Kogi Poly Suspended Four Students For Examination Malpractice, Another For Cultism
Kogi Poly Suspended Four Students For Examination Malpractice, Another For Cultism. The Kogi State Polytechnic in Lokoja’s Academic Board has approved the expulsion of four students for examination malpractice and other social vices.
The directive to expel the students was contained in a statement issued to DAILY POST by the institution’s Head of Public Relations and Protocol Unit, Uredo Omale on Thursday
The expulsion of the students according to the statement was part of far-reaching decisions made at the Board’s meeting held at the institution’s Main Campus in Lokoja.
The students expelled for examination malpractice include Aliu Abdulrahman, an ND I student of Science and Laboratory Technology (2019/ND/SLT/216), Shaibu Danjuma (HND I), Graphic Department (2018/HND/IDD/011) and Hadiza Abubakar (2018/HND/CPS/183), an HND II student of Computer Science Department.
Another student, Abudulmalik Wahab of the Mechanical Engineering Department (2018/ND/ME/043 was also expelled and with an added clause of never to be offered admission into the institution, for being in possession of a dangerous weapon and evidence of involvement in cultism.
Durojaiye Helen Taiye, an HND II student of Industrial Design (2018/HND/IDD/007) was found with extraneous materials not related to the particular examination inscribed on her palms and was rusticated for one semester.
The Board, Chaired by the Rector, Dr Salisu Ogbo Usman, also approved the First Semester result for the 2019/2020 Academic Session.
The Rector, who appreciated the committees on examination misconduct for the thorough job done, said the Polytechnic would not condone any act capable of bringing it to disrepute.
He appealed to students to always be on the side of the law.
He also expressed satisfaction with the successful end of the Computer Based Examinations for General Studies Courses just as he commended the committee on E-Examination for a job well done.
Dr. Usman went on to explain that the SUG elections, Students’ Week, and NAKOSS elections were all postponed until the next session as part of a strategy to ensure adequate protection of lives and property on campus.
WAEC Declare A New Date For 2021 WASSCE. The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has Declared that the 2021 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), will commence from August 16 to September 30.
However, the acting Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Demianus Ojijeogu, on Friday said it will soon release the timetable for the examination.
Ojijeogu explained that the new timetable was in line with the current academic calendar and was done in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education.
“The council wishes to inform schools, candidates and the general public that the examination will hold from August 16 to September 30, 2021.
“The international timetable for the conduct of the examination will be released in due course,” Ojijeogu added.
How To Recover JAMB UTME Or DE Email Address, PIN or Confirmation Code, Have you lost your JAMB UTME or DE pin profile email address, or confirmation code, for some reason or the other?
Prospective corps members and other critical stakeholders have been asking certain important questions and seeking clarifications on the NYSC online registration initiative recently introduced by the NYSC. Below are some of those questions and the answers to them:
1. Why are Nigerian youths being asked to pay to serve their country?
It is not true that corps members are being asked to pay to serve their country. Far from it.The NYSC and the government appreciate the enormous sacrifice that corps members have made, and continue to make, for the unity and the development of this country.
The Scheme will continue to explore ways to ensure that corps members serve the nation in safety and with ease. This latest initiative was conceived in that spirit.
Based on feedback and requests from past corps members, the initiative was designed to lessen the costs and risks associated with corps members travelling to their schools to pick up call-up letters.
It should be remembered that prospective corps members become the responsibility of NYSC when they show up in orientation camps, not before.
So, prospective corps members (not NYSC) have always borne the costs of travelling to get their call-up letters. This has not changed and no extra burden has been imposed on our prospective corps members.
While those who want to physically pick up their call-up letters from their schools are still allowed to do so, this initiative hascreated an extra option for those who wish to access their call-up letters online.
It has empowered prospective corps members to make their choice, based on their situations, preferences and assessments of the opportunity costs involved.
Paying N3000 to process call-up letters online is a choice for those who prefer that option. It is not a condition for national service.
So, no one is being asked to pay to serve, as those who do not pay will also undertake their national service without any form of discrimination or sanction.
2. Why are corps members being forced to pay for their call-up letters
Paying to process call-up letters online is totally optional. It is not compulsory. NYSC made it optional because of the realization that not every corps member will need or can afford it.
As said above, picking up call-up letters from schools have always been and remains the responsibility of prospective corps members. There are associated costs and risks to this, which varies for individuals.
The situation of ‘Prospective Corps Member A’ who lives in Lagos and has graduated from a school in Lagos is definitely different from that of ‘Prospective Corps Member B’ who lives in Lagos but has graduated from a higher institution in Port Harcourt or Zaria or Bauchi.
The costs and risks involved in going to the schools to pick call-up letters are clearly different for the two candidates. NYSC thinks it will be unfair to ask both of them to pay or force them to embrace the initiative.
Apart from giving people the freedom to choose what suits them, the initiative is deliberately made optional to ensure fairness to all parties.
3. Why ask prospective corps members to pay N3000 just to print call-up letters?
The N3000 is not just for printing call-up letters.
It is for the entire package of NYSC online registration, which requires the deployment of IT hardware and software and personnel to orientation camps all over the country but which also gives those who subscribe to it the advantage of processing their registration online, saving time during registration at the orientation camps and allowing them to use their thumbprints to identify themselves in case they lose or are dispossessed of their call-up letters.
In the past, corps members who lose or are dispossessed of their call-up letters had to go through a cumbersome process of swearing affidavits, getting validation from their schools which takes time and may force them to enlist on another batch.
With NYSC online registration, those who are unfortunate to lose their letters can identify themselves with their fingerprints.
So the N4000 fee is for the entire process and package of benefits.
4. Is the initiative not extortionist and insensitive?
As explained above, the initiative was designed with all sense of fairness and sensitivity.
