NYSC Update: Mobilization Time-Table For 2017 Batch B

The Timetable for NYSC Mobilization for 2017 Batch B have been changed as follows:

NYSC Mobilization Time-Table For 2017 Batch B

S/N	Event	Date
1	Briefing/Sensitization of Final year students/prospective corps Members.	12th Oct - 10th Nov 2017
2	Display of list of all approved programmes for institutions on NYSC portal for cross checking and feedback	12th - 15th Oct. 2017
3	Collation of Prospective Corps Members' Data by Corps Producing Institutions CPIs	12th - 15th Oct. 2017
4	Uploading of Senate/Academic Board Approved Results for Full/Part-Time Graduates and Revalidation Lists by CPIs	16th - 21st Oct. 2017
5	Submission of Senate/Academic Board Approved Results for Full/Part-Time Graduates and Revalidation Lists by CPIs	20th - 23rd Oct. 2017
6	On-line Registration by Foreign and locally Trained Nigerian Graduates	24th October to 12th November 2017
7	Entertainment of complaints from Prospective Corps Members by the state Deployment and Relocation officers and NYSC Help Lines/Desks officers.	23rd October to 12th November 2017
8	Forwarding of Complaints to Mobilisation Dept by State Deployment and Relocation officers	23rd October to 12th November 2017
9	Deployment and Printing of Call-up Letters by ICT Department	13th - 17th Nov, 2017
10	Notification/On-line Printing of Call-up Letters/Delivery of Call-up letters to Institutions (stream I)	17th - 20th Nov, 2017
11	On-line Printing of Deployment Disposition by Corps Producing Institutions (CPIs)	18th - 21st Nov, 2017
12	2017 Batch 'B' Orientation Course

For registration visit Xpress Communications, Suite 11, Sheikh Ibrahim Inyass Plaza, Beside Golden Gate Hotel, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja. Tel: 08036503511. Email: xpresscommunicationsltd@gmail.com

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NYSC Mobilization Time-Table For 2017 Batch B

NYSC Mobilization Time-Table For 2017 Batch B

S/N	Event	Date
1	Briefing/Sensitization of Final year students/prospective corps Members.	12th Oct - 10th Nov 2017
2	Display of list of all approved programmes for institutions on NYSC portal for cross checking and feedback	12th - 15th Oct. 2017
3	Collation of Prospective Corps Members' Data by Corps Producing Institutions CPIs	12th - 15th Oct. 2017
4	Submission/Uploading of Senate/Academic Board Approved Results for Full/Part-Time Graduates and Revalidation Lists by CPIs	16th - 21st Oct. 2017
5	Uploading of Corrected Lists by Corps Producing Institutions	16th - 21st Oct. 2017
6	On-line Registration by Foreign and locally Trained Nigerian Graduates	23rd October to 12th November 2017
7	Entertainment of complaints from Prospective Corps Members by the state Deployment and Relocation officers and NYSC Help Lines/Desks officers.	23rd October to 12th November 2017
8	Forwarding of Complaints to Mobilisation Dept by State Deployment and Relocation officers	23rd October to 12th November 2017
9	Deployment and Printing of Call-up Letters by ICT Department	13th - 17th Nov, 2017
10	Notification/On-line Printing of Call-up Letters/Delivery of Call-up letters to Institutions (stream I)	17th - 20th Nov, 2017
11	On-line Printing of Deployment Disposition by Corps Producing Institutions (CPIs)	18th - 21st Nov, 2017
12	2017 Batch 'B' Orientation Course

For registration visit Xpress Communications, Suite 11, Sheikh Ibrahim Inyass Plaza, Beside Golden Gate Hotel, Wuse Zone 5, Abuja. Tel: 08036503511. Email: xpresscommunicationsltd@gmail.com

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World Bank: Buhari asked us to focus on Northern Nigeria

The President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, said on Thursday that the bank had concentrated on the northern region of Nigeria in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s request.

Kim and the Managing Director, International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, who spoke at separate press conferences in Washington DC, United States, also advised Buhari to invest in things that would enhance economic growth.

Kim said, “You know, in my very first meeting with President Buhari he said specifically that he would like us to shift our focus to the northern region of Nigeria and we’ve done that. Now, it has been very difficult. The work there has been very difficult.

“I think Nigeria, of course, has suffered from the dropping oil prices. I think things are just now getting better. But the conversation we need to have with Nigeria, I think, is in many ways related to the theme that I brought to the table just this past week, which is investment in human capital. The percentage of the Gross Domestic Product that Nigeria spends on healthcare is less than one percent.”

He added, “Despite that, there is so much turbulence in the northern part of the country, and there is the hit that was taken from the drop in the oil prices. Nigeria has to think ahead and invest in its people. Investing in the things that will allow Nigeria to be a thriving, rapidly growing economy in the future is what the country has to focus on right now.”

Kim also said, “Focusing on the northern part of Nigeria, we hope that as commodity prices stabilize and oil prices come back up, the economy will grow a bit more. But very, very much important is the need to focus on what the drivers of growth in the future will be.”

According to the World Bank boss, the bank will invest in human capital in other parts of Africa in order to prepare the continent for the next phase of growth.

Lagarde, in her remarks, said Sub-Saharan African countries, including Nigeria, had posted suboptimal growth in recent times.

The growth figures, she said, were far too small considering the huge demographic potential of Nigeria and other countries in the region.

