFICIAL LINK
https://vc4a.com/technovision/deji-alli-arm-young-talent-award-2020/

This is to inform all the candidates offered provisional admission into the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, various Undergraduate programmes for the 2019/2020 academic session that the management has announced the procedure and amount to be paid as admission acceptance fee.

OOU Acceptance Fee Payment Procedure.
Successful applicants are to pay a non-refundable fee of Sixty Thousand Naira (₦ 60,000.00) only with immediate effect through any of the under listed means to process their acceptance letter

Payment through any of the University Point of Sales (POS) on any of the University campuses (Ayetoro, Ibogun, Remo (Shagamu/Ikenne) and Main Campus at Ago-Iwoye). Payment through Internet by logging on to www.oouagoiwoye.edu.ng.
All Candidates offered Provisional Admission should proceed with the steps listed below:
Visit: portal.oouagoiwoye.edu.ng/admission
Click on CHECK ADMISSION STATUS to confirm your admission
Provide your JAMB Number and SURNAME as password to log on to the admission portal
On successful log on, click MAKE ACCEPTANCE PAYMENT
Once the acceptance payment profile has been loaded, click on either
MAKE WEB PAYMENT – This allows you to pay online directly using your ATM card,
OR
MAKE POS PAYMENT – Print the ACCEPTANCE PAYMENT PROFILE and proceed to designated POS Points to make the payment.
If you encounter any challenge on the procedure visit OOU ICT Centre, Ago-Iwoye for further clarification.
Proceed to the Academic Affairs Office for your 1st Verification and your Faculty for 2nd Verification
Present to the Registration Officer, the originals and one set of photocopies of the following documents arranged separately in the order shown below:
Verification/Personal Data Form
Acceptance Fee Receipt
UTME Score Result
OOU Post UTME Result
O’level Result
Diploma Result and other entry requirements (for DE Candidates only)
Birth Certificate
Tax Clearance Certificate OR N10,000.00 Ogun State Tax Receipt
JAMB Admission Letter
Counter-sign the verification forms at the College/Faculty Offices.
The deadline for payment of OOU admission acceptance fee is 3rd November, 2019.

The Robert Gordon University – UK is offering the Vice-Chancellor International Scholarships to high schieiving applicants who are seeking to undergo a degree program at the Institution. This prestigious scholarship is for international undergraduate students coming to study any undergraduate degree at Robert Gordon University, this scholarship includes the full first year’s tuition fee.

Application Deadline: 17th May 2020
Offered Annually? Yes

Eligible Countries: International

Type: Undergraduate

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Program:

One full year’s tuition fee for one year of study
For students starting in Year 1 or Year 2 of an undergraduate course
Eligibility:

Applicants must Be classed by the University as an international fee payer
Applicants must be self-funded
Applicants must have received an offer from Robert Gordon University for a full time on campus undergraduate course
Applicants must be fluent in English Language
Application Process: Applicants must have received an offer from Robert Gordon University for an undergraduate course before submitting a scholarship application form, including a 500 words statement of support. The Scholarship Panel would expect applicants to highlight why they should be considered for the award.

Students should in the first instance apply to RGU for an offer and then complete the online application form: Send your completed application form to: [email protected]

Visit The Official Website For More Information

OAU Predegree entrance exam date for the 2019/2020 academic session has been announced. All candidates who applied for admission into the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) 2019/2020 academic session pre-degree programme are hereby informed that the entrance examination dates have been fixed and will hold as scheduled below;

OAU pre-degree entrance examination has been scheduled to hold as follows:
ovember 6th, 2019 at Ile-Ife, Osun State
November7th, 2019 in Lagos.

All applicants are advised to visit: http://www.oaucdl.edu.ng/pre and print the Exam Slip that shows the actual Date of their examination online. Failure to do so may adversely affect candidates during the Exam.

UNIPORT Basic studies Admission list for the 2019/2020 academic session has been released. All candidates who applied for admission into the basic studies programme of the University of Port-harcourt and participated in the screening exercise can proceed to check if they have been offered admission in the school.

The list of admitted candidates have been made available on the university’s website. See how to access the list below;

How To Check UNIPORT Basic Studies Admission List
To access the list of admitted candidates into the programme for the 2019/2020 academic session, simply click on this link: UNIPORT Basic Studies Admission List for 2019/2020 session.