It is not extortionist, as extortion implies the use of open or subtle threat. No open or subtle threat is involved here. It is not compulsory and non-use of it carries no sanction.
It is only for those who choose to exercise the option after doing their own cost-benefit analysis.
NYSC is sensitive to the fact that not everyone needs or can afford this. Both those who need and can afford it and those who don’t need it or can’t afford it are given options to choose from. The initiative is thus both fair and sensitive.
5. Why not maintain the status quo?
Contrary to claims, the status quo remains. NYSC has not abolished the practice of prospective corps members going to their schools to pick call-up letters. That is still allowed.
What has happened is that an extra option has been introduced, which prospective corps members may choose or may not choose to exercise.
Closing this new option will not necessarily be at zero cost to those who prefer the status quo, as prospective corps members have always been responsible for picking their call-up letters.
But closing the option will be at the expense of those who will prefer it as this will rob them of their right to choose.
6. If this is so desirable, why can’t government fund the initiative?
Based on familiarity with current trends and feedbacks/requests from past and present corps members, NYSC is convinced that this is a very desirable initiative in this digital age and will be to the benefits of corps members.
But given competing needs and shrinking government resources, NYSC realized that it would be necessary for it to seek alternative sources of funding for its various needs.
Public-Private Partnership (PPP) approach is one of the approved available options for expanding the pool of resources to the Scheme. We are exercising this option to jump-start the comprehensive computerization of the operations of the Scheme.
This was done with strict observance of due process and with appropriate certification/guidance from the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) and the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC).
The choice before us was between starting the initiative for those who need and can afford it or waiting for the time government will be able to fund it fully.
We chose the former in the interest of our prospective corps members who want and choose to avail themselves of this option.
7. Why can’t the ICT department of NYSC handle this?
The capacity of the ICT department of the Scheme has been enhanced over time and we will continue to improve our capacity in line with the needs of the digital age.
But the scale of the operation will demand more personnel than we have at the moment and the procurement of IT infrastructure in all NYSC camps and all states of the federation, both of which we don’t have the resources for.
Even if the staff members are there, the infrastructure is not there.
That was why we opted for the PPP arrangement, with the provision that both the knowledge and the infrastructure will eventually be transferred to NYSC.
8. Will those who refuse to pay not be victimized?
They will not be victimized in any way. In fact, the plan is to ensure that there will be more NYSC staff attending to those who choose to use the physical method of collection because the use of online registration would have freed up staff time.
Yes, it is open to them too and for the same amount. The usual practice was for prospective corps members educated outside the country to come to NYSC Headquarters in Abuja to process their call-up letters.
Now they can stay wherever they are based and process their call-up letters online, if they choose to exercise that option.
Also, from Batch A next year, prospective corps members educated outside the country do not need to come to Abuja for the verification of their certificates.
Their uploaded certificates will be verified at the orientation camps in the state where they are deployed.
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has banned graduates from Cotonou Universities, a university in Niger and Cameroun from partaking in the 2021 batch orientation course. See details below.
The management of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC Bans Graduates of Cotonou Universities, they ban eight foreign universities in the Republic of Benin, Niger, and Cameroon from taking part in the 2021 Batch A orientation course.
Most of the banned universities are said to be awarding degrees to students a few months after matriculation.
Although the NYSC management did not provide enough reasons for its decision, its circular (dated Friday, March 5 2021) to state/FCT coordinators, informed all D&R and foreign-trained verification officers in states to take note of the under listed schools.
The affected universities include:
Al-Nahda International University (Niger Republic)
Ecole Superieur Sainte Felicite (Benin Republic)
Ecole Superieur D Administration et DEconomics (Benin Republic);
Ecole Superieur DEnseignement Professionelle Le Berger – ESEP Le Berger (Benin Republic)
Ecole Superieur St. Louis DAfrique (Benin Republic)
Institute Superieur de Comm.
Dord Et De Management – ISFOP (Benin Republic)
International University, Bamenda (Cameroon)
NYSC Online Registration Guidelines and Requirements
NYSC Online Registration Guidelines and Requirements: For registration/mobilization of graduates, the National Service Youth Corps, NYSC Online Registration Procedure and Requirements for Batch “A” 2020 have been announced. Those interested in joining the corps can read the information below.
NYSC Online Registration Guidelines Details for Batch A 2020
National Service Youth Corps, NYSC online registration details for the 2020 Batch ‘A’ corps members. Requirements for registration/mobilization of graduates are listed below.
This is to inform all prospective corps members, i.e. Nigerians who have graduated from Universities and Mono/Polytechnics both home and abroad, that the NYSC registration portal will be opened from March 3, 2021, to enable them to register for the 2021 Batch ‘A’ mobilization.
Important Tips to Guide Prospective Batch B Corps Members During NYSC Online Registration:
Do not thumbprint by proxy. (Nobody should thumbprint for you; thumbprint should be done by you).
Make sure the passport photograph uploaded is very clear.
Do not forget the Username and Password used during your NYSC online registration.
Apply for correction of spelling mistakes and rearrangement of names on your dashboard. It is ongoing even after the Orientation Exercise.
Cross-check your records before submission to avoid wrong details.
NYSC Online Registration Guidelines Procedure and Requirements
Check Senate list for verification of your records.
If you are registering for the first time, click on ”Registration for Mobilization 2020 Batch A”.
If you have registered previously and did not complete your Registration or Submit, do not create a new account instead click on “Login Here” to continue your registration with your previous Username and Password.
If you were mobilized in the previous Batches and have registered online before but unable to proceed to Orientation Camp, Select “Revalidation” link to re-validate your registration.
