OAU Predegree Entrance Exam Result Released

By Farombi Oluwaseun

The much anticipated result of the just concluded pre-degree entrance exam has been released.

The result which was released in the late hours of Friday evening  caught most people unaware as many expected its outcome in about a week time, just thesame duration it took the last year's result to be released.




However no cut off mark has been released for now. To check your result, you are required to log in to your portal on the OAU CDL website (www.oaucdl.edu.ng/pre) with your details.

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OAU: Admission Into Part-time Degree Programme In The Faculty Of Education

Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the following Part-Time Degree Programmes in the Faculty of Education:

1. B. A. Ed. - (English, Fine and Applied Arts, French, History, Yoruba, Music
Religious Studies, Physical and Health Education).

2. B. Ed. – (Social Studies, Mathematics/Integrated Science, Language Arts, Health
Education and Guidance and Counselling)

3. B. Sc. Ed. – (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Geography,
Political Science, Physical and Health Education)


ELIGIBILITY: An eligible candidate must possess a minimum of Merit pass in relevant
Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) course combinations or an overall Merit pass in Diploma in Education of the Obafemi Awolowo University or any other recognised University. In addition, a candidate shall possess a minimum of 5 O/level Credit at a maximum of TWO sittings which should include Credit in English Language for all courses and Credit in Mathematics for all B. Sc. Ed. Courses and Guidance and Counselling.

METHOD OF APPLICATION: Candidates are to complete an online application form on the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife website (www.oauife.edu.ng) after the payment of N10, 500 at any branch of Skye Bank Plc. Nationwide.

DISCLAIMER: Candidates should note that the Institute of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University has not authorized any person(s) or agent(s) to sell application forms on its behalf. Application is strictly online.

CLOSING DATE: All applications must be submitted not later than 15th December, 2015.

LECTURES HOLD ON CHRISTMAS, EASTER AND LONG VACATIONS & DESIGNATED WEEKENDS

FURTHER ENQUIRIES: For further enquiries please contact: 08068492599 / 08068417929
E-mail: INSTEDUC@oauife.edu.ng

OAU Lecturer Found Dead In Office

Professor Ogunniyi Solomon O. of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences in Obafemi Awolowo University has reportedly died during work hours in his office on Thursday where his corpse was found.


The former provost was said to have locked himself up in his office where he was later discovered. His body was taken to the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital where doctors confirmed him dead. Ogunniyi was 60 years old and survived by wife and two children.

FG To Make Hostel Accommodation In Universities Compulsory

The Federal Government has said that it was taking serious consideration at reintroducing compulsory hostel accommodation at universities, stressing that the system in the past contributed to a better and quality students.

The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie, who disclosed this while representing President Muhammadu Buhari at the 21st convocation ceremony of University of Uyo (UNIUYO) at the weekend, said this has become expedient, as it would address the dwindling quality of graduates being produced from these tertiary institutions.

Also, the NUC boss explained that government was also taking seriously the issue of reducing the lecturer/student ratio and reinventing the universities to become centres of inventions.

He, therefore, challenged lecturers in the country’s institutions of higher learning to do more in the area of researches that would be of great benefit to Nigerians, adding that a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree would soon become the least qualification for all academic members of staff of the country’s universities.

He tasked managements of universities on accountability and prudence in the applications of funds, urging them to endeavour to build synergies with state governments, public and private institutions and organisations to address some of their challenges.

According to Prof. Okojie, universities in the country did not fare well in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) but assured that shortcomings of the country’s tertiary institutions would be carried over to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).


Addressing the Visitor and graduands of the university, the Vice Chancellor of UNIUYO, Prof. Comfort Ekpo, expressed satisfaction with the progress made by the university during her tenure, noting that the university has become the 10th most preferred university in the country with more than 40,000 applicants selecting it in the 2015 UME examinations while it was given an admission quota of 6,659 during the period.

The university, she also stated, is currently ranked as the 55th best in Africa in 2015 with 98 per cent of its programmes having full accreditation.

“All these progress was made possible because we have maintained a high academic standard. Ninety-eight per cent of our academic programmes have been accredited by the National Universities Commission, including Pharmacy, which always had problems in the past having full accreditation status while we are working on getting accreditation for Efik/Ibibio.

“The university had had full accreditation for seven years with seven programmes presented for accreditation recently found worthy to be accredited. We have also played host to international conferences and lectures attracting resource persons from across the globe.

“Eighty per cent of our academic members of staff have at least Masters degrees while we have also strengthened our student support programme with 41 indigent but brilliant students benefitting from the programme since 2013”, she said.

