Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Strike: ASUP, COEASU and civil society groups embark on street protest today

ABUJA — ACADEMIC Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, and the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, are set to embark on a street protest today to pile pressures on Federal Government to respect the agreement reached with both unions.
Addressing the press in Abuja, ASUP President, Dr. Chibuzor Asomugha, and his COEASU counterpart, Ahmed Lawal, said the unions could no longer tolerate government’s inability to address the remaining two of the four critical points it promised to speedily tackle to ensure early call off of the industrial action.
Dr. Asomugha recalled that during an earlier meeting with government, the unions were assured that four outstanding issues, including the appointment of the governing councils, release of the white paper on the visitation panels, implementation of CONTISS 15, and the setting up of the NEEDS Committee, would be addressed within two weeks.
He said government was only able to address two issues, including the inauguration of the governing council and the needs assessment committees.
“It is worrisome to note that the issue of outstanding is still pending and as it is, the strike will not be suspended until the government pays attention to this ,” Asomugha said.
He lamented that the unions were not offered any window of opportunity for dialogue, neither carried along by the supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike,  since December 18, 2013.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

WAR IN LASU UPDATE: Students Disrupt Exams, Stone Vice Chancellor

Students of the Lagos State University (LASU) went on the rampage on Thursday, disrupting the university's second semester examination and destroying properties in the process.
The students had closed and halted all activities Wednesday night as they protested within and in front of the school premises, while blocking the main gate and making bonfires on the Lagos-Badagry expressway.
According to eyewitness, the students threw stones and sticks at the University Vice Chancellor Prof. John Obafunwa, as he tried to evade them.

It was gathered that before the 6-months ASUU strike which ended in December, the school's website had been closed down by the school authorities, preventing students from completing their registration. Now the strike is over, exams are starting and the portal is still closed.
One of the students who claimed anonymity said, "Now that we have resumed, it is still the same thing. Exam is starting today and some students haven't yet registered. The Vice Chancellor said he is not going to open the portal which means all the students affected will have extra year after paying 250,000 as school fees. Most of the affected students paid N250,000 as school fees. Normally, the web portal is closed down a week before exam. The affected final year students will have to get an extra year. It won't cost the VC a dime to order the opening of the portal. That was the reason for yesterday's protest."
According to the students, only 708 were able to register before the portal was shut again leaving, 1292 students to their fate.
When the students union government went to plead on behalf of the students, the VC was reported as saying those yet to register are insignificant and would automatically have to carry the session over, a statement which infuriated the students and they decided to take laws into their hands.

Efforts to speak with the Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Kabiru Akinyemi, was not successful as he said he cannot comment on the matter now.
However the speaker of the Students Parliamentary Council, Sodiq Adewunmi Sanni, while speaking with journalist said, "The university management needs to consider the students, they are paying the highest school fees for a state university in Nigeria. Even though I am not affected, the students' school fees is outrageous. They have gone through a lot and to now deny them registration is not in anybody's good interest.
He therefore advised that the management postpone the exams till next week, so as to accommodate the 1292 students that are yet to register.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES FOR YABATECH 2013/2014 ACADEMIC SESSION


Passport
COMMENCEMENT OF ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES FOR 2013/2014 ACADEMIC SESSION
Consequent upon the review of the Academic Calendar of Activities by the Academic Board at its meeting of 15th January, 2014
Please find below the schedule for resumption of all Full-Time students as follows:

Commencement of Registration for Returning Students

December 23, 2013

Commencement of Late Registration for Freshers and Returning Students

Feb. 10, 2014

Commencement of Lecturers for Freshers and Returning Students

February 24, 2014

End of Late Registration for Freshers and Returning Students

February 28, 2014

Commencement of Registration of SIWES and Teaching Practice Students

February 17, 2014

SIWES and Teaching Practice Students commence Lecturers/Commencement of Late Registration

March 10, 2014

Students are therefore urged to take advantage of this opportunity and to note that there will be no extension of registration after this date.
While we anticipate your cooperation in ensuring a hitch free semester, please accept the assurances of the Rector’s goodwill and support.

