Kenyatta to meet teachers over pay

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to meet with officials of teachers’ unions andMinistry of Education in a bid to resolve the current education impasse occasioned by the ongoing teachers’ strike.This is the first time President Kenyatta is addressing the strike that has been ongoing for the past two weeks. Hours after touching down in Nairobi from his official visit to Milan, Italy, President Kenyatta has moved to break the impasse that is threatening theeducation system in the country. President Kenyatta, whose office has not spoken about the matter, is expected to meet teachers’ unions and other stakeholders to try to find a middle ground.The issue is already in court with the teachers’ employer TSC seeking to have the strike declared illegal. TSC has written warning letters to 5,000 teachers mainly school heads to show cause as to why they are not performing their duties. On the other hand, KUPPET and KNUT have insisted that the 50-60% salary increment that was awarded to teachers by the court of appeal must be effected for the month of August. A court sitting in Nairobi is set to give a ruling on the case next week.</div>

Kenyatta to meet teachers over pay

President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to meet with officials of teachers’ unions andMinistry of Education in a bid to resolve the current ed...

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Kwara Teachers Give 14-day Ultimatum Before Industrial Actions

<p>Teachers in Kwara State have issued a-14 day ultimatum on the state government to pay the three months salary arrears of their members in the junior and primary school cadres or risk full scale industrial action. </p> <p>The teachers under the aegis of Nigeria Union of Teachers said the ultimatum commenced from 3rd of this month. But the state government is irked at the ultimatum issued on the state government by the teachers as NUT's officials are in the know of the state's and local government area's finances. </p> <p>In a statement, the state chair and secretary of NUT Musa Abubakar and Ola Idris said, <br> "Despite repeated demands and several representations to government, there has not been any positive response from the state government." </p> <p>The teachers at the end of the state's executive council meeting <br> resolved among others, "that the state government should pay all <br> outstanding salaries of primary and junior secondary school teachers of June, July and August without any further delay; that all <br> deductions from teachers' salaries for the aforementioned months <br> should be equally paid without delay; that a-14 day ultimatum is <br> hereby given from 3rd of September, 2015 to the state government to address the issues of primary school teachers, failure of which an industrial action shall be declared; that all well meaning citizens of the state are called upon to prevail on the state government to treat teachers as bona fide citizens of the state by paying them their <br> entitlements; that government should stop polarizing the teachers in the state as the NUT is one and an indivisible union. </p> <p>The union also accused the current government of neglecting the primary school sub-sector in the scheme of things. Reacting to the ultimatum, Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed on Media and Communications, Dr Muideen Akorede said: <br> "It is surprising that the NUT will issue an ultimatum to the state <br> government, when its officials have always been kept apprised of the state and LG finances especially in light of dwindling allocations. While the responsibility for paying the salary of primary school <br> teachers belongs to Local Government Councils, the state government is doing everything possible to address the issue of LG arrears including <br> teachers'. </p> <p>"The state government recently secured legislative approval to convert all arrears at the local council level into a federal government bailout loan. We also augmented the August allocation to LGs by N800m for payment of salaries. However, the Federal Government is yet to release the N5b bailout loan for local government. </p> <p>"We are hopeful that the Federal Government will release the funds soon so that all LG workers and pensioners will receive their <br> arrears."</p>

Kwara Teachers Give 14-day Ultimatum Before Industrial Actions

Teachers in Kwara State have issued a-14 day ultimatum on the state government to pay the three months salary arrears of their members in th...

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PHOTO : Packed Lecture Hall at Uni. Jos

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXIisWVZNRQRhRGfdEBVCvf3NRHIoqWJXHvgGtlkit1wDC1CBe2JwSf6Ies5O9OY8KgLfWwxBiCpxLAB62Zo9cuSqfM1M84nJ1_LY0Hum6K-6pcNjY3Q05pjTAvOYWwPwFQ-ai2HTXn8/s1600/2426400_lectureroom_jpeg9bf332057c33766ccdd0b2c912b8a63d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img alt="packed class rooms and lecture in Nigeria universities" border="0" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBXIisWVZNRQRhRGfdEBVCvf3NRHIoqWJXHvgGtlkit1wDC1CBe2JwSf6Ies5O9OY8KgLfWwxBiCpxLAB62Zo9cuSqfM1M84nJ1_LY0Hum6K-6pcNjY3Q05pjTAvOYWwPwFQ-ai2HTXn8/s280/2426400_lectureroom_jpeg9bf332057c33766ccdd0b2c912b8a63d.jpg" title="University of Jos packed lecture hall" width="280" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> This the picture that has sparked reactions from online visitors to Nairaland Forum - Nigeria's biggest online discussion forum. The above picture was allegedly taken at the "renowned" University of Jos (UJ) and it shows a packed lecture hall with several students sitting on the floor - at a university !!!</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Surprisingly, not many commentator to the thread express shock or was surprise, some even think the topic (or caption the picture) is not worthy of a  discussion as such conditions are ubiquitous at all public institutions across the nation. Barely any Public institution is immune from such condition - its an age-long situation and a plague this institutions suffered.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> So, could this truly be the conditions in many institutions as claimed ? Some commentator agreed citing their Alma mater as another example :</div> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>"this is even small come LAUTECH...U go see more than that"</i> - Saxwizard</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The commentator (Saxwizard) above boast that his university (LAUTECH) is even worse and the situation at UJ is relatively fair. Another commentator- Stinggy- strongly agree with Saxwizard saying;</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>"Very true! Can remember CHM 222 lecture in 1,200 LT. You wouldn't even have the space to snap this picture. Crazy school.."</i></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <i> </i>Other contributors tour the same line, Osahon7 believes UNIPORT is even worse.</div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>"Go to MBA 1 in uniport...you never see anytin"</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>"This situation is not new..it's common in most state and federal univs. It's a pity tho."</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Reminds me of workshop 3 in FUTO during my time.</i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i>Sooo true... When 8 departments in college had to stay in nslt1 for lectures. Mehnn..year 1 was crazy.<br /> </i></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> From available comments on the topic, lots of universities are fairly represented and their reactions mirror those of the above sample commentators - just unfortunate. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The nations' universities aren't just there yet. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>How do we catch up with the rest of the world with institutions like this ?</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> You can follow the rest of the discussion<a href="http://www.nairaland.com/2323629/sad-lecture-room-184-university/1" target="_blank"> here</a></div> </div>