In order to ensure a seamless registration, Prospective Corps Members (PCM) are to note the following for strict compliance:
Prospective Corps Members should ensure that they have functional e-mail addresses that they can access and Nigerian (GSM) telephone numbers with which to register. Such e-mail address and phone numbers must be maintained throughout the service year.
Locally trained PCM are expected to use correct Matriculation numbers to register.
For locally-trained graduates, only those whose names appear in the Senate/Academic Board Approved Result lists submitted by their Institutions will have access to the register on the NYSC portal.
Foreign-trained prospective Corps Members should NOTE that ONLY those that graduated from accredited institutions are qualified for mobilization. Any foreign-trained prospective Corps Member who is in doubt of the accreditation status of his/her institution should approach the Federal Ministry of Education for verification.
Foreign-trained Nigerian graduates are to visit the NYSC portal, register, and upload the following documents:
West African School Certificate (WASC) (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or it equivalent
or,
General Certificate of Education (GCE O’ Level) (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or it equivalent
or,
NECO (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or it equivalent
or,
NABTEB (with not less than 5 Credits at 2 sittings) or it equivalent
or,
High School Diploma or it equivalent for those who attended school in the USA, etc.
Certificates are not qualified to register.
Complete official transcript of the First Degree or HND programme.
International Travelling Passport showing the following pages;
Personal Data.
Visa to the country of study.
Date of the first departure to the country of study and
Date of arrival in Nigeria.
Graduates with dual nationalities are required to upload Personal Data Pages of both international passports and present the passports for physical verification at the orientation camp.
It is the responsibility of the prospective corps members who studied in non-English speaking countries to get their Certificates and Transcripts translated into the English language before uploading. The translated transcripts and certificates should also be presented for physical verification.
All graduates of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Physiotherapy, Radiology, Optometry, Medical Laboratory Science, and Pharmacy are expected to have their Certificates of Registration with their professional bodies. Payment receipts are not acceptable.
Foreign-trained graduates seeking mobilization for national service should NOT visit NYSC Headquarters, Abuja, for physical verification of their documents. The exercise will be done at the orientation camps. They are to print their call-up letters online and report to the orientation camps in their states of deployment. Foreign-trained graduates are expected to go to the camps with the original documents they uploaded for verification.
Provisional certificates, To Whom It May Concern, on-line print-out, scanned and photocopies of credentials are not acceptable.
Foreign-trained graduates who registered for the Exemption Certificate shall present all their original academic credentials and international passport for physical verification when they come to collect the certificate at the National Directorate Headquarters, Abuja.
All foreign-trained graduates who registered and are excluded from service should also present original academic credentials and international passport at the NYSC NDHQ, Abuja, for physical verification before Exclusion Letters are printed on-line.
All foreign-trained prospective Corps Members who registered but were not called up for service in the last batch should log on to the NYSC portal to revalidate their registration. This category of persons need not pay N3,000.00 (three thousand naira) again.
Anybody who presents any fake document will be demobilized and decamped.
Prospective corps members should ensure that Passport photographs used meet the following specifications:
Ensure your face (eyes, nose, ears, mouth and jaw) is fully shown without bending.
Ensure the picture fills the frame and centralized
Ensure the Photo background is white or off-white with no shadow.
On no account should prospective corps members register by PROXY. They should also remember the fingers used for their biometric capturing as these will be used for verification at the orientation camps. Those who cannot be verified with their biometric at the orientation camp will not be registered.
Only prospective corps members who want their call-up numbers sent to them through SMS and wish to PRINT their call-up letters on-line are expected to pay the sum of Three Thousand Naira (N3,000.00) (see NYSC Portal on how to make the payment).
PCM who do not want to pay the N3,000.00 have the option of going to their schools to collect their call-up numbers and call-up letters.
All prospective corps members who paid for the online registration before but were not mobilized need not pay again.
Married female prospective corps members (whether locally or foreign-trained) should upload copies of their marriage Certificates, evidence of Change of name and their husbands’ place of domicile during registration.
The orientation camp is highly not ideal for pregnant and nursing mothers. Prospective corps members in this category are therefore to note that they will not be accommodated.
Prospective Corps Members with a serious health challenge should indicate their TRUE HEALTH STATUS during registration to enable concessional deployment for them.
Prospective corps members who graduated from institutions located in the following geo-political zones with challenges related to mobilisation should contact the under-listed telephone numbers:
North Central – 08092142614
North East – 08102790538
North West – 08092142661
South East – 09038034460
South West – 07019190810
South South – 08083202056
All Part-time graduates are expected to register online and wait for the collection of their Letter of Exclusion at their various Institutions. For those willing to print the Letter of Exclusion online, this can be done on payment of Three Thousand Naira (N3, 000.00) only.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE THE PORTAL IS CLOSED, THERE WILL BE NO FURTHER REGISTRATION.
Application Deadline: not yet specified.
Best of Luck!
What You Should Know About NYSC
The NYSC scheme was created in a bid to reconstruct, reconcile and rebuild the country after the Nigerian Civil war. The unfortunate antecedents in our national history gave impetus to the establishment of the National Youth Service Corps by decree No.24 of 22nd May 1973 which stated that the NYSC is being established “with a view to the proper encouragement and development of common ties among the youths of Nigeria and the promotion of national unity”.