Latest Update: This is to inform the Public that the 2019 NOV/DEC SSCE Registration closes on the 28th Oct, 2019. Late Registration commences at 12:00 Midnight on 29th Oct, 2019 and ends 16th Nov, 2019.

The 2019 November/December National Examination Council (NECO) GCE registration has commenced. Registration will as usual, be on-line. According to the released time table for the exam, the 2019 NECO SSCE November/December External Exam will commence November 18th, 2019 and end December 18th, 2019. You can Check NECO 2019 GCE Nov/Dec Exam Timetable Here. Candidates who wish to apply are advised to read and follow the instructions and information provided below;

To prepare for NECO GCE Exam, candidates who intend to write this exam can adequately prepare for it using O’level/WAEC/NECO Past Questions using the Myschool Past Questions Computer Software, and or The Myschool Past Questions Mobile App to enable them access past questions anywhere they intend to study.

A. NECO SSCE EXTERNAL REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR CYBER CAFES AGENTS

Create an Account: Create an account by visiting https://operator.neco.gov.ng/ and clicking the Register Link in the Top Right Corner.
Activate Your Account: An activation email will be sent to you, Follow the instructions contained in the email to activate your account. Sometimes the email might end up in your spam folder.
Login: Visit https://operator.neco.gov.ng/ Use your registered email and password to login
Download the Offline App: Once you have logged in successfully, you should be able to download the offline app from the dashboard.
Activate the Offline App: Use your registered email address and password to activate the offline app. This is a one time event.
Register Candidates (s): Register Candidates by collecting candidate information including pictures, fingerprints, Subjects, passports e.t.c.
Upload Records: Candidates are required to provide either exam or four figure table tokens as proof of payment. Candidates can purchase tokens via their online accounts.
Print Photo Card: Once our system verifies the candidates token, he/she will be issued a photocard with registration number, examination center, and other details, you are done.
NB: Please note that the VERIFICATION LINK is only valid for 24 hours. Ensure to verify your account within the specified time.

NECO SSCE EXTERNAL REGISTRATION PROCESS FOR CANDIDATES

Create an Account: Create an account by visiting https://ssceexternal.neco.gov.ng/ and clicking the Register Here Link.
Activate Your Account: An activation email will be sent to you. Follow the instructions contained in the email to activate your account. Sometimes the email might end up in your spam folder.
Login: Visit https://ssceexternal.neco.gov.ng/ Use your registered email and password to login
Make Payment: Once logged in, you can make payment for SSCE external examination. your payment is successful you will be issued exam and / or four figure table token (s)
Locate a Registration Point: To register, you have to visit any one of the approved cybercafes operators registration points. Visit https://operator.neco.gov.ng/ to help you locate one near you.
Register Offline: Register by providing your information including pictures, fingerprints and subjects you wish to sit for.
Print Your Photo-Card: Provide your token to upload your data, Once the system verifies your token, you will be issued a photo-card with your registration number and details.
NOTE: In order to upload candidates’ data to the NECO portal online and obtain examination numbers, a candidate must be registered and either have an online account or have it created for him/her by a cyber café Log in to the created account and purchase registration token (s) (scratch cards are no longer used for SSCE External registration).

SSCE External Registration Token

The Registration Token is used by candidates to register for the SSCE External Exam, either by themselves or through a Registration Point. Now, before a candidate can sit for the SSCE External Exam, they need to Purchase a Registration Token, a candidate can purchase his/her Registration Token from their accounts or go to the nearest Registration Point.

NECO GCE (SSCE EXTERNAL) EXAMINATION FEES

The NECO SSCE External Registration fee is: Nine Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Naira (N9,850) Only.

Stamp Duty: N50.00.

All payments should be made into NECO Treasury Single Account (TSA) SSCE (E) NECO portal.

Candidates sitting for Mathematics and Physics are required to purchase Four Figure Table.