PHOTO : Packed Lecture Hall at Uni. Jos

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Grim Statistic of Educational Infrastructure In Enugu State, Over 6000 dropout

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <a href="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbW29l2qOIxfbMplYj9dPFwrGnhakVlbZbiO_2GbMRMUarengC" imageanchor="1" style=""><img alt=" enugu state" border="0" src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbW29l2qOIxfbMplYj9dPFwrGnhakVlbZbiO_2GbMRMUarengC" title="Enugu in map" /></a>                                                          <img alt="enugu state" height="186" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQiQ3jEJ6DczA0dYFoFRVHn4uP9DwjMcNpkGDL65XLZ1-soOGuE" title="enugu emblem" width="200" /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu, indicated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level. It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech impairment as well as mental illness. On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for secondary schools. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Out of the number of classrooms in primary schools, 56 per cent are usable and 57 per cent are also usable in secondary schools,’’ it said. On water and sanitation, only three per cent of primary schools in the state had access to pipe borne water, while 87.4 per cent had none. It observed that only 4.2 per cent of secondary schools had access to pipe borne water and 83.3 per cent had no access. It said that 64.6 per cent of public primary schools had no toilet facilities, 35.4 per cent of schools had at least one toilet, while 51.6 per cent of secondary schools had none at all. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> “Pupil to toilet ratio at the primary level is 152 pupils to one toilet, while the ratio is 155 students to one toilet at the public secondary school level,’’ the report said. Reacting to the report, the Commissioner for Education, told NAN that with the spread of Ebola virus disease in the country, many alternatives for pipe water was provided by the government. “The report on water and sanitation will improve this year because we provided wash-hand buckets with taps for our pupils and students in our secondary schools to improve the hygiene,’’ Okoro said. Okoro, however, adjudged the report which was the fifth annual school census production in the state as credible. “This edition of the report has greatly improved, especially in the area of data collection at public secondary and private schools,’’ he said.</div> <div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute; text-align: justify;"> No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls. According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period. The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level.<br /> <br /> Read full story here: </div> <div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute; text-align: justify;"> No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls. According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period. The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level. It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech impairment as well as mental illness. On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for secondary schools.<br /> <br /> Read full story here: </div> <div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute; text-align: justify;"> No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls. According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period. The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level. It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech impairment as well as mental illness. On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for secondary schools.<br /> <br /> Read full story here: </div> <div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute; text-align: justify;"> No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls. According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period. The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level. It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech impairment as well as mental illness. On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for secondary schools.<br /> <br /> Read full story here: </div> <div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute; text-align: justify;"> No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls. According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period. The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level. It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech impairment as well as mental illness. On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for secondary schools.<br /> <br /> Read full story here: </div> <div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute; text-align: justify;"> No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls. According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period. The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level. It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech impairment as well as mental illness. On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for secondary schools.<br /> <br /> Read full story here: </div> <div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute; text-align: justify;"> No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls. According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period. The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level. It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech impairment as well as mental illness. On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for secondary schools. “Out of the number of classrooms in primary schools, 56 per cent are usable and 57 per cent are also usable in secondary schools,’’ it said. On water and sanitation, only three per cent of primary schools in the state had access to pipe borne water, while 87.4 per cent had none. It observed that only 4.2 per cent of secondary schools had access to pipe borne water and 83.3 per cent had no access. It said that 64.6 per cent of public primary schools had no toilet facilities, 35.4 per cent of schools had at least one toilet, while 51.6 per cent of secondary schools had none at all. “Pupil to toilet ratio at the primary level is 152 pupils to one toilet, while the ratio is 155 students to one toilet at the public secondary school level,’’ the report said. Reacting to the report, the Commissioner for Education, told NAN that with the spread of Ebola virus disease in the country, many alternatives for pipe water was provided by the government. “The report on water and sanitation will improve this year because we provided wash-hand buckets with taps for our pupils and students in our secondary schools to improve the hygiene,’’ Okoro said. Okoro, however, adjudged the report which was the fifth annual school census production in the state as credible. “This edition of the report has greatly improved, especially in the area of data collection at public secondary and private schools,’’ he said<br /> <br /> Read full story here: </div> <div style="left: -99999px; position: absolute; text-align: justify;"> No fewer than 6,159 public primary school pupils dropped out of school in Enugu State between 2013 and 2014, the states’ Annual School Census Report revealed on Friday. The report, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Chris Okoro in Enugu,indated that 3,003 of the pupils were boys, while 3,156 were girls. According to the report, 4,439 students also dropped out of public secondary schools from the 17 Local Government Areas of the state within the period under review. It said that 187,495 pupils were enrolled into different public primary schools, while 148,191 pupils were admitted into the private primary schools between 2013 and 2014 in the state. It noted that 177,375 students had been enrolled into the public secondary schools and 98,767 in private secondary schools in the state within the period. The report said that no fewer than 1,161 special needs children, representing one per cent of the population were also enrolled into public primary schools, while 257 students were at the secondary school level. It listed the special needs of the enrolled students to include blindness or visual impairment, physically challenged, hearing or speech impairment as well as mental illness. On facilities in schools, the report recorded a total of 7,015 classrooms in public primary schools, while 4,167 were constructed for secondary schools. “Out of the number of classrooms in primary schools, 56 per cent are usable and 57 per cent are also usable in secondary schools,’’ it said. On water and sanitation, only three per cent of primary schools in the state had access to pipe borne water, while 87.4 per cent had none. It observed that only 4.2 per cent of secondary schools had access to pipe borne water and 83.3 per cent had no access. It said that 64.6 per cent of public primary schools had no toilet facilities, 35.4 per cent of schools had at least one toilet, while 51.6 per cent of secondary schools had none at all. “Pupil to toilet ratio at the primary level is 152 pupils to one toilet, while the ratio is 155 students to one toilet at the public secondary school level,’’ the report said. Reacting to the report, the Commissioner for Education, told NAN that with the spread of Ebola virus disease in the country, many alternatives for pipe water was provided by the government. “The report on water and sanitation will improve this year because we provided wash-hand buckets with taps for our pupils and students in our secondary schools to improve the hygiene,’’ Okoro said. Okoro, however, adjudged the report which was the fifth annual school census production in the state as credible. “This edition of the report has greatly improved, especially in the area of data collection at public secondary and private schools,’’ he said<br /> <br /> Read full story here: </div> </div>