As a developing country. Nigeria is further plagued by the problems attendant upon a condition of underdevelopment, namely; poverty. mass illiteracy, acute shortage of high skilled manpower (coupled with most uneven distribution of the skilled people that are available), woefully inadequate socioeconomic infrastructural facilities, housing. Water and sewage facilities, road, healthcare services, and effective communication system. . Faced with these almost intractable problems, which were further compounded by the burden of reconstruction after the civil war, the government and people of Nigeria set for the country, fresh goals, and objectives aimed at establishing Nigeria as:
A united, strong and self-reliant nation
a great and dynamic economy
a land of bright and full opportunities for all citizens
The government and people of Nigeria are not aware that sound and patriotic leadership is a precondition for the rapid social and economic development of the country. As a nation, Nigeria has been less fortunate in the kind of leadership that emerge to govern the affairs of the country in the period immediately after independence, a leadership whose achievements notwithstanding, was none the less ill-prepared. and generally not properly motivated to tackle the problems of socioeconomic under development, in the interest of the country as a whole.
There is no gain saying the fact that the future of any country depends on the youths. The youths of Nigeria acknowledge this fact, and have consistently laid claim to the nation’s leadership.
While one may give credence to the saying that leaders are born, not made, one must also concede to the fact that leadership in a modem society requires a certain degree of preparation and orientation before the assumption of that role.
The universities and other institutions of higher learning are normally expected to be training ground for future leaders, except that, as we are all aware, these institutions are first and foremost committed to the advancement of learning and knowledge, training of people for good citizenship. Little wonder that the products of these institutions have been accused of being too elitist in their outlook, of not identifying with the plight of common man, and of inability to appreciate predicament of the vast majority of our people who live in the rural areas.
It was the need to look beyond the immediate present and to think of the future leadership of the country that necessitated the mobilisation of certain categories of our youths through the National Youth Service Corps Scheme. This was done with a view to giving them the proper guidance and orientation relevant to the needs of the country. The National Youth Setvice Corps Decree No. 24 which has now been repealed and replaced by Decree 51 of 16th June 1993, was then formally promulgated.
The purpose of the scheme is primarily to inculcate in Nigerian Youths the spirit of selfless service to the community, and to emphasize the spirit of oneness and brotherhood of all Nigerians, irrespective of cultural or social background. The history of our country since independence has clearly indicated the need for unity amongst all our people, and demonstrated the fact that no cultural or geographical entity can exist in isolation.
NYSC Notice on Alleged Abduction of Corps Members by Bandits
NYSC Notice on Alleged Abduction of Corps Members by Bandits. The news of the death and suspected kidnapping of some Corps Members traveling from Osun State by kidnappers has drawn the attention of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Management.
The true position is that, indeed, 17 Corps Members that completed the 2020 Batch Batch “B” Stream 1B Orientation programme at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, Ede, Osun State, on Tuesday, 22nd December, 2020 boarded vehicles heading towards the northern part of the country.
Tragically, along Jere-Abuja Expressway, they were accosted by a gang of armed robbers whose sporadic gunshots unfortunately felled Corps Member Bomoi Suleiman Yusuf.
It is imperative to state that the 16 other Corps Members were never abducted. The death of any Corps Member is a big loss, not just to his family, but to the Scheme and the entire nation at large. Sadly, it is always the darkest moment in the life of the Scheme.
The management wishes to convey its deepest condolences to the family of Late Corps Member Yusuf and prays God to grant them the fortitude to bear the painful loss.
The Director-General wishes to admonish all Corps Members to at all times adhere strictly to the safety guidelines issued to them from time to time, which particularly frowns at night travels. May the soul of Bomoi Suleiman Yusuf rest in peace.
NYSC Signs MoU with IITA to Boost Agricultural Productivity
In order to increase the productivity of the Scheme’s agricultural program, the National Youth Service Corps NYSC signs MoU Memorandum of Understanding with the International Institute for Tropical Agriculture (IITA).
The NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, thanked the Agency for allowing Corps members to discover and improve their potentials in agricultural practices during the brief ceremony, which took place at the IITA Headquarters in Ibadan.
He emphasized that the Corps members were brimming with energy and patriotic zeal, and that the nation would greatly benefit from their abilities if other Corps Employers provided them with the right conditions.
Ibrahim said NYSC always encouraged the youths to seek self-employment and had introduced the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme in 2012 as a platform to empower them to be wealth creators and employers of labour.
He added that the Scheme would continue to leverage on the existing relationship with various stakeholders for the benefit of Corps Members and overall national development.
The Director-General also advised Corps members serving at IITA to take a cue from their predecessors and embrace all empowerment opportunities provided by the Agency.
“I enjoin you to take advantage of the opportunities which will empower you and help to actualize the Federal Government’s vision on food security,” he said.
Also speaking, IITA’s Deputy Director-General for Partnership and Delivery, Mr Kenton Dashiell, stated that the fifty-three-year-old institute had been working to prevent poverty and hunger as well as enhance food security and economic diversification.
He said the Agency placed a high premium on Corps members serving there over the years with the latter gaining experience while former benefited from their potentials and ingenuity.
Dashiell explained that the IITA Youth Agropreneur programme commenced with a group of youths, posted for NYSC Primary Assignment in the Institute and were encouraged to receive training in various profitable ventures in the agricultural value chain.
The Deputy DG, who disclosed that about 665 Corps members had served in IITA within the past eight years, said the Institute was desirous of strengthening its relationship with NYSC so as to help Corps Members and other youths to join in boosting agriculture and reduce the importation of food products into the country.
JAMB Registration Form 2021 and Details: Are you preparing for the 2020 UTME, then you should know that the JAMB registration for 2021 UTME/DE has officially begun. JAMB Registration begins April 8th, 2021 and ends May 15th, 2021. The exam begins June 5th and ends June 19th, 2021.
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the commencement of the sales of the JAMB registration form 2021. Applications are going to be accepted from suitably qualified candidates for admission to tertiary institutions in Nigeria for academic session beginning in 2021. Let’s take a look all of the important JAMB registration guidelines that have been made public by the Board below. Please make sure to read all these important guidelines carefully.