Important Links:

NECO EXAMINATION CENTRES
NECO REGISTRATION FEES AND OTHERS FEES
NECO REGISTRATION CENTRES NATOINWIDE
AVAILABLE SUBJECTS FOR NECO GCE 2019
NECO GCE EXAMINATION TIMETABLE
CLOSING DATE

November 16th, 2019.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on strike action by November if the Federal Government goes ahead to withhold the October salary of Lecturers over their refusal to enrol in the ‘new’ payment system known as Integrated Personnel Payment Information System (IPPIS)

This was coming after the Accountant General of the Federation last week said the staff of any university that failed to enrol in IPPIS would not be paid their October salaries.

The Nigerian government adopted the IPPIS as a centralised payment system in order to block leakages and curb corruption and has mandated all Federal ministries, departments and agencies of government including Federal University Lecturers to be enrolled in the system. However, the lecturers are saying there are sufficient inbuilt measures in the current structure of the university system ” that is capable of checkmating corruption”.

According to ASUU, imposing IPPIS on universities is not only a violation of university laws, especially the hard-earned autonomy, “it is a relegation of the federal government’s agreement with ASUU.” as it willcost federal universities their “hard-earned autonomy.”

Speaking on the planned strike, the ASUU’s Zonal Coordinator for Bauchi zone, Lawal Abubakar said that the zone already have a standing order of ‘no salary no work’ which means the members would not turn up for work should they not receive their salary alerts on the last day of the month.

On how the IPPIS may affect lecturers, Abubakar said “the university may no longer be able to assist a lecturer who has issues with either his research allowances, or his rent allowance or his retirement benefits, because such a lecturer would have to travel to Abuja before he or she can get that done. But the university system is too dynamic for such delays and bottleneck.

“Secondly, the university system is so flexible that a lecturer may decide to disengage from service at any time. So should such a situation arises, and a vice-chancellor whose university has lost its autonomy needs to get replacement, must have to go through some offices in Abuja; and when such officers would insist they have their candidate included in the list. A VC that rejects this would have to suffer the consequences of future denials of approvals, ” he said.

“No one can force ASUU to sign into IPPIS because the system requires us to fill the form, get our biometric data captured before one can be in the payment system.”

“We are not going to do that. And should they withhold our salaries, there is a standing instruction that we don’t show up for work a day after the last day of the month,” he said.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has disclosed that the policy of score standardisation has been adopted for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. According to JAMB with this policy, Candidates who register for the UTME cannot score zero, even if they are absent from the examination.

Similarly, candidates who did not attempt any question or who did not get any answer correctly were also captured under the policy and would be awarded a “common scale with uniform metric.”
This means that all candidates, who are registered for a paper, will be awarded a score for that paper, and there would be no zero score. Meanwhile, prospective UTME Candidates are advised to start preparations towards the exam using the JAMB CBT softwares and JAMB CBT apps

This new development was made known in a paper presented by JAMB’s Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede titled: ‘Social responsiveness in applying assessment technicality: The case of standardisation of a zero score in the UTME.’, and captured in the JAMB weekly bulletin.

The board said, “The adoption of the score standardisation is a technical procedure for transforming candidates’ raw scores in the different subjects taken by each candidate to a common scale with uniform metric or units, which is the globally accepted procedure.

“The general public hardly understands nor appreciates why scores should be transformed and this has been generating controversies and throwing up all sorts of unfounded arguments. It is to be noted that some poorly educated professionals consider the transformation of scores as an arbitrary allocation of unmerited scores.

“The issue has been compounded by candidates whose scores of zero were transformed alongside other candidates’ scores of above zero. Transformation is generally across board and was not focused on individual candidates.”

The board noted that apart from Oloyede, the panel of experts, which brainstormed on score standardisation, comprised Prof Boniface Nworgu, Prof Raheem Lawal, Prof Muhammad Yakasai and Dr Omokunmi Popoola.

The management of Bowen University, Iwo in Osun State will on saturday 2nd November 2019 graduate 868 students at its 14th convocation.
The vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole,said 56 students would graduate with first class honours, 302 students would graduate with second class honours, Upper Division; 375 with second class, lower division and 66 with third class honours.