Grim Statistic of Educational Infrastructure In Enugu State, Over 6000 dropout

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17-Year old University Lady Tortured, Poisoned Over Refusal To Join Lesbian Fraternity

<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4br1sBkw1HJHWZLK6g5CsEWpx5modd3wIK0grSEjKaWMd3h0lo860zcrDUUCIASZX6NoGbiD0lXA74lsuZ6s7jcs4CJ5SZvB8GXSZIlrXCK8TTBKsieNkIB6PIIiArJ-wYd0PrC_GzA/s1600/Prostitutes-412-300x185-773322.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6140055925068126306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq4br1sBkw1HJHWZLK6g5CsEWpx5modd3wIK0grSEjKaWMd3h0lo860zcrDUUCIASZX6NoGbiD0lXA74lsuZ6s7jcs4CJ5SZvB8GXSZIlrXCK8TTBKsieNkIB6PIIiArJ-wYd0PrC_GzA/s320/Prostitutes-412-300x185-773322.jpg" /></a></p>Suspected members of a notorious female cult group in the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University(NDU) in Ammassoma community of Southern Ijaw Area of the State weekend attacked a 17- year-old student after she declined their offer of membership. The suspected cult members, who were reportedly led by one Annabela, a final year student of the Education Department of the institution, allegedly attacked their victim at Hostel "F" of the institution and injected her with a strange substance after subjecting her to severe torture. <br> <br> The victim of the attack is a daughter to a lecturer in the institution and a student of the Economics department. While some students claimed the attack on the victims was due to domestic squabbles among room mates,others claimed the victim ran into trouble waters with the suspected cultists due to her strict Christian ways and refusal to accept advances to belong to the notorious cult group which is notorious for lesbianism and other vices on campus. <br> <br> A friend to the victim who identified herself as Claire said the victim was attacked at about 4am last Tuesday in her hostel room. "She was tied to a chair and severely beaten by four girls. Her hair attachment was forceful removed and she was injected with substances that made her behave in a crazy manner for days.When the attackers saw that the girl had fainted,they brought her out of the room in the early hours of morning, and they were apprehended." <br> <br> It was gathered that investigation into the incident, which was reported to the Students' Senate Disciplinary Committee, had begun and its outcome would be made known to the institution's authorities this week. <br> <br> Source : http://leadership.ng/news/426985/cultism-girl-tortured-poisoned-over-refusal-to-join-fraternity

17-Year old University Lady Tortured, Poisoned Over Refusal To Join Lesbian Fraternity

Suspected members of a notorious female cult group in the Bayelsa State-owned Niger Delta University(NDU) in Ammassoma community of Southern...

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NECO In Turmoil, Workers Protest President Jonathan's Appointment of Registrar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="mobile-photo"> <img alt="NECO Nigeria" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_6138307829142596418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy0Zj6_IE_lpC7t1gRseg0mI-USNdHymsaS6yQt_nr_3iH77seY5zOhF7zxywGv15jew6tL5r80sOpBxe-AArJhrnUZCwG-qQts1ogqtMc9uCte_UxusW9UzCRRmdHfsNXOAIqUw7BOs/s320/NECO_2-762222.jpg" title="NECO" /></div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Academic Staff Union of Research and Allied Institute ( ASURI) has faulted the appointment of Prof Monday Tommy Joshua as the new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer for National Examination Council (NECO) . </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The protest of NECO chapter of the union was contained in a letter signed by its chairman, Comrade Agwu Arisa , and addressed to the Minister of Education, a copy which was made available to journalists in Minna . </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The letter reads, </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "For the avoidance of doubt, may we remind you that since the inception of our institution (hereinafter refereed to simply as "NECO"), there has been two Registrars/ Chief Executive Officers to wit: Prof Dibu Ojerinde who was the pioneering Registrar , from the Southwest region of Nigeria , and after serving out full his full term the out - going Registrar, Prof Promise Okpala, from the Southeast region of Nigeria was thereafter appointed, who has now not only served out his term , but enjoyed a period of extension of tenure without due process being complied with. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "In the present circumstances, and bearing the principle of federal character, it would only be fair and reasonable to expect that the next appointed to the office of registrar should come from the northern zone of the country. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The union has been reliably informed that one Prof Monday Tommy Joshua who is now being considered for appointment as the next Registrar, is not only not from the northern zone of Nigeria, he was never recommended by the Honourable Minister to the President for such appointment" . </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Prof. Monday succeeds Prof. Promise Okpala, whose tenure has been marked by series of controversies and protest by members staff of the council. Prof. Promise was accused among other thing for being partial in the appointment of staff, particularly of his (Igbo) ethnic stock and discriminatory transfer (out of the Minna headquarter) of workers perceived to be antagonist of his actions and administrative policies. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Several protest have been held both in the past and recently against his continue stay in office, Prof. Monday neither doesn't seems to be welcome either, the start of his tenure is being marked with antagonizing protest.</div> </div>

NECO In Turmoil, Workers Protest President Jonathan's Appointment of Registrar

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AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY HAS A NEW V.C