PLEASE NOTE: Candidates are advised in their own interest to carry out their JAMB registration at JAMB Accredited CBT CENTRE Nation wide and JAMB OFFICES only. The total cost of JAMB registration is ₦4,700 (or $20 for foreign candidates): Cost of JAMB Registration PIN: ₦3,500, Cost of Compulsory Reading Text: ₦500, and Service Charge for JAMB Registration: ₦700.
JAMB Registration Form Sale and Registration Period
The period of sale of JAMB registration form and completion of the registration process for all candidates (UTME/DE) including those from Foreign Countries is from Thursday April 8th, 2021 to Saturday May 15th, 2021.
PIN vending ends Friday 10th May while the registration portal closes on Saturday 15th May, 2021
Eligibility Checker
Candidates are advised to check their eligibility for chosen programmes and institutions on ibass.jamb.gov.ng. It is important that candidates check the requirements before commencing the application process. The eligibility checker assists candidates with options of programmes (courses) based on their qualifications
General Entry Requirements
The general entry requirements for admission into the First Degree, National Diploma (ND), National Innovation Diploma (NID) and Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) programmes are five (5) O’Level Credit passes including English Language. Details are available in the online JAMB Brochure which would be given to each Candidate at the JAMB accredited CBT centres and JAMB State Offices. It is also available for download at www.jamb.gov.ng and on Android Mobile App (JAMB IBASS) from the Google Play store.
DO NOT GIVE YOUR PASSWORD to any centre (or Cyber Café). Any centre that asks for more than your profile code, email address and JAMB registration number is a fraudster. Do not give any password.
Direct Entry Requirements
Candidates with any of the following qualifications may be considered for admission by Direct Entry:
A minimum of O’Level credit pass in five (5) SSCE subjects at not more than two sittings with at least two prescribed subjects [for each programme (course of study)] at Principal or Advanced level.
Two passes (in prescribed subjects for each course of study) at the Advanced-Level Examination of IJMB, Cambridge, JUPEB or Institute of Baccalaureate with SSCE/GCE, NTS/NBC credits equivalents in three other subjects
Passes in two major subjects in the NCE with S.S.C.E., NTC/NBC credits or equivalents in THREE other subjects (mainly for Education Courses) and ND.
Minimum of lower credit grade in National Diploma or National Innovation Diploma and the O’Level requirements
DE CANDIDATES WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THEIR JAMB REGISTRATION NUMBERS WITH WHICH THEY GAINED ADMISSION TO NCE/NID/DIPLOMA AND PREVIOUS DEGREE PROGRAMMES.
QUALIFICATIONS AWARDED BY EXAMINATION BODIES (IJMB, CAMBRIDGE, WAEC, JUPEB, etc) APPROVED BY NIGERIA SHALL NOT REQUIRE ANY PREVIOUS JAMB NUMBER.
CAVEAT: CANDIDATES SHOULD NOT TAKE UTME AND DE AT THE SAME TIME. IF THEY APPLY THROUGH UTME AND LATER OBTAIN DE QUALIFICATION, THEY CAN UPGRADE THEIR UTME TO DE AT NO COST. Double/multiple registrations attract outright cancellation and prosecution.
JAMB Registration can only be done at the centres listed on our site (www.jamb.gov.ng) and pasted at JAMB offices in each State capital. Anybody who registers outside these centres does so at his/her risk.
Nobody, including parents/guardians or any proxy is allowed to transact any business on any candidate’s profile. The registration process and all activities on candidates’ profile are being monitored by the Board and defaulters shall be severly sanctioned. Any candidate who makes his password, profile code or other security codes available to another person (parents, friends, tutorial teachers, fraudsters etc) is liable for any alteration done by such person(s). DO NOT GIVE YOUR PASSWORD TO ANYBODY INCLUDING JAMB OFFICIALS. These security codes are not to be demanded at any registration centre by any person for any purpose.
Order Of Choice Of Institutions
Every candidate is to note that the 1st choice can be a College of Education, University, Innovation Enterprise Institution, Polytechnic/Monotechnic, Nigerian Defence Academy or the Police Academy.
Steps for 2021 JAMB Registration
JAMB PROFILE REGISTRATION
Every candidate would require the use of a unique phone (mobile) number (SIM) for the process of registration. The unique phone number can be used by one candidate only (Note: This number (SIM) remains your unique identification for all your transactions with the board.
Candidate will send his/her National Identification Number (NIN) by text (SMS) to 55019 from his/her personal GSM number e.g write the word “NIN” then space and add your 11 digit NIN Number and send to 55019 in this format (NIN 00123456789). There should be a space between the word “NIN” and your 11 digit NIN (Note that the number must not have been used by another person to register for UTME/DE in the past)
A Profile Code of 10 characters is received by the candidate on the same telephone(SIM) number
The phone number used for the text message is automatically tied to the candidate’s 2021 application, Examination and Admission. CANDIDATES SHOULD NOTE AND ALWAYS REMEMBER THE SIM NUMBER USED, IT IS OF UTMOST IMPORTANCE FOR SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH THE BOARD. BY OBTAINING UTME/DE APPLICATION DOCUMENTS, A CANDIDATE HAS ACCEPTED TO RECEIVE TEXT MESSAGES FROM JAMB (55019) EVEN WHEN THE “DO NOT DISTURB” IS ACTIVATED
Candidate presents the profile code to the point of procurement of form (Banks, MMOs, MFBs, Switches, USSD Partners). The form- ePIN is then sent as text message to the candidates Phone number
Candidate presents the ePIN at any JAMB accredited CBT Centre for registration
The application cannot be completed until the candidate’s biometric (all ten fingers) are captured and photograph taken physically (No submission of passport photograph). Successful capture of biometrics and photograph will authorize a candidate to print his/her e-registration slip. The finger print shall be required for any further transaction with JAMB on the candidates’ profile.