This memo supercedes the earlier one.

OSIDIPE, M.O.
PAR (Exams)
For: Registrar

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Current Nigerian Universities And Polytechnics Their School Fees

Current Nigerian Universities And Polytechnics Their School Fees
This is the current school fees of various Nigerian Higher Institutions as compiled by the Nigerian School Blog.
This  is an essential prerequisite for candidates who want to choose schools in their upcoming Jamb Exam. We the Nigerian School Blog deem it necessary to inform all Jambites, in order to avoid unnecessarily risk (prudent) when choosing their school of Choice and also to be precient in the Nigerian institution school fees payment.
NOTE: If we did not mention your School Or Have made any errors, Just Comment on this Page, We will definitely work on it Immediately.
Below are the Lists of Nigerian Institution and their various school fees
1.) KWARAPOLY :  INDEGENE – N28,000 NON INDEGENE – N44,000
2.) LAUTECH :  INDEGENE = 65,000 -  NON INDEGENE = N72,500 (STAYLITE – 300L UPWARD =  N40,000 to N50,000)
3.) AAUA : = N24,500UNIBEN : FRESHERS = N45,000 (STAYLITE SCIENCE = N14,000, STAYLITE ART = N12,000)
4.) UNICAL : = N28,000
5.) FUTO : = N48,300 to N49,000
6.) ILARO : = N32,550
7.) AAU := N140,000
8.) KSU :- FRESHERS = N37,500 (200L- N26,600, 300L -  N15,500)
9.) FUTMINNA :- FRESHERS – N37,000 (RETURNING STUDENTS -  N20,000)
10.) FEDPOLY ILORA = N59,530
11.) NSUK :- N29,000
12.) MAPOLY  :- INDEGENE = N57,000, NON-INDEGENE = N62,000 (It Varies With Dept. Some students pay 75,000)
13.) UNN = N50,000
14.) TASUED = N94,000
15.) OSUSTECH = INDEGENE = N100,000, NON-INDEGENE – N150,000
16.) PLASU = INDEGENE = N50,000, NON-INDEGENE = N100, 000OAU = N60,000 (faculty – N12,000, it depends on faculty, but the highest is not more than 15,000)
17.) FUTA :- FRESHERS = N49,000 (RETURNING = N14,150)UNIZIK = FRESHERS – N20,100  (RETURNING – N21,000)
18.) OSUN POLY  = N25,500
19.) FEDPOFFA = N17,000
20.) OOU :- FRESHERS = N110,000 to N250,000 (STAYLITE  -  N42,000 UPWARD)
21.) ABIA POLY : = N56,550 and N61,000, (DEPENDING ON THE DEPARTMENT.)
22.) BUK := N16,000
23.) ABU ZARIA = N23,000, DIPLOMA – N41,000
24.) ANSU = 100L = N139,000, 200L – N129,000, 300L – N106,000, 400L AND 500L – N76,000
25.) LEAD CITY UNI = N590,000
26.) KSUTA = FRESHERS – N80,000, RETURNING STUDENTS – N53,000
27.) FUNAAB = FRESHERS – N24,000+ (STAYLITE – N14,000)
28.) FEDPOLY NEKEDE = ND1 – N31,000, ND2 = N24,000
29.) MOUAU = N33,500
30.) FUOYE = N102,000
31.) RUFUS GIWA POLY = N70,000
32.) FEDPOLY ADO = FRESHERS – N22,000 (STAYLITE-11,000)
33.) I.M.T ENUGU =  N49,300
34.) UNIABUJA = N32,500
35.) IMSU = N75,000 AS ACCEPTANCE FEE,
36.) OSPEL IREE = N25,600
37.) IMSU = INDIGENE – N120,000 (I thought Gov. Rochas gave Scholarships to Indigenes) , NON-INDEGENE – N150,000
38.) POLYIBADAN = N75,000
39.) UNIOSUN = N95000
40.) LASU = IS BTW N195,000 AND N310,000.
41.) OYO STATE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE = INDEGENE = N47,250, NON-INDEGENE = N52,250
42.) EKITI STATE UNIVERSITY (EKSU) = REGULAR = N77,500, PART TIME = N78,000
43.) UNILORIN = FRESHER = N34,000 TO 37,000, (400L – N14,900, 300L – N15400, 200L- N16000).
44.) ABSU = N150,000
45.) ESUT = INDEGENE AND NON-INDEGENE, 100L, 200L – N122,250  (300L- N102,000, 400L – N67,000 respectively)
46.) RSUST = INDEGENE = N20,200 NON – INDEGENE = N70,200
47.) ODUDUWA UNIVERSITY = N356,000
48.) DORBEN POLYTECHNIC, ABUJA = FULL TIME = N176,000, PART TIME = N#220,000
49.) CRUTECH CALABAR = N83,000
50.) IMOPOLY = ND = N30,000  HND = N40,000