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_KO1b9QwK1IvGxrQTKRBgVOaKqOkc6l8x-UJqm0ely8Syc2ejjn0qRSVbYxSUEbehvuiLoZc8X4bseH_1ixPNuvTKYbHotn9ExkCXi6Ixmu0iLNma1k_lriMITfiXthlTklsoCE3Pak/s1600/CAM00002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img alt="ABU Logo" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR_KO1b9QwK1IvGxrQTKRBgVOaKqOkc6l8x-UJqm0ely8Syc2ejjn0qRSVbYxSUEbehvuiLoZc8X4bseH_1ixPNuvTKYbHotn9ExkCXi6Ixmu0iLNma1k_lriMITfiXthlTklsoCE3Pak/s1600/CAM00002.jpg" title="Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria" width="150" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nigeria's prestigious university, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has a new Vice Chancellor. Making the announcement at the end of its 162nd Special Council Meeting, on Saturday 21st of March, Arch. Mohammed Dewu, the Council Chairman, said, the Governing Council has appointed Professor Ibrahim Garba of Geology Department as the new Vice Chancellor of the university.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Chairman described the four days screening, interview, and selection exercise that led to Prof. Garba's appointment as rigorous and transparent adding that the smooth conduct and outcome of the process is unprecedented in the recent history of transition in the university.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The new V.C who hail from Kano State, was born on 25th February, 1957 at Riruwai, Doguwa Local Government Area, Kano State, Nigeria. He had his first and second degrees at ABU and his PhD at University of London. He was at various times, Head of Geology Department, ABU and once served as the Vice Chancellor of Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwYySGzKWcjJJ16w4b4ivUNq74ZhCXKwiIyVuuFKxQ1MQKRgqseSB0bfQ5P50IVaNHD-cMadjIcIpZkIRq2YqJCxIZSXUx_PK9vVCr2YwKVfNYmMe6ucMvAo-U0IaIGn7wkFVmG58174/s1600/CAM00051_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img alt="ABU vice chancellor" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwYySGzKWcjJJ16w4b4ivUNq74ZhCXKwiIyVuuFKxQ1MQKRgqseSB0bfQ5P50IVaNHD-cMadjIcIpZkIRq2YqJCxIZSXUx_PK9vVCr2YwKVfNYmMe6ucMvAo-U0IaIGn7wkFVmG58174/s1600/CAM00051_1.jpg" title="Prof. Garba Ibrahim ABU VICE CHANCELLOR" width="178" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Professor Garba is expected to assume office on the 1st of May, 2015 replacing the incumbent V.C, Professor Abdullahi Mustapha.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> </div>

AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY HAS A NEW V.C

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College Shut Down Over Civilians, Soldiers Clash

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="soldiers clashes" class="media-element file-embedded" src="http://saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/styles/normal_medium/public/Soldiers-on-Patrol-in-Maiduguri.JPG?itok=HjWWZpR6" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="nigerian soldiers " typeof="foaf:Image" /></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nigerian Soldiers on Patrol</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A college close to a scene of fracas between patrol soldiers and civilians was temporarily shut down today in Kaduna State. The school- Kaduna State College of Education - was thrown into commotion as students flee class and the campus following news of deadly clashes near the school.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The cause of the clash, at Gidan Waya, near Kafanchan (Southern Kaduna) which is yet to be ascertain was said to have left scores dead. </div> <br />  </div>

College Shut Down Over Civilians, Soldiers Clash

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ANOTHER MASS FAILURE ?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> No one bothers anymore to say "not again !" The past is when stakeholders spill ink to lament mass failure in national examinations like WAEC and NECO examinations. Year after year, not many people give attention to the News anymore - they have become annual routines. To our damaged psychic, we've simply adapt and not bothered, both parents and guardians knows the way round.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While the poor struggles, the rich kids knows where there are "special examination centres" and what to pay. The candidate doesn't have to sit for any exams, but (s)he's sure to have an authentic results with a pass of at least 5 credits including Mathematics and English. So, some jobless youths make a living around the examination malpractice "industry", to them, it's better than scamming or robbing people of their possessions. In fact, the examination industry itself is highly lucrative for everyone involve, the examination bodies, cyber cafe attendants, supervisors and invigilators, (malpractices) agents and just about everyone except students gets a slice of cake from our academic woes. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The assertion that, there is an increasing level of malpractices in national examination is well supported by data as shown in the table below. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> 2010-2014 WAEC May/June Performance Summary  </h4> <table border="1" bordercolor="#0033FF" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="3" style="color: #99ffff; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; text-align: left;"> <tbody> <tr><th>Year</th> <th>% Pass</th> <th>% Withheld</th> <th>Total Candidate</th> </tr> <tr> <td>2010</td> <td>24.94</td> <td>5.70</td> <td>1,351,557</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2011</td> <td>30.91</td> <td>5.29</td> <td>1,540,250</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2012</td> <td>38.81</td> <td>6.73</td> <td>1,672,224</td> </tr> <tr><td>2013</td> <td>36.57</td> <td>6.75</td> <td>1,692,435</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 2014</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 31.28</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 8.61</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 1,692,435</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> In the period of 5 years, the number of results withheld by the examination body due to various malpractices actions rose from 5.7% to 8.6% and this correlates well with increase performances by the students as indicated by the percentage pass, which rose from a low of 24.9% to a peak of 38.8% in 2012. The number of results withheld itself is only indicative of malpractices rate and not an exact picture of what transpire in numerous examination centres scattered around the country - many more malpractices goes unnoticed, ignored or un-penalized. Likewise, the percentage pass rate is worrisome, an average pass rate of 32.5% in most grading system would be an F. A total failure, reflective of the declining education standard in Nigeria. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Almost every academic sessions, several new schools are opened, most times by private individuals, but the education standard has failed to rise, in most cases, profit comes first for the schools owner. Likewise, government has reduced its role in funding education to mere paying of staff salaries and providing few basic needs. Such retrogression according to several observers started in the 80's when the government introduced an austerity scheme; Structural Adjustment Program or SAP, since then, not so much has improved as far as education is concern. Until lately when oil prices where sufficiently high to drive infrastructural and human development in education sector, negligible efforts were made to reverse the rot in our education system despite the extensive strike actions of 2013 by educators at all level of the education system.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> To be speculative, not so much will change in 2015 as the country once again faces austerity measures and a possible change of government. So, until the government live up to its responsibility through targeted policies and funding, no amount of spilled ink will reverse the downward trends and rots in our education sector - a colossal disaster. </div> </div>