Only candidates whose biometrics verification is successful on examination day will be permitted to sit the UTME. No parent or any proxy is allowed to make any transaction on the candidates’ profile.
Candidates with biometric challenges can only register at JAMB headquarters Abuja
According to JAMB, no candidate should proceed to any CBT centre without first creating a profile. Candidates are advised to create a profile by sending their name (Surname First-name and Middle-name) via SMS to 55019.
WARNING:
“No two persons must use a single GSM number in commencing the registration process as it will not be acceptable. The way it is configured is one individual to one telephone number that will remain exclusive to that single individual for the purpose of the entire examination process. Not even siblings are allowed to share a particular telephone number for this purpose.” – JAMB Head of media, Dr Fabian Benjamin.
SELF HELP IN CASE OF MISTAKE/LOSS OF JAMB PROFILE CODE
To retrieve a lost Profile Code, send [RESEND] to 55019 as text message from the same mobile number
Candidate can reset lost or forgotten Profile Password on their registered cell phone by sending [password] space [email address] to 55019 as a text message from the same mobile number
(FREE COMPLAINT) TICKETING
For ALL complaints on JAMB processes, candidates can create a support ticket at (support.jamb.gov.ng) with his/her email address registered on the Board’s site. The candidate then provides his/her name, phone number and the nature of issue, select a complaint area on a drop down and then summarize the nature of complaint. He/she may also attach supporting documents (if available) then send. Complaints from 3rd parties are merely noted. Letter writing is not encouraged. Rather all complaints should be channeled through the ticketing system for ppompt attention and documentation.
For complaints relating to NIN (e.g a candidate sends a message to 55019 to create a profile but does not receive any response or receives wrong data, he/she can follow the same process on the ticketing and click on 2021 NIN related issues then select the related topic on the drop down).
NOTE THAT YOUR PASSWORD SHOULD NOT BE RELEASED TO ANYONE. JAMB CAN ONLY HELP ON PROFILE-PASSWORD, NOT E-MAIL-BOX-PASSWORD. YOU CAN ALSO CHECK YOUR ADMISSION STATUS ON JAMB IBASS APP ON YOUR PHONE. DO NOT CHECK AT ANY CYBER CAFÉ THAT WOULD DEMAND YOUR PASSWORD WHICH IS THEN USED TO STEAL YOUR RECORDS. “TO BE FOREWARNED IS TO BE FOREARMED”
Candidates and the public are to note that nobody can help with admission or upgrade of scores; they would only deceive and defraud those who patronize fraudsters.
JAMB ePIN SELLING POINTS
The ePIN outlets are:
NIPOST and eleven Participating Banks (ACCESS, ECO, FCMB, FIDELITY, FIRSTBANK, FCMB, HERITAGE, JAIZ, KEYSTONE, Polaris, STERLING,TAJ, UNION, UBA and UNITY)
Mobile Money Operators: Paga, e-Transact, Pocket Moni, TEASYPay, Packway Projects (Readycash) and Xpress payment solutions
ePIN is then delivered to the candidate’s unique telephone number
PROCEDURE FOR FOREIGN CANDIDATES
Procedure for Registration at the eight foreign centres only is as follows:
(a) Registration fee for candidates from the eight foreign countries is $20 or its equivalent in each of the eight countries local currency
(b) Candidates from the eight foreign countries are to download the Application from the Board’s website (www.jamb.gov.ng) complete and submit it with the fee at the eight designated centres as indicated on the website.
On the menu on the left pane, click on 2021 Foreign UTME/DE registration
Go through guided questions until payment page
Make payment using any of the authorized cards
Complete the registration directly online
OFFER OF FREE APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
Any government, person or organization that wishes to distribute free application documents to prospective applicants is required to urgently procure the bulk e-pins from either JAMB or any approved sale outlets.
Candidates who want to enjoy any of this offer are advised to visit the sponsor’s designated banks or other e-PIN outlets (NOT ANY CBT centre) to collect the e-PIN after creating their profiles as illustrated above.
No refund would be made to any candidate if he/she had earlier purchased the application document before being offered free e-PIN. Such applicants should refrain from multiple registrations.
HOW TO RECOVER LOST ePIN AFTER PAYMENT
If ePIN is not Received or Lost, send [UTMEPIN] or [DEPIN] to 55019 for UTME or DE respectively from the unique number
The ePIN would then be retrieved and delivered on the candidate’s unique number
AFTER SUCCESSFUL PAYMENT AND OBTAINING ePIN, CANDIDATE SHOULD PROCEED TO ANY OF THE JAMB ACCREDITED CBT CENTRES TO COMPLETE HIS/HER JAMB REGISTRATION
JAMB REGISTRATION CENTRES
In line with the Board’s regulated registration exercise, only the accredited Computer Based Test Centres and JAMB Offices (see list of offices below) will be allowed to register candidates.
Each candidate should visit any accredited CBT centre (the list of accredited centres is on JAMB website (www.jamb.gov.ng), with his/her personal details, the profile and evidence of payment.
JAMB REGISTRATION PROCESS AT CBT CENTRES
The candidate PERSONALLY presents the ePIN at any accredited CBT Centre for validation and completion of JAMB registration. The name of the candidate as typed by the candidate on his/her phone when registering the profile comes up automatically on the input of the e-PIN by the CBT centre. See this JAMB Registration Form 2021 Template to prepare all the required information you will need before going to the JAMB registration centre nearest to you.
