FG Clarifies Ban On Post-UTME, Admission Procedures

The Federal Government on Saturday clarified its ban on the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the general admission procedures, saying it “does not in any way affect the statutory role of the Senate of any university or the academic boards of any tertiary institution conducting its admissions.”

The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, stated this in a statement by the Deputy Director (Press and Public Relations) in the Ministry of Education, Mr. Ben. Bem-Goong.

He said the clarification became necessary following conflicting reports in the media over the roles of universities and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in admission under the new dispensation.

According to him, the role of JAMB is to conduct the UTME, compile the list of candidates whose scores meet the cut-off marks (180 and above) and send same to the universities.

The universities, the minister emphasised, would shortlist the candidates using the agreed guidelines and thereafter return the shortlisted candidates to JAMB for verification of compliance to guidelines and subsequent issuance of JAMB admission letters.

“For the avoidance of doubt, any screening charges shall apply only to successful candidates who have been issued admission by the universities of their choice. All universities and JAMB should adhere to this directive,” Adamu stated.

Adamu explained that although he had made the position earlier, the emphasis became necessary in order to ensure that no stakeholder was left in doubt as to government’s position on the matter.



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Important Information On OAU Screening Exercise

OAU Peeps News Agency
Friday, July 15,2016.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO ALL OAU  UTME/DE CANDIDATES ON THE SCREENING EXERCISE

ELIGIBILITY
✔You must have made Obafemi Awolowo University your *first choice*
✔You Must have scored 200 and Above in the Last UTME

HOW TO APPLY
Log on to the university Eportal [www.oauife.edu.ng] and click on 2016 ADMISSION SCREENING-UTME/DE APPLICANTS by using your JAMB registration number to download RRR [Remital Referral Reference] and use it to pay dues.
Amount due comprises of
SCREENING FEE-#1,500
EPORTAL ACCESS CHARGE-#5,000
BANK CHARGE-#350
TOTAL FEE-#6,850
Payments can be via branch of any bank or MasterCard

After payments, you are required to do the following on the university Eportal;
1. Update JAMB data
2. Upload Results[WAEC/NECO/JUPEB/NCE etc]
3.Upload Scanned copy of Credentials
4.Print Admission Screening Report

NOTE THE FOLLOWING
- Closing Date for Screening of UTME Candidates is 20th July,2016
- Closing Date for screening of Direct Entry candidates is 30th July, 2016
- Candidates who are awaiting results are also eligible to apply. Such Candidates will be allowed to upload their results when they are released only if they applied within the specified period

Also Note that the exercise does not require physical presence of candidates on campus

In a bid to serve you better and reach you more readily, OAU Peeps News Agency has decided to create a WhatsApp Group for all aspirants.
The primary aim is to disseminate targeted information to this class of persons faster.

Also note that the present Pre-degree students can also join the group...

To join the WhatsApp group, send a direct message to any of these numbers; 08064189480, 0806342 9623  OR 0813827657 on WhatsApp using the format below

'Kindly add me to the OAU Peeps Aspirants' group. My name is Ajanlekoko May, aspirant of the Department of Chemistry.'

You will be added once we receive your request.

Best Regards

Farombi Oluwaseun [Babafaros]
Public Relations Officer/Social Media Manager
OAU Peeps News Agency

NASU OAU Members Batter Representatives From National Headquarters

Reports coming in indicate that members of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), Obafemi Awolowo University chapter were involved in a physical scuffle with some representatives of the Union from its National Headquarters.

The representatives were alleged to have come to confiscate all the vehicles of the OAU branch of NASU. This might not be far from the alleged disagreement between the local body of the union and it's National Headquarters in recent times - over the appointment of the OAU Vice Chancellor.

More Details Later...

GoPoethick2016 Goes Live Today

Mr Adewale Victor, Creative Director of GoPoethick

The second edition of the popular music, poetry and arts festival, GoPoethick, is set to happen today, July 15th 2016, at Cooperative Hall by 4:00 pm. The event is said to feature several artists from various fields of the arts. If you seek a reason to love the arts or are a lover of arts, then you had better not miss GoPoethick 2016.

We at OAU Peeps also use this medium to wish Mr Adewale Victor, one of the brains behind GoPoethick, a happy birthday.

July 15 Deadline For Screening May No Longer Hold

Trailing the scrapping of the Post-UTME exercise by the Federal Government and the following comments on the proposed screening procedure by the University Registrar a few days back, there are strong indications that the July 15th deadline which was previously advertised by the University for it's Admissions Screening may no longer hold.