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THE QUEST TO FIND PRESIDENT JONATHAN'S PhD THESIS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Among president Jonathan's quoted academic qualification is a PhD degree in zoology from the University of Port Harcourt. According to his profile, he also obtain his first degree (B.Sc. in zoology) and second degree (M.Sc. in hydrobiology) from the same university. His PhD qualification however, has long been questioned as no thesis or publications could be traced to his name. <br /> <br /> Thesis is a must for most degree before the award of a certificate, but till date, none could be trace to his name, either on shelf or in a reputable journal publication platform. The president has however, continues to title himself a Doctor(PhD). <br /> <br /> So, does president Jonathan possesses a doctoral degree ?. An organization; Institute of Human Right and Humanitarian Law, has embark on a quest to answer this question. Under the Freedom Of Information (F.O.I) Act, the organization has written to authority of University of Port Harcourt to provide details of Mr. Jonathan's doctoral qualifications. The organization prays the university to provide document/information on the following :</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 1. The title of the president’s<br />     doctorate dissertation</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 2. Year of registration as a<br />     doctorate candidate</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 3. Name of his doctorate</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">     supervisor(s)</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 4. Name of his external<br />     examiner(s)</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <!-- adsense --> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 5. Comments/ reports of the<br />     external examiners on the<br />     dissertation/thesis</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 6. Photocopy of the dissertation/<br />     thesis and</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> 7. Date of graduation from the<br />     university</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The organization also said its willing to incur charges that may relate to making photocopies and postage cost if the university provide it with its account numbers. <br /> The organization's quest may not be unrelated to the recent controversy generated about the academic qualification and eligibility of the opposition's All Progressive Congress (A.P.C) presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari to contest in the upcoming presidential election. The General is currently facing multiple law suits seeking his disqualification from the race on issues surrounding his secondary school certificate. <br /> <br /> Mr. Jonathan may however, face similar suits on the ground of perjury should it be discovered that he does not possesses the academic qualification to which he had laid claims to. <br /> Under the FOI act, the university has seven days on receiving the notice to reply with the requested information or face court charges. <br /> <br /> So, the waits begin...</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <h3> <b>Related Post</b> :</h3> </div> <h4 style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://www.akomst.blogspot.com/2015/%2001/pdp-manifesto-on-education-so-far-%20so.html">PDP manifesto on education : so far so... </a></h4> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://akomst.blogspot.com/2015/01/apc-manifesto-on-education-for.html">APC education manifesto : for posterity purpose </a></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <h3> <b>You may also like to read...</b></h3> </div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.akomst.blogspot.com/2014/02/free-rice-free-education.html?m=1">Feed and educate a child at no cost to you. 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BUHARI CERTIFICATE CONTROVERSY LAID TO REST ?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The certificate controversy surrounding the eligibility of the leading presidential candidate of All Progressive Congress (A.P.C) may soon be laid to rest following the release of academic credential of the candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), by authority of his former school.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  <img alt="Muhammadu Buhari, APC presidential candidate" class="attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" height="125" src="http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2014/09/604x270xbuhari-604x270.jpg.pagespeed.ic.HdFZAOOoBn.jpg" title="Muhammadu Buhari" width="280" /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Authority of Government College, formerly Provincial Secondary School, Katsina, made copies of the statement of result available to newsmen on January 21, on the request of the General. The result statement which appeared to have been extracted from an original transcript from 1961 West Africa School Certificate Examination Result Slip for several candidates also confirm claims by Buhari that he had sat for the exams along some other prominent Nigerians, including the former President of Court of Appeal, Umar Abdullahi.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Eligibility of the General to contest for the office of the presidency had earlier been questioned by rival candidates following submission of an affidavit to the electoral body, INEC, wherein, he claimed, his academic records and certificates are in the possession the Nigerian Military Secretary, a claim later denied by the military authority.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The academic record can be found here by <a href="http://media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2015/01/buhari-Statement-of-Result.pdf" target="_blank">PREMIUM TIMES as a PDF file</a>. </div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Related Post</b> :</h3> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> A<a href="http://akomst.blogspot.com/2015/01/apc-manifesto-on-education-for.html" target="_blank">PC Manifesto on Education : For Posterity Purpose.</a></h4> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://akomst.blogspot.com/2015/01/pdp-manifesto-on-education-so-far-so.html" target="_blank">PDP Manifesto on Education : So Far So Poor </a></h4> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <b>You May Also Like To Read</b></h3> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.akomst.blogspot.com/2014/12/massive-open-online-courses-mooc.html?m=1" target="_blank">MOOC Sites Where You Can Learn Anything  For Free and Earn Certificates</a></h4> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.akomst.blogspot.com/2014/02/free-rice-free-education.html?m=1" target="_blank">How You Can Feed and Educate A Child At No Cost To Your Pocket. United Nation Charity </a></h4> </div>

BUHARI CERTIFICATE CONTROVERSY LAID TO REST ?

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PDP MANIFESTO ON EDUCATION : SO FAR SO POOR