He added that 39 students would graduate with MBBS degrees while those getting Diploma, MBA, MSc and PhD are 30.
He however reiterated the commitment of Bowen University towards ensuring focused and far-reaching academic standards.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the B.Sc. Part-time programmes of the CEC for 2019/2020 Academic session in the following areas
1. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, RURAL SOCIOLOGY AND EXTENSION (CAERSE)
Bachelor of Agriculture (B. Agric.) with options in:
Agricultural Economics
Rural Sociology and Extension
2. COLLEGE OF EDUCATION (COED)

Bachelor of Science in Education (B.Sc. Ed) with options in:
Agricultural Education
Integrated Science Education
Mathematics Education
Computer Science Education
Home Economics Education
Biology Education
Chemistry Education
Physics Education
3. COLLEGE OF CROP AND SOIL SCIENCES (CCSS)
Bachelor of Agriculture (B. Agric.) with options in:
Agronomy
Soil Science and meteorology
Plant Health Management
4. COLLEGE OF PHYSICAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (COLPAS)
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Computer Science
Computer Science
5. COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES (COLMAS)

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2019/2020 B.Sc. PART-TIME PROGRAMMES
S/N PROGRAMME O’LEVEL SUBJECT REQUIREMENT SPECIAL CONSIDERATION WAIVER REQUIREMENT
1 B. Agric. Agricultural Economics, Rural Sociology and Extension, Agronomy, Soil Science and Metrology Five O’ level Credit passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology/ Agric. Science and any other Science subject A credit in Agric. Science must be backed up with at least a pass in Biology
2 Computer Science Five O’ level credit passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and any other relevant science subject
3
Education course
Chemistry Education,
Physics Education,

Mathematics Education, Five O’ level credit passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Biology or Agricultural Science, Chemistry and any other relevant subject A credit in Agric. Science must be backed up with at least a pass in Biology
4 Biology Education Five O’level credit passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology and Physics
5 Integrated Science Education Five O’level credit passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics
6 Agriculture Education Five O’level credit passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Biology/Agricultural Science, Chemistry and any relevant subject A credit in Agric. Science must be backed up with at least a pass in Biology
7 Computer Science Education Five O’ level credit passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and any other relevant subject
8 Home Economics Education Five O’level credit passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science and any of Physics, Clothing & Textile, Food and Nutrition, Home Management A credit in Agric. Science must be backed up with at least a pass in Biology
9 Entrepreneurial Studies Five ‘O’ Level Credit Passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any other two Subjects.
10 Industrial Relations and Personnel Management(Human Resources) Five ‘O’ Level Credit Passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any two Subjects from Government/History, Commerce, Principles of Accounting, Geography, C.R.K., A gric. Science, Biology, Literature English, Igbo, Housa, Yoruba
11 Library and Information Science Five ‘O’ Level Credit Passes in not more than two sittings to include English Language, Mathematics, Economics and any other two Subjects.
DIRECT ENTRY ADMISSION
Direct entry admission is based on a combination of O’Level results in addition to possession of at least two A-Level passes or NCE,OND OR HND in the following areas of study; Agricultural Sciences, Sciences, Science Education, Geography, Forestry, Fisheries, Building Technology, Environmental Health, Surveying, Architecture, Estate Management, Quantity Surveying, Urban and Regional Planning, etc.

DURATION OF PROGRAMMES
A. Duration of programmes in 1, 2, & 3 above.
i. A minimum of six (6) years for candidates with

Ordinary Level Certificate
OND/ND at Lower Credit level
NCE at Merit/Credit levels
ii. A minimum of five (5) years for candidates with

OND/ND at Upper Credit level
NCE at Distinction level
HND at Lower Credit Level
iii. A minimum of four (4) years for candidates with HND at Upper Credit level.

B. Duration of programmes in items 2-11 above.
A minimum of five (5) years for candidates with O’Level qualifications
A minimum of four (4) years for candidates with OND at Upper Credit Level and HND, at Lower Credit in relevant areas, obtained from recognized institutions.
A minimum of three (3) years for candidates with HND at Upper Credit Level, and B.Sc. in related areas.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Applications forms can be obtained from room 6 (B.Sc. Unit CEC) of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, on payment of non-refundable fee of Five Thousand Naira (N 5,000) through remitter into the TSA account . CLICK HERE to continue. Candidates should bring their evidence of payment to the CEC for issuance of receipt and collection of application forms.

CLOSING DATE
Closing date for receipt of completed application forms for the 2019/2020 academic Session is six weeks from the date of this publication.

Jacinta N. Ogwo-Agu (Mrs.)
Registrar