Check UNIUYO Second Semester Exam Date Here


Check UNIUYO Second Semester Exam Date Here
UNIUYO
The University of Uyo management has herald that Second Semester Examinations for the 2012/13 academic session will commence on March 19, 2014.
The school management also hinted that the 2013/14 Session will begin on May, 15.
Students have been advised to turn up for academic activities from Monday 6 January, 2014 at all campuses of the institution.

Wishing all students good success as you commence the second semester examination. May the Almighty God crown your good effort with outstanding success.
Students have been warned to shun all form of examination malpractice and be of good conduct before, during and even after the examinations.

How To Register For AKSU 2013/2014 2nd Choice/Supplementary Post-Utme

The Authorities of the Akwa Ibom State University of Technology, AKSU, has commenced sales of application forms for her 2013/2014 2nd choice and supplementary Post Utme Screening exercise.
Supplementary admissions are available in all departments of the Akwa Ibom State University, AKSU, except:
Chemical Engineering,
Marine Engineering,
Petroleum Engineering,
Microbiology,
Accounting,
Business Administration,
Economics,
Public Administration and
Mass Communication which will be available for second choice candidates only.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Interested applicants for supplementary admission into the Akwa Ibom State University, AKSU, should obtain the forms with a bank draft of N1,000.00 (one thousand naira) only and Post Utme Screening fee of N2,000.00 (Two thousand naira) only made payable to Akwa Ibom State University in any of the following banks nationwide:
*Zenith Bank
*Akwa Savings and Loans Limited
*United Bank for Africa
*First Bank
*Ecobank
*Union Bank
forms should be obtained and returned at the following locations:
Akwa Ibom State University Main Campus, Ikot Akpaden
Akwa Ibom State University Obio Akpa Campus
Akwa Ibom State University Liaison office, Uyo
Akwa Ibom State University Liaison office, Abuja.
* Sales and return of forms will commence on Monday, January 6 and end on Friday, January 24, 2014 by 4.00pm.
The second choice and supplementary Post Utme Screening examination of the Akwa Ibom State University, AKSU, will be conducted at the two campuses of the University on Thursday, 30th and Friday, 31st January, 2014 as follows:
S/NO, PROGRAMME, DATE , VENUE, TIME
1. All programmes in the Faculties of Agriculture and Arts, Day 1
30/1/2014, Obio Akpa Campus at Oruk Anam L.G.A., AKS, 9.00am prompt
2. All programmes in the Faculty of Engineering, Day 1
30/1/2014, Main Campus, Ikot Akpaden, Mkpat Enin L.G.A., AKS, 9.00am prompt
3. All programmes in the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Day 2, 31/1/2014, Obio Akpa Campus at Oruk Anam L.G.A., AKS, 9.00am prompt
4. All programmes in the Faculties of Ocean Science and Technology, Education Science and Natural & Applied Sciences Day 2, 31/1/2014, Main Campus, Ikot Akpaden, Mkpat Enin L.G.A., AKS, 9.00am prompt.