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A basic litmus test that could be used to judge the performance of any government/party is its achievement in the education sector. Education lays the foundations for every other sector of the nation, thus, achievement in it should be milestone. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has produced leaders that have ruled Nigeria for over a decade now but the education sector is very little different from the era of military rule in the country. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Policies were less stable, strike actions were more rampant in the sector, and funding was equally a major issue. In summary, education didn't fair better and the situation is more reflected in every society of the country with rise in unemployment, crime, violence, and snail pace scientific and technological development. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The ruling party's manifesto on education is reproduced here as a reference in scoring its overall performances. </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLCYbEbyNLZBqYO8gG0syUdWKeUuFLB9t21ccHkMIgY7jQzNJsza2GcIv-6LswSRDhnBi7CEKSRrwlDjRlFcyEpsNvhjWWyLSl2xta3z0_F8XfAnEKXXsmHC5dXp0YPJJli5jfNNDok4/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img alt="PDP Umbrella Logo " border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLCYbEbyNLZBqYO8gG0syUdWKeUuFLB9t21ccHkMIgY7jQzNJsza2GcIv-6LswSRDhnBi7CEKSRrwlDjRlFcyEpsNvhjWWyLSl2xta3z0_F8XfAnEKXXsmHC5dXp0YPJJli5jfNNDok4/s280/images.jpg" title="PDP" width="280" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Peoples Democratic Party Logo</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <b>OBJECTIVES</b></h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Education is an important social instrument for national unity amongst the diverse peoples of Nigeria. The party in government shall: </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> a. Ensure that the educational system is improved upon; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> b. Ultimately provide free, functional education at all levels;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> c. Integrate into the formal education system the political education of the citizenry with emphasis on the provision of the Constitution, the state and democratic principles; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> d. Foster and expand education all levels and fields of knowledge; and  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> e. Encourage private and voluntary organizations to establish schools subject to compliance and adherence to existing government policies. </div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Strategy</b> :</h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> PDP in government shall pursue the following: </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> a. Promotion of per-primary education by encouraging the establishment of private Nursery schools in such a way that every Nigerian child shall have the opportunity to start education at the nursery levels; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> b. Provision of: i. Free and compulsory primary education; ii. Free and compulsory junior secondary education; and  iii.Free qualitative senior secondary education </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> c. Expansion of the Unity School system as models and as instruments of fostering national unity; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> d. Greater involvement of private individuals and agencies in the delivery of education services, subject to government regulation;</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> e. Establishment of adult and continuing education centre to promote mass literacy among Nigerians. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> f. Provision of technical educational institutions with well-equipped workshop and adequate and well-trained-teachers; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> g. Encouragement of the establishment of private universities, polytechnic and colleges of education subject to government regulation; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> h. Adequate funding of university education; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> i. Raising of the social and economic status of educational personnel through improved conditions of services; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> j. Free University education for all student of science, technology and medicines; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> k. Provision of Federal Government Scholarship on merit; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> l. Provision of library, laboratory and workshop facilities in all schools and colleges; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> m. Encouragement and promotion of the running of consultancy units in all universities. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> n. Guaranteeing of all academic freedom in the university system; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> o. Encouragement of entrepreneurs to provide hostels accommodation affordable to university students; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> p. Aggressive training   of teaching personnel and enforcement for the requirement that the National Certificate in Education shall be the minimum qualification for primary school teachers; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> q. Provision of special facilities for the schooling of the children of nomads; and  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> r. Provision of adequate educational facilities and manpower for the handicapped </div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <b>SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY</b> <b>OBJECTIVES</b></h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The objectives of the party shall be: </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> a. The provision of adequate industrial base for rapid technological development and promotion of scientific and technological literacy among Nigerians; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> b. The acquisition, adoption, utilization and appreciation of scientific and technological invention and methods in everyday activities; and </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> c. The encouragement and promotion of appropriate technologies necessary for sustainable development. </div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Strategy</b></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The strategies shall be to: </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> a. Provision facilities and create conducive environment for the promotion of scientific and technological literacy among Nigerians; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> b. Encourage existing scientific and technological research institutions to develop simple tools for industrial plants using locally available raw materials;  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> c. Promote acquiring spirit and inventive process in all levels of the nation’s educational systems; </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> encourage the development of scientific and technological attitude and culture among Nigerians; and </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> e. Accelerate the completion of the iron, steel, gas and petrol-chemical plants currently under construction in the country. </div> </div>

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APC MANIFESTO ON EDUCATION : FOR POSTERITY PURPOSE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Nigerians are gearing up to another election on February 14 to elect new leaders into offices including the presidency. One party among the two major contenders,Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressive Congress (APC) will form the next government, as such the party's' education plans and objectives are of importance as indicators of success or failures of the government after the four (4) years of its governance. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The APC manifesto on education is being reproduced here for posterity purpose as the party appears to have greater chances of forming the next government due to its masses appeal and promises of a better Nigeria than the era of the PDP in government. If the party eventually forms the next government, here are its plans on education for Nigerians - and the party was right when it says "our future depends on it (quality education)" :</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiFT6rEd-wfZcpVeh0lpCGCZVvRHo35ibz4PjKwkBn4xdn6-g3IHTUrK9IDoxlV1yU3YZd9F47b1FgFNjKc2HsoCiiB6_R4uAbJS99CASy07gYAirbGsqmnFARS92wHVZJyN5OG-LLgM/s1600/index.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img alt="APC broom logo" border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfiFT6rEd-wfZcpVeh0lpCGCZVvRHo35ibz4PjKwkBn4xdn6-g3IHTUrK9IDoxlV1yU3YZd9F47b1FgFNjKc2HsoCiiB6_R4uAbJS99CASy07gYAirbGsqmnFARS92wHVZJyN5OG-LLgM/s280/index.jpg" title="APC Logo" width="280" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All Progressive Congress Logo</td></tr> </tbody></table> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Introduction</b></span></h3> <div style="text-align: justify;"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> We must invest in quality teachers, schools and colleges to equip current and future generations with the knowledge and skills they need to gain employment, live productive lives and contribute to the welfare of their communities. Our future depends on it.</div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: small;"><b>APC’s Road map for Free Relevant Quality Education Includes</b>: </span></h4> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ◾ Make the right of every Nigerian child to receive a free, relevant and quality education a reality, based on free and comprehensive primary and secondary education. ◾ Provide free tertiary education to students pursuing Science and Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ◾ Provide free tertiary education to education majors and stipends prior to their employment as teachers. ◾ Create incentives and dedicate special attention to the education of girls. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ◾ Ensure every child attending primary school is properly nourished and ready to learn by providing a Free Meal a Day. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ◾ Invest in better equipping and staffing Teacher Training Colleges and provide financial and progression incentives to attract and retain good teachers</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ◾ Revamp and restructure education curricula from primary to tertiary levels with a view to ensuring students acquire the right skills for employment, entrepreneurship and innovation. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ◾ Prepare young adults for the jobs of the future by expanding the focus on science and technology at our colleges and universities. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> ◾ Improve the ability of people to gain employment in a variety of fields through greater access to technical and vocational training.</div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>You may also like to read </b>:</span></h4> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.akomst.blogspot.com/2014/12/blog-post.html?m=1">Plaque of mass failure in national exams (2010-2014 statistics) and why.</a></h4> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.akomst.blogspot.com/2014/02/free-rice-free-education.html?m=1">Feed and educate and child at no cost to you. 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POLITICIANS AND TEACHERS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on October 30, announced a donation of 22 million Naira towards the purchase of PDP presidential form for president Jonathan in his Buy Form For Jonathan Campaign. At about two months later, December 21, the governors once again announced the donation of 50 million Naira each during the fund raising dinner at the presidential villa towards president Jonathan's re-election campaign. A total sum of 1.05 billion Naira was donated by the governors alone at the event. <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> At a time of supposed austerity measures when citizens are constantly reminded of the fall in oil prices on the international market and the need to cut spending, politicians at this period are indifferent, they are on spending spree. It may be hard to tell exactly what the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC) party governors are contributing to their party, but it can be speculated to run into fortunes. Nigerians have no doubt where the monies comes from - it must be from the government's chest - even if the politicians say otherwise. <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Whenever its election period, state governors known where and how to source money to fund campaigns, contrary to their cries when to pay salaries and allowances of state workers - its always "no money". Lots of the PDP governors who made handsome donations at the event have a backlog of unpaid salaries and allowances to teachers and civil servants back home in their various states. <br /><!-- adsense --> In Benue, the government is notorious for owing its workers, it was in the state that primary school teachers embark on strike for over 8 months due to government's non implementation of a paltry 18,000 Naira minimum wages and currently, the teacher are enduring nearly 4 months of unpaid salaries. <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The situation is no different in Ondo, Abia, Akwa Ibom and Plateau States where teachers suffers similar fate. The Ebonyi state government owes its teachers under the Universal Basic Education scheme, an alarming one year salary but the governor didn't return home to pay the state's teachers after the donation, he probably doesn't "give a damn". Likewise, in Niger state, the expected recruitment of teachers in early 2014 was quietly shelved probably for "lack of money" to eventually pay salaries.<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> But it seems more like politicians were saving a fortune of their states treasures for politicking than their cries of no money, sadly, education sector appears to be their soft target, teachers are easier to tell stories,lies and victimized, otherwise they won't have to endure months of work without pay unlike their counterparts in other civil service sector. After all, the politicians children won't school in the state, maybe not even in Nigeria where, by their collective actions, they have bastardized the education system. If the truth be said - we don't have any long way to go - we are perishing, successful nations are those who passionately invest in education, not those who consider it a favour on their citizens. Our politicians need a change of heart ! </div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> <b>You may also like to read :</b></h3> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.akomst.blogspot.com/2014/02/free-rice-free-education.html?m=1">Feed and educate a child at no cost to you.</a> United Nation Charity.</h4> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.akomst.blogspot.com/2014/03/my-first-online-edx-certificate.html?m=1">Online education platform where you can study best courses for free.</a></h4> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.akomst.blogspot.com/2014/12/blog-post.html?m=1%20">Plaque of mass failure (2010-2014 statistics) and why</a><br /> </h4> </div>