Candidates are to:
Pay NOT more than N700 as Service Charge to any of the accredited CBT Centres (Do not accept to leave your particulars for proxy registration. It will disqualify you)
ii. Provide choice of institutions and programmes (course of study)
Provide qualification with grades and dates, if not awaiting result
Upload relevant certificates, if not awaiting result (this is applicable for both UTME and Direct Entry (DE) candidates
Provide O/L and or A/L grades are to be provided by candidates. Candidates who are awaiting results should supply (upload) the results online on CAPS (JAMB) as soon as they are available on JAMB’s portal. No recommendations from any Institution will be considered by JAMB if the candidate has not uploaded his/her result on the portal of JAMB. No institution is allowed to take a new picture/photograph, biometrics or require any other upload of result. All results are downladable by institutions from the board’s website (and the download is tracked to avoid abuse)
Supply JAMB registration number for previous institutional certificates for DE only
Provide UTME subjects and choice of examination town(s) for
(a) Mock examination (optional)
(b) Examination for UTME (actual examination)
Review entries and confirm the correctness
Print Registration Slip USING BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION to confirm valid fingerprint (UTME/DE). Note that authentication with your fingerprint removes blames for error from CBT centres. candidates are to check before confirming their fingerprint
Collect, at no other cost, the reading text and CD
NOTE: There will be no offline registration, as all the accredited CBT centres have been empowered for real-time online registration. No candidate should register at any centre other than the accredited CBT centre and JAMB State-Offices. Any candidate who is registered outside approved centres will be identified and disqualified.
BLIND CANDIDATES
Candidates who are blind are to indicate by typing BLIND and also picking the option of writing their examination through CBT mode or Read Examination Aloud. A candidate is either blind or sighted. It is important to be factual
DEAF/MUTE CANDIDATES
A special indicator for the deaf/mute has been created to differentiate them for special attention at the examination hall. Deaf candidates are therefore to conrm this appropriately during registration.
BIOMETRIC CHALLENGES
Candidates with biometric challenges can only register at JAMB headquarters in Abuja.
No other CBT centre is allowed to register such candidates
They will also sit for their JAMB 2021 examination at JAMB headquarters in Abuja
No candidate will be permitted to sit the examination if his/her biometrics is not verified.
The Board will not permit or process any examination without biometric verification
Candidates with biometric abnormality can only register and take examination at the JAMB Headquaters, Bwari Abuja. The Board will facilitate the travels of the candidates.
JAMB Dates And Venue For 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
The 2021 CBT EXAMINATION will commence on Saturday, 5th June, 2021 and end on Saturday, 19th June, 2021. Candidates preparing for the exam are encouraged to start practicing JAMB Past questions using our JAMB CBT practice platform.
The venue of the examination will be at any centre in the candidate’s chosen examination town(s).
JAMB DOES NOT POST ANY CANDIDATE TO ANY EXAMINATION TOWN (OR GROUP OF TOWNS) OTHER THAN THE ONE CHOSEN BY THE CANDIDATE AT THE POINT OF REGISTRATION. CANDIDATES ARE, HOWEVER, ADVISED TO REGISTER ON TIME BEFORE THE AVAILABLE SPACES IN THEIR TOWN OF CHOICE OR GROUP OF TOWNS ARE EXHAUSTED. DUE TO DISCOVERED CONSPIRACY AMONG SOME CBT CENTRES, NO EXAMINATION TOWN WITH FEW CENTRES IS ALLOWED. MANY TOWNS HAVE BEEN MERGED.
JAMB Registration Fee/Procurement of Registration ePINS
For the 2021 UTME, candidates are required to pay Three Thousand Five Hundred (N3,500) Naira only as registration fee. Additional Five Hundred (N500) Naira only is paid to obtain the reading text “The Life Changer” by Khadija Abubakar Jali for UTME candidates and for DE candidates. Seven Hundred Naira (N700) is regulated and charged for CBT Centre service charge and $20 is the application fee for candidates from the eight foreign centres
A CD containing JAMB eSyllabus, eBrochure and other vital materials is also given free
Candidates should note that ePINS purchased are tied to individual profile and are not transferable
Candidates are advised to keep as private and confidential their security details such as registration numbers, password/numbers of ATM Cards, email addresses and ePINs. No centre is allowed to request for or accept a candidate’s password.
Optional JAMB Mock Examination
The Board will also conduct a mock examination in all the accredited CBT centres to prepare and familiarise INTERESTED Candidates with the CBT environment. Interested candidates are advised to indicate their interest in the mock examination during registration provided they register on or before Saturday 24th April, 2021
The date for MOCK examination shall be from 30th April, 2021.
Non-JAMB CBT Centres are allowed to collect, through their bank accounts, a separate Seven Hundred Naira (₦700) only, for mock exercise from only interested candidate(s) after notification of centre has been received by the candidate(s). The payment for mock examination by the candidate shall be made to the centre to which the candidate is assigned after the notification of assigned centres for the mock examination. No Association or body is permitted to run any mock examination on behalf of JAMB.
DO NOT PAY FOR MOCK UNTIL JAMB ASSIGNS YOU TO A CBT CENTRE. NO ONE SHOULD PATRONISE FRAUDSTERS. ONLY JAMB ACCREDITED CBT CENTRES CAN SERVE AS EXAMINATION CENTRES
Important JAMB Registration General Information
All candidates must mandatorily register their profiles through text messages as illustrated above before proceeding to buy the ePIN
The JAMB registration fee is non-refundable
As it is the practice, centres are allowed to charge not more than Seven Hundred Naira (₦700) only as registration fee. Any centre that charges more than Seven Hundred Naira (₦700) should be reported to JAMB for appropriate sanctions.
All CBT centres have been mandated to select any of the participating banks, MMOs, MFBs, etc. These financial institutions are to be present at the CBT centres for the purpose of collecting all fees. No CBT centre staff is allowed to conduct direct cash transaction with the candidates.