After a visit by our correspondent to the University's ICT centre, we were able to gather that the Screening procedure which is yet to commence, as the application portal has been offline, can no longer close on the 15th of July.

Our source, who decided to remain anonymous, stated that the Screening exercise may not even occur anytime soon as an acting Vice-Chancellor was needed to  initiate the process. However, no official statements have been made in light of this and thus it may not be unwise to continue to check the University's Portal.

As always, we would continue to keep the Great Ife Community and society at large apprised of further developments as concerning this subject matter.

#ReOpenOAU Was Recently Brought To My Attention – Ooni Of Ife

The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II has said he is aware of the crisis rocking the Obafemi Awolowo University, and promises that "all will be resolved".

In a tweet by the Ooni today, he said the situation was recently brought to his attention.

The situation was recently brought to my attention, all will be resolved. #ReopenOAU

— Ooni Enitan Ogunwusi (@OoniAdimulaIfe) July 13, 2016

On Monday, we got reports that the leaderships of the OAU branch of Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) met with the Ooni, in a bid to resolve the institution's crisis.

The #ReOpenOAU campaign entered its 8th day today and neither President Muhammadu Buhari nor his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo has responded to any of the hundreds of tweets pleading for their intervention. Also, our observation of the Senate sittings since Tuesday, shows that the Senate President's promise that the Senate will discuss the issue is yet to happen.

OAU students have been condemned home for over 3 months now with no resumption date in view.

How Candidates May Be Screened For The 2016/2017 OAU Admissions

On June 28, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) held a meeting with various varsities on modalities of screening candidates for 2016 admissions.

OAU Peeps News Agency brings to you what you need to know as it relates to Obafemi Awolowo University.

This year, admission quota for UTME candidates and Direct Entry (DE) students will be at ratio 90:10. This means if OAU will be admitting a maximum of 6,000 candidates this year, 5,400 of them will be UTME candidates and the remaining 600 will be DE candidates.

Note, there will be no Post-UTME this year and candidates seeking admission into OAU are not required to come to the campus for screening. OAU Peeps learnt that candidates will be solely recommended for admission by JAMB and the only criterion will be the candidate’s UTME score. Chances of admission may also be influenced by the State from which the candidate comes should he or she fail to meet up with the merit quota.

This year, the quota system is as follows;

Merit – 45%
Catchment area – 35%
Educationally Less Disadvantaged States (ELDS) – 20%

Before explaining what the above means, note that OAU has 6 catchment area states including; Ekiti, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Oyo and Lagos. ELDS peculiar to OAU include Kogi, Kwara, Rivers, Edo, Benue and other states.

The quota system works this way. Let’s assume the Department of Medicine and Surgery will admit the maximum of 100 candidates. This means:

The total number of those that will be admitted using the merit quota will be 45/100 x maximum number of candidates the department will admit (in this case, 100) = 45 candidates.

For the catchment area state, it will be 35/100 x maximum number of candidates the department will admit (in this case, 100) = 35 candidates.

Using similar method above, 20 candidates will be admitted by ELDS quota.

How will the candidates be selected?
Like we stated earlier, admission is expected to be strictly by UTME scores. Candidates for various departments are arranged in a decreasing order based on their UTME score. For example, if 6 candidates apply to study English with the following scores; Tunde – 260, Kemi – 201, Idowu – 222, Bukola – 213, Abdullahi – 200 and Emmanuel – 302. They will be ranked as follows;

Emmanuel – 302
Tunde – 260
Idowu – 222
Bukola – 213
Kemi – 201
Abdullahi – 200

Then, the merit quota system is applied first. In that order, if we are to consider the previous example, the first 45 students are admitted automatically for Medicine. Then the rest are now ranked again in the same decreasing order but now based on the catchment area states.

Then using the 35% quota, each of the six states will have about 5.83%. This means the number of candidates to be admitted here will be shared equally. Still using Medicine where 35 people will be admitted, it will now be 6 candidates per state but the last state will only have 5 admitted since the quota is not up to 36. The 6 admitted candidates per state will be those with the highest UTME scores for that particular department after the merit people have been admitted.

Using the same logic, the ELDS with 20 candidate spaces will be selected.

After this, those admitted will now proceed for screening presenting their O’level results and other documents for verification.

Any enquires? Post your comment below.



Read what the Registrar, Mr Dotun Awoyemi told OAU Peeps about the proposed model For 2016 Admissions.