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WHY ARE WE BEING WICKED TO CHIBOK SCHOOL GIRLS ?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Recently, the small nation of South Korea had a disaster involving a ferry that sunk in the sea with hundreds of school children onboard. In the wake of the accident, the nation went sober and their were wide spread anger directed at the government,the captain of the ship, disaster management teams and all parties that may be involved in regulations and rescue. It was a disaster of "national scale", more so because of the hundreds of school children involved in the accident, all media houses in the country minimized their reporting on other matter so as to give up-to-date information on the tragedy, resources and the technological wealth of the country were mobilized towards the rescue effort. Pages of the nation's newspapers were splashed with up-to-date photos of grieving parents, divers on rescue effort and of the remnant of the ship as it sinks further into the depth of the sea, international news media also played their role, keeping the world informed and independently probing the likely cause of the accident. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> Essentially, the nation was consumed in the tragedy.<a href="http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA3F01Y20140425?irpc=932"> This article on Reuters</a> sums up the emotional mood of the nation as lifeless bodies of some of the children were pulled out of the sunken ship. <br /> Parallel that incident to some of the recent happenings in Nigeria, hundreds of school children have been murdered in cold blood, some where butchered and others burnt alive in their dormitory, yet the government remain indifferent, in fact the nation's president even went partying in the open, barely a week of one of such incident, reminiscent of insensitivity of people in power and of the larger insecurity which plague the nation particularly the North East corner of the country where the dreaded Boko Haram fighters operate with near impunity. </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">                 </div> <div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </div> <div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </div> <br /> <div style="text-align: justify;"> More troubling is the fate of the over 200 school girls recently abducted from their school in the small town of Chibok, Borno State. The girls have been in the hand of their captors for weeks now -most probably being abused- yet the nation pretends as if "all is well". To further aggravate the feelings of the victims families, few days after the kidnap incident and barely 24hours after a major bomb blast near Abuja that claimed scores of life, the president, President Goodluck Jonathan went on a political rally at a nearby state of Kano where he was pictured merrymaking with his cronies to the delight of  rented crowds and political thugs - a "branch" visit was never made to the town, school or the victims families !<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The nation's populace has also been indifferent, there has hardly been any major protest calling for the girls' freedom and while international media like Aljazeera has been updating viewers of the girls fate and interviewing lying government officials, our local media news is awashed with political news, events in the on-going National Conference and other trivial matters. Only a few as the <a href="http://m.premiumtimesng.com/opinion/159371-editorial-how-jonathan-his-government-and-the-rest-of-us-have-failed-abducted-schoolgirls.html">Premium Times Editorial</a> has made statement on the matter, register its protest and call for mass actions until the government makes substantial act and free the girls from their abductors. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /> To sum things up, this is a nation rule by the wicked and the population divided. Children are being kidnapped, maimed, and killed horrifically, yet, some still find the victims to blame probably because it isn't happening in their "safe zone". No body wants to act now because they feel comfortable and unconcerned of events elsewhere, yet experience has taught many times that what goes around comes around. In his words and experience, pastor Martin was quoted thus : </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i>"They came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist; And then they came.for the trade unionists, And I.didn’t speak up because I wasn’t.a trade unionist; And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew And then . . . they came for me ... And by that time there was no one left to speak up".</i></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> So your time to act from your comfort /safe zone is now ! Use your Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and all social networking account available to you to swell mass action for the freedom of the school girls from captivity - over 200 of them ! Make a difference, use the hashtag on Twitter, the popular one #BringBackOurGirls or any other one for your campaign to free the girls. Act now, save our girls, save our future !!!</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <h3 style="text-align: justify;"> Related Post :</h3> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://akomst.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-beautiful-ones-are-dying.html?m=1">The Beautiful Ones are Dying !</a></h4> </div>