She commended the university Senate and the two management teams during her tenure for the complementary role they played, saying that she would be leaving the institution better than she met it.

Three eminent Nigerians, including Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang; an industrialist, Mrs. Folurunsho Alakija and a music maestro, Chief Uko Akpan Umana, bagged honorary doctorate degree in Law, Humanities and Music respectively.

The occasion also witnessed the installation of Alhaji Abubakar Maje, the Emir of Hadejia and chairman, Jigawa State Council of Chiefs, as the university’s Fourth Chancellor.

Source: The Guardian

US Consulate Enlightens OAU Students On YALI Application

The United States Consulate representatives in an orientation programme organized for students of Obafemi Awolowo University has enlightened the students on the need for them to apply for the 2015 Mandela Washington Fellowship under the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI).

In a report gathered by Lukmon Fasasi, the US consular team which comprised of Frank Sellin, Acting Public Affairs Officer; Ibrahim Aliyu, Cultural Affairs and Temitayo Famutimi, Information Specialist stormed Ife yesterday morning for the campus enlightenment which held at First Bank lecture theater and began at about 10:30am.

Frank Sellin, while addressing the students on the need for them to apply for the YALI fellowship program said "The YALI is directed to young Africans, the US citizens can not apply and November 11 is the deadline for all applications". He urged the female students particularly to take advantage of the opportunity and apply for the YALI fellowship because they are special people. He further stated that applicants are expected to be within the age limit of 25 - 35, though young leaders below 25 would also be considered. According to Sellin, applications from persons with disabilities are allowed.

Speaking at the programme was Ibrahim Aliyu. He stated that YALI fellowship has shortlisted and taken applicants from Nigerian over time, but it is unfortunate that they are not from OAU. "Though we have African leaders from OAU working with us at our consulate and they are doing very well but it is saddened not to have received YALI fellowship students from here. Last year 4 successful applicants were received from Nigeria and this year we are looking for 100 successful applicants and I wish 40% would be coming from OAU". He said

Present at the programme are the University Public Relations Officer, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju; the Dean of the Student Affairs, Dr. Lateefat Durosimi and the Vice Dean of the Division of Student Affairs, Dr. Afolabi. Others are the representation of the Students' Union led by the President, Omotayo Akande and students from various faculties.

The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. Nearly 1 in 3 Africans are between the ages of 10 and 24, and approximately 60 percent of Africa’s total population is below the age of 35. President Obama launched YALI in 2010 to support young African leaders as they spur growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance, and enhance peace and security across Africa. The Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders brings 500 dynamic young African leaders, ages 25-35, from across the continent to the United States for 6 weeks of leadership training and mentoring at twenty U.S. universities and colleges in three areas: business and entrepreneurship, civic engagement and public administration.

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Medical Students Now To Spend 7 Years In Nigerian Universities

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has developed new Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards for training of doctors in universities with medical programme now extended to seven years duration. Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Julius Okojie, presented the reviewed curriculum to the stakeholders at a three-day capacity development programme for staff of medical schools in Nigerian universities.

He said the new benchmark minimum academic standard was competency-based and would substantially address most of the challenges faced the institutions in the training of doctors in the country. Okojie noted that those that people trust their lives must be adequately trained and competent to discharge their responsibilities efficiently.


He said the workshop was to enable the stakeholders brainstorm as well as fine- tune the draft document. The curriculum review was necessitated by the fact that the frontier of knowledge in all academic disciplines had been advancing with new information generated as a result of research. Other compelling reasons included the need to update the standard and relevance of university education in the country as well as to integrate entrepreneurial studies as essential new platforms that would guarantee all graduates from Nigerian universities the knowledge of appropriate skills, competences and dispositions that would make them globally competitive and capable of contributing meaningfully to Nigeria’s socio-economic development.

Okojie said: "We must built some good quality hospitals and make facilities available for the students who are coming out with competences and skills to work. No doctor would want to work without equipment. "We are trying to look at it from holistic view. Good learning and teaching environment; good medical centres and the management of resources itself," he said.

Source: Tribune

OAU Predegree Entrance Examination Begins Today

The Centre for Distance Learning (CDL), Obafemi Awolowo University starting from today will commence the conduct of the entrance examination for applicants seeking admission into the school's predegree programme.


November 3-5, 2015 has been scheduled for the entrance examinations that is expected to accommodate tens of thousands applicants. The examination will only hold in CDL's campus in Moro this year and the result of the examination will be available online to candidates one week after the examination.