Candidates are advised to read and understand the guidelines on admission and instructions on how to complete the online registration before commencing the process of registration
Multiple registrations are not allowed. Candidates who register more than once will be identified and disqualified
Candidates should note that they are required to be present and take live photograph which will be embossed on their result slips and admission letters. No scanned/stapled passport photograph is allowed
Candidates are to note that irrespective of their choice of programme of study, they will also be tested on a general text “The Life Changer” by Khadija Abubakar Jali for UTME Candidates and DE candidates are also expected to read the text.
Candidates/Offcials would not be allowed to enter into the examination centre with earphones, wristwatches, mobile phones, electronic devices, or any pen/biro. Only common pencil is allowed
Candidates are warned that the Board does not require nor authorise the services of ANY cyber cafe or establishment other than the accredited CBT centres for this exercise.
Federal Government Scholarship 2021: In Nigeria, there exists a Federal Scholarship which is a Bilateral Education Agreement packaged for Nigerian Students to study around the world. Students from various backgrounds, Academic powers, and Educational Levels are invited to become beneficiaries of the Scholarship.
The illiteracy in rate Nigeria has always been at the highest maximum basically because of the inability of many parents to see their children through school and even the students that have come of age, find it very cumbersome to pay through college on their own.
In order to curb this challenge, The Federal government of Nigeria provides what is known as Federal Government Scholarship for Nigerian Undergraduate, Masters and PhD students to Study Overseas.
But then, only qualified persons will be considered for this Bilateral Education Agreement scholarship program.
In this article, we will bring to the limelight the very least the details you need to know about the Bilateral Education Agreement Scholarship.
Ranging from its Eligibilities to its deadline, So don’t just be in a haste to apply for the Scholarship, kindly go through it carefully to know your stand.
What is Bilateral Education Agreement Scholarship Awards?
The Bilateral Education Agreement Scholarship Award is an annual routine for the Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Ministry of Education, to offer millions of naira to sponsor several Nigerian students who have been academically accredited at different levels of education.
Why the Federal Government Scholarship Abroad?
The Federal Scholarship Board FSB is a Committee set up by the Federal Ministry of Education under the law to regulate every Scholarship program, Exchange Programs for Nigerian Students, Bilateral Exchange Agreement BEA Scholarships Awards for Nigeria Students, Embassy Scholarships and other Scholarship opportunities for Nigerian Students.
It is the responsibility of the Federal Government Scholarship abroad to carry out Scholarship Verification Exercise for Scholarships like the Federal Government Scholarship for Nigerian Students to Study Abroad.
The Federal Scholarship Board choose scholars who are eligible to study in various countries to represent Nigeria.
They make laws governing the Award of Scholarships in Nigeria. This is achieved through the approval of the Ministry of Education in Nigeria.
Scholarship Worth
The participating countries are responsible for the tuition and accommodation, while the Nigerian government takes care of supplements, warm clothing, health insurance, research grant where applicable and take off.
Application Deadline for Federal Government Scholarship 2021
The Federal Government Scholarship deadline is always in January. The registration portal for the Federal Government Scholarship 2020 was closed in January.
Federal Government BEA Scholarship Fields of Study
Undergraduate level – Engineering, Geology, Agriculture, Sciences, Mathematics, Languages, Environmental Sciences, Sports, Law, Social Sciences, Biotechnology, Architecture, Medicine (very limited), etc.; and Postgraduate level (Master’s Degree and PhD) in all fields.
Federal Government BEA Scholarship Eligibility
Undergraduate Scholarships:
All applicants for undergraduate degree courses must possess a minimum qualification of Five (5) Distinctions (As & Bs) in the Senior Secondary School Certificates, WASSCE/WAEC (May/June) only in the subjects relevant to their fields of study including English Language and Mathematics.
Certificates should not be more than two (2) years old (2018 & 2019) for Non-African Countries and for African countries the age of certificate is one year (2019) only. The age limit is from 18 to 20 years.
Postgraduate Scholarships:
All applicants for Postgraduate degree courses must hold a First Degree with 1st Class or at least 2nd Class Upper Division.
The applicants who are previous recipients of Foreign Awards must have acquired at least two (2) years post qualification experience or employment practise in Nigeria.
All applicants must have completed the N.Y.S.C. Programme and the age limit is 35 years for Masters and 40 years for PhD.
N.Y.S.C discharge or exemption certificates only are accepted; Evidence of readiness to be released by employer.
NB: Candidates nominated by the Board will be required to submit to Federal Scholarship Board the following:
Authenticated copies of academic certificates;
Data page of the current International passport;
Specified Medical Reports from Government hospitals;
National Identification Number (NIN)
Police Clearance Certificate where necessary.
How to Apply for Federal Government BEA Scholarship
Visit the Federal Ministry of Education’s website education.gov.ng and click on READ MORE on the Federal Scholarship Board icon on the Home Page:
Read Guidelines and then complete the Application Form online
Print the completed Application Form
FAQs About the Federal Government Scholarship
What is the Age Limit for this Federal Government Scholarship?
The age limit differs according to the levels. For the undergraduate candidates, you must be between 18 to 20 years and for the postgraduate candidates, you must be between 35 to 40 years.
Are there documents I should submit with my Application?
Yes, of course, to submit your application, you must attach the following documents:
Two sets of Photocopies of Educational Certificates and Testimonials of previous schools attended with the originals for sighting;
Only one certificate is accepted i.e. WAEC of May/June only for undergraduate applicants;
Two copies of the Birth certificate from the National Population Commission;
State of Origin/LGA certificate duly signed, stamped and dated;
Four (4) passport-sized coloured photographs on a white background;
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