The management of the University of Benin, Edo State, has announced the suspension of its post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The announcement was made barely 24 hours after the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, instructed the nation’s tertiary institutions to stop the conduct of the exercise.
“If any tertiary institution has conducted the post-UTME, such an exercise stands annulled and money taken from candidates must be returned immediately,” Adamu had said in a statement through the Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations, in the ministry, Mr. Ben Mem Goong.
The Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr. Michael Osasuyi, told The PUNCH on Tuesday that the suspension was with immediate effect and in compliance with the Federal Government’s directive.
“We are suspending this exercise now, in compliance with the Federal Government directive. We are suspending forthwith,” Osasuyi said.
The screening was scheduled begin on June 27 and last for two weeks.
It was also learnt that some candidates, whose tests were supposed to take place on Monday and Tuesday showed up for the exercise before they were informed of the suspension.
But the university’s spokesman called for calm, adding that the institution would communicate further information on the suspension to its prospective students.
“They (candidates) should just be calm and rest assured that the University of Benin will not in any way flout the Federal Government’s directive and will not in any way undermine their choice for the university,” he said.
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Tuesday, 28 June 2016
Monday, 27 June 2016
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Minister Frowns At Schools Conducting Post-UTME, Orders Refund
Mallam Adamu Adamu, Minister Of Education
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu has ordered every tertiary institution that has conducted post-UTME examination to quickly refund cash taken from applicants.
The Minister has likewise announced that post-UTME examinations effectively taken are invalid and void.
The Education Minister made this position known yesterday, in a press proclamation issued by Deputy Director Press and Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong. The solid worded articulation repeated the Ministry's position that post-UTME examinations have been scrapped with prompt impact and no foundation ought to direct such examinations. The Minister cautioned that once the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has confirmed an applicant deserving of admission into any of the tertiary institution, such applicant must be esteemed fit by the Institution.
As indicated by the announcement, students who have as of now been offered admission by JAMB might be screened by the tertiary institutions however this must not include the Post-UTME Examinations.
Mallam Adamu, in this way, coordinated the National Universities Commission (NUC) and proper offices in the Ministry to convey the mandate to significant offices and establishments to guarantee strict adherence.
“Clearing in this case (screening) entails only the verification of certificates of the candidates, JAMB scores, and any other physical examination to ensure that such candidates are not cultists. After this, the candidates are qualified for matriculation. Such screening should be at no cost to the parents or students and should be done upon resumption in order to avoid unnecessary travels in search of admission”, the minister said,
The mandate to stop the post-UTME examinations was earlier given by the Minister almost a month back.
He confirmed that the obligation regarding induction into tertiary institutions lies exclusively with JAMB and under no individual institution at all.
For secondary school leavers who are seeking admission into the tertiary institutions, Malam Adamu said that subjecting them to too many examinations all in one year, is traumatic, exploitative and absolutely unnecessary. This is besides the cost of travelling, hotel accommodation and examination fees that parents have to incur in their bid to secure admission for their wards.
Credits- The Guardian
Saturday, 25 June 2016
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All You Need To Know About The New OAU Vice Chancellor
The Governing Council, at its Special meeting held on June 6, 2016, considered the report of the Joint Council and Senate Selection Board for the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor for the University and decided to appoint Professor Ayobami Taofeek Salami as the eleventh Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, for a term of five years with effect from June 24, 2015.
Professor Ayobami Salami, aged 52, hails from Ibadan, specifically from Akinyele Local Government Area in Oyo Central Senatorial District, Oyo State, Nigeria.
He attended the following higher educational institutions:
University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University), Ile-Ife – 1982 – 1986
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 1987 – 1989
African Regional Centre for Training in Aerospace Surveys – 1989 – 1990
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife – 1992 – 1996
He possesses the following qualifications:
Sc (Geography) 1986
Sc (Land Use and Natural Resources Management) 1989
PGD (Remote Sensing Applications/GIS) 1990
PhD (Space Applications and Land Use/Natural Resources Management) 1996
Professor Salami joined the services of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife as a Research Fellow II in the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Studies on 1st February, 1991. He rose through the ranks to the grade of Professor on 1st October, 2003.
He had served as the Director, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Studies of the University (2006 – 2010) and Head, Space Applications and Environmental Science Laboratory (2005 till date). He is currently the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) since 1st August, 2011.
Professor Salami had also served as a Member of the Senate of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, from 2003 till date after having served as an Elected Member from 1996 – 2000. In addition, he had served as a Member of the University Governing Council from 2003 – 2007 and had at various times, served on several committees in the University either as Member or Chairman.
Professor Salami has to his credit, several university, national and international fellowships, honours, awards and consultancies. He had also served as a Member of the Accreditation Panel of the National Universities Commission to various universities in Nigeria at different times.
Professor Salami has obtained numerous grants from several organizations such as National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Abuja; Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); Ecological Fund Office, Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, The Presidency, Abuja; National Centre for Remote Sensing, Jos; International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), The Netherlands; International Secretariat of System Analysis for Research and Training- International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), Washington D.C.; UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission; United Nations Development Program (UNDP); United Nations Environment Program (UNEP); International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy; Ramboll Natura AB, Sweden; European Union (EU); International Development Research Centre (IDRC); and International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM), Japan among others.
An Eisenhower Fellow (USA) since 2009, Professor Salami has supervised the thesis of 7 Ph.D. and 31 M.Sc. degree students in the University and is currently supervising 3 Ph.D. students. He has served as an External Examiner to several foreign and Nigerian Universities.
He delivered the 220th Inaugural Lecture of the University titled “Space Applications and Ecological Haemorrhage: The Nigerian Experience” in 2009. Professor Ayobami Salami has 75 publications to his credit in Books, Journals, Conference Proceedings and Technical Papers.
A renowned Professor of Space Applications and Environmental Studies, Professor Ayobami Salami is married to Professor (Mrs.) Abiodun Olusola Salami and they are blessed with children.
Credit: oauife.edu.ng
Friday, 24 June 2016
My Administration Achieved More Than Set Targets – Bamitale Omole
Omole made the remark at a media parley where he gave account of his stewardship at the OAU Guest House in Lagos.
Professor Omole who was the 10th Vice Chancellor of the institution assumed the post in June 23, 2011, thus, his five-year tenure ended June 23, 2016.
He divided the area of his achievements into Academic and research, ICT, Infrastructural development, Welfare of staff and work ethics and general aesthetic of the university.
“It is my great pleasure to say that my administration has gone beyond the targets that we set for ourselves. Through purposeful and focused research activities, the ranking of OAU improved tremendously, such that the university was for four consecutive years (2011 to 2015), rated the best and number one university in Nigeria and fifth best university in Africa by the Cybermetric Labs in Spain, a leading assessing global ranking of universities moving from Number 6 in Nigeria and Number 79 in Africa.
“This is a reflection of our commitment to sustain the cherished academic heritage of our university,” he added.
Professor Omole further stated that all his achievements were wonderful but most dear to him was the academic and infrastructural development and the great feats he achieved in ICT, which made the institution the leading university in bandwidth in Nigeria.
“In furtherance of the determination of my administration to make ICT the fulcrum of our development process, we increased the bandwidth from 39 Mbps as at October, 2011 to 800Mbps as at April this year.
“This makes OAU the leading university in bandwidth among Nigerian universities. In spite of limitations, we had improved funding for research activities. We are the only university with an installed Telepresence studio with cloud computing environment all first of their kind in Nigeria,” he stated.
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