Job Vacancy At Nnamdi Azikiwe University

Nnamdi Azikiwe University from the then Anambra State University of Technology (ASUTECH) which was established by Law No. 7 of 30th July, 1980. With Decree No. 34 of July, 1992 (now CAP. N139,LFN, 2004), the University was taken over by the Federal Government of Nigeria with financial effect from 1st  September, 1992
The vision of the University is to be a world class University that is engaged in the highest standard of excellence in all aspects of teaching, research and service.
The mission of the University is to use teaching, research and public service to help solve societal problems including the production of graduates who will be productive members of society, employable and/or creating employment.
The motto of the University is: Discipline, Excellence and Self-reliance. The University has Fourteen (14) Faculties with Eighty four (84) accredited academic programmes.
The Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University hereby announces that the position of Vice-Chancellor will fall vacant on 3rd June, 2014. In accordance with the provisions of the Universities Miscellaneous Provisions (now 2007 Act No. 1)1993 as amended, Council, hereby, invites applications from suitably qualified candidates with experience in university administration for the post.
VICE CHANCELLOR
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Vice-Chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University is the Chief Executive and Academic Officer of the University, ex-officio Chairman of the Senate and a member of the Governing Council.
The Vice-Chancellor shall be competent at all times to advise the Council on any matter affecting the policy, finance and administration of the University;
The Vice-Chancellor shall be generally responsible to the Council for maintaining the efficiency and good order of the University and for ensuring discipline and the proper enforcement of the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the University; and
The Vice-Chancellor shall regulate admission of students, subject to guidelines and procedures approved by the Senate of the University.
REQUIREMENTS
The Vice-Chancellor shall a person of unassailable integrity
The Vice-Chancellor shall be a Professor of at least SEVEN years standing who understands the contemporary demands of leadership of the University. He/She should have had a wide academic/administrative experience of at least 15 years in the University system and be capable of giving dynamic leadership to this University
A person with high scholastic and academic credentials who must have outstanding accomplishments in academics and in public life generally
A person who must command both national and international respect particularly in the academic world to enhance the good reputation of the University
A person who is likely to command the respect and loyalty of members of staff, students and community neighbours of the University, and not likely to foster personal, racial, ethnic, political, religious or other sectional interests and must be free from financial embarrassment;
A person of courage who can take decisions on the merit of facts and principles and not on the basis of pressures from individuals or groups
A person who has the competencies to begin to reorientate the University mandate from a purely liberal to a more utilitarian mode; and
A person who can maintain the highest standards of transparency and accountability and who can forge the entire University community into a cohesive unit.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The salaries and conditions of service are as applicable to the post of Vice-Chancellor in Nigeria Federal Universities as determined by Government from time to time. The Vice-Chancellor shall hold office for a one-term period of five (5 nos.) years only. The candidate shall not be more than sixty five (65) years of age at the date of possible assumption of duty as Vice-Chancellor on 4th June, 2014.
TO APPLY
Interested candidates are expected to submit with their applications, twenty-five (25) copies of their detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) highlighting among others, the following:
Full names
Date and Place of Birth
Contact Address with e-mail address and telephone numbers
Marital Status, number and ages of children.
Academic qualifications (degrees with Classes and copies of credentials to be enclosed)
Teaching, research, administrative and managerial experience; Membership of academic and professional bodies
Publications
A statement of his/her Vision and Mission
Names and addresses of three (3) referees who should be able to attest to the candidate’s academic and managerial abilities as well as his moral character and uprightness. (The candidates should request their referees to forward references directly to the Chairman of Council, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria)
In the case of nominated or “searched candidate” the CV must be accompanied by a letter of consent duly signed and dated by the candidate; and All applications are to be forwarded by hand or Courier Service under confidential cover in a sealed envelope marked at the upper left hand corner “Post of Vice-Chancellor, NAU” to reach:
The Registrar and Secretary to Council,
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
P.M.B. 5025, Awka,
Anambra State
DUE DATE: 4 February, 2014