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2014 IMMIGRATION TEST QUESTIONS : THE KILLER TEST QUESTIONS

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The 2014 Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) Recruitment Exercise which resulted in lots of injuries and death has conveniently been titled " the killer recruitment exercise", " a show of national shame" , " job seeker's reunion and parade" and lots other titles. <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Equally disturbing was the service's "killer questions" served to candidates during the test exercise.Candidates were required to answer each of the 30 questions within a time frame of one minutes, yet in their confession, each question requires "critical reasoning and thinking on the part of the candidate" . </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Thus, most candidates - rather than leave the questions unanswered - randomly shaded options from each question before submitting. As one candidate remarked to me after his test : " Not even the Controller General of the service can answer these questions in 30minutes" <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Questions rendered below are not the complete set of 30 questions served to <b>university graduates </b>at one of the centres</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  You may however have fun brainstorming the question...</div> <h4 style="text-align: justify;"> <i><b>Start of the questions</b></i></h4> <ol style="text-align: justify;"> <li> A genealogist has determined that M, N, P, Q, R, S and T are the father, the mother, the aunt, the brother, the sister, the wife and the daughter of X but she has been unable to determine which person has which status. She does know :</li> </ol> <div style="text-align: justify;">     P and Q are of the same sex <br />     M and N are not of the same sex<br />     S was born before M<br />     Q is not the mother of X </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: How many of the seven people M, N, P, Q, R, S and T are female ? <br /> (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 6 (e) 7<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: Which of the following must be true ?<br /> (a) M is a female <br /> (b) N is a female <br /> (c) P is a female <br /> (d) Q is a male <br /> (e) S is a male <br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: If T is the daughter of X which of the following must be true ?<br /> (a) M and P are of the same sex <br /> (b) M and Q are of the same sex<br /> (c) P is not of the same sex as N <br /> (d) R is not of the same sex as S <br /> (e) S is not of the same sex as T <br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: If M and Q are sisters, all of the following must be true except <br /> (a) N is a male<br /> (b) M is X's mother <br /> (c) Q is X's aunt <br /> (d) T is X's daughter <br /> (e) S is not X's brother <br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: If S is N's grandfather then which of the following must be true ?<br /> (a) R is N's aunt <br /> (b) X is P's son <br /> (c) M is X's brother <br /> (d) Q is S's husband <br /> (e) P is N's aunt <br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: If M is X's wife, all of the following could be true except <br /> (a) S is X's daughter <br /> (b) P is X's sister <br /> (c) Q is X's sister <br /> (d) R is X's father <br /> (e) N is X's brother </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> A farmer has 3 fields, 1,2,3 and he is deciding which crop to plant. The crops are F, G, H, I and J<br />  </div> <div style="text-align: justify;">  F will grow only in field 1 and 3 but in order for F to grow, it must be fertilized with X <br />   G will grow in field 1,2 and 3 but in order for G to grow, fertilizer X must be used. <br />   H will grow in field 1,2 and 3 but in order for H to grow in field 3, it must be fertilized with Y<br />   I will grow only in field 2 and 3 but in order for I to grow in field 2, it must be sprayed with pesticide Z and  in order for I to grow in field 3 it must be sprayed with Z. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: It is possible to grow which of the following crops together in field 1 ?<br /> (a) F and G<br /> (b) F and J<br /> (c) G and H <br /> (d) J and H<br /> (e) J and G<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: It is possible for which of the following group of crops to grow together in field 2 ?<br /> (a) F, G and H <br /> (b) F, H and I<br /> (c) G, H and J<br /> (d) G, I and J <br /> (e) H, I and J<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: Which of the following is a complete and accurate list of crops that will grow alone in field 2 if the only pesticides or  fertilizer used is Y ?<br /> (a) F <br /> (b) F and H <br /> (c) G and H <br /> (d) G, H and J<br /> (e) G, H, I and J<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: Which of the following pair of crops will grow together in field 3 if no other crops are planted in the field and no fertilizer or pesticides are applied ?<br /> (a) F and H<br /> (b) F and I <br /> (c) G and H<br /> (d) G and I <br /> (e) H and J<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: Which is the maximum number of different crops that can be planted together in field 3 ?<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 5<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: Which of the following is a complete and accurate list of crops that will grow alone in field 2 if only pesticide or fertilizer is applied<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) H, J (b) I, G (c) I, H (d) I, J (e) J, G</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> "The Problem in this test involves a certain amount of critical reasoning and thinking on your part. Read each question carefully and choose the correct answer from the multiple choices that follow. "<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: A national travel survey in 2007 found that Nigerians took 382.6 million trips within and outside of the country. Lagos was destination of 38 million trips. Approximately what percent of the trips had Lagos as the destination ?<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) 0.01% (b) 0.1% (c) 1% (d) 3.8% (e) 10%<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: The taxi fares were N 1.00 for the first mile and N 0.20 for each 1mile 55 thereafter, then the taxi fare for 3 mile ride was ?<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) N 1.56 (b) N 2.40 (c) N 3.00 (d) N 3.80 (e) N 4.20<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question : </b>A warehouse had a square floor with area 10,000 square metres. A rectangular addition was built along one entire side of the warehouse that increased the floor area by one-half as much as the original floor area. How much metre did the extension extend the original building ?<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 50 (d) 200 (e) 500<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: A digital wrist watch was set accurately at 8:30am, the watch then lost 2 seconds every 5 minutes. What time is indicated on the watch at 6:30pm of the same day, assuming the watch operated continuously until that time ?<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a)... (b) 5:58 (c) 6:00 (d) 6:23 (e) 6:26<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: A merchant sells an item at a 20 percent discount but still makes a gross profit of 20 percent of the cost. What percent of the cost would the gross profit on the item have been if it had been sold without the discount ? <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) 20% (b) 40% (c) 50%  (d) 60% (e) 75%<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: Each step of a staircase is 0.25m wide anf 0.20m high, as shown in the figure above ( <b>no figure or shape was provided </b>). All angles shown in the figure are right angles. If the height of the staircase is 3.6m and the landing at the top of the staircase is 1m