As a result, she said the IMF would be engaging ministers of finance and central bank governors from the region attending the annual World Bank and IMF meetings on how they could boost and stabilise economic growth.

Lagarde said, “The Sub-Saharan Africa is one region of the world where growth is suboptimal. Those countries grow at an average growth of 2.5 per cent. That is too low for the demographic expansion of the region.”

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UNN 2017/2018 SCREENING EXERCISE FOR ADMISSION

UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA (UNN) ADMISSION CUT-OFF MARK AND CONDUCT OF POST-UME SCREENING EXERCISE FOR 2017/2018 ACADEMIC SESSION

This is to inform the general public that the cut-off mark for admission into the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) for 2017/2018 academic session is 200. Also, there will be a Post-UTME Aptitude Test/Screening Exercise.

Please continue to check our website for further information.

Post UTME is scheduled from Sept.11th,2017 to Sept.18th,2017

2017/2018 SCREENING EXERCISE FOR ADMISSION

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka hereby invites candidates who made the UNN their first choice in the 2017 University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and scored 200 and above for screening exercise.

The following will apply:

1. Online Registration

A. Eligible candidates are required to pay a processing fee of N2,000.00 (Two thousand Naira only) through Remita Platform at any Commercial Bank.

B. Online registration commences on Tuesday, August 29, 2017 and ends on Sunday, September 10, 2017 while the Post-UTME examination screening exercise will commence on Monday, September 11, 2017 and end on Saturday, September 16, 2017.

C. Process Flow for Post-UTME Registration

1. Log on to the University Website: www.unn.edu.ng
2. Click on UNN portal (Top right corner of the Website)
3. Click Prospective Students
4. Select Online Application Form for 2017/2018 Admission Screening Exercise
5. Enter JAMB Registration Number
6. Generate Invoice
7. Proceed to bank for Payment or pay using your ATM Card
8. Return to Portal
9. Re-enter JAMB Registration Number
10. Complete Date of Birth and all other blank fields
11. Enter O-Level Subjects and Grades (also provide your Centre and Examination Number)
12. ‎Re-enter your grades correctly
13. Upload Certificates (ensure that their sizes are not above 100KB)

• Birth Certificate
• Local Government Identification
• Testimonial
• First School Leaving Certificate
• JAMB Result Slip
• O-Level 1
• O-Level 2 ( For double sitting candidates) and click the NEXT button

14. ‎Review Summary page and check that all details entered are correct
15. Check the CONFIRMATION BOX below
16. Click SUBMIT
17. Print acknowledgement Slip.

D. All candidates are required to bring the following for the screening exercise:

(i) A copy of Online Acknowledgement Slip
(ii) 2017/2018 JAMB Result Slip

E. Please note the following:

• No GSM handsets, calculators or any other extraneous materials should be brought into the screening halls
• The venues for the screening are Nnamdi Azikiwe Library (Digital Library) and Centre for Distance and e-Learning, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
• Candidates are also strongly advised to visit the University of Nigeria Website: www.unn.edu.ng

JAMB fix Cut-Off Marks for Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has fixed minimum cut off marks for Nigeria’s tertiary institutions.

The minimum cut off marks for admissions into universities in Nigeria was set for 120, polytechnics and colleges of education pegged at 100, while that of innovative enterprising institutes was pegged at 110.

Institutions are, however, at liberty to raise their cut off marks for admission above the minimum set by JAMB.

Also, admissions into public degree awarding institutions for the 2017 UTME examination will end on January 15, 2018 while for private institutions, it ends on January 31, 2018.

Also, decisions on first choice candidates by universities will end on October 15, and second choice candidates will end on December 15; after which the remaining students will be available in the market place for other institutions till the January closing dates.

These decisions were taken at the 2017 Combined Policy Meetings on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria which ended on Tuesday.

The Registrar of JAMB, Ishaq Oloyede, said a Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, will be used to streamline admission processes among institutions, as it addresses challenges associated with the former approach.

Mr. Oloyede also said that Institutions could conduct dual mode system which involves both manual and the newly introduced CAPS.

He advocated a dynamic educational policy as related to admissions.

“All over the world, there is agitation for dynamic educational policy,” he said. “JAMB only admits for National Diploma, not Higher National Diploma; so why should we use the same requirement for ND and BSC, that is unreasonable parity.”

“We should not be sentimental in fixing our cut off mark; we need not over-dramatise issue of cut off mark.”

He said candidates’ applications to study agriculture was very low while applications to study medicine and health sciences increased.

Speaking on illegal admissions, he said the process is now automated because the Registrar of JAMB must approve all candidates.

“About 17,160 students were admitted without JAMB across institutions in Nigeria,” he said.

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, also formerly announced a lift of the ban on the conduct of Post-UTME examination as a prerequisite for admission into tertiary institutions.

“Cancellation of Post- UTME is a mistake,” he said.

He noted that banning of post-UTME led to a lot of irregularities by candidates and some institutions.

The minister explained that with the lifting of the ban on the conduct of the examination, institutions are now at liberty to conduct, while adding that fee for the examination should not exceed N2000.

He explained that the 2016 admission process was a huge success, while expressing optimism that government is working assiduously to make that of 2017 better.

Mr. Adamu noted that government is also making efforts to expand access and ensure equality in the education sector.

He expressed optimism that a substantial number of candidates who sat for the 2017 UTME would gain admission into tertiary institution.

“Over 1.6 million candidates applied for degree courses, over 17,000 for ND as well as NCE,” he said.

Source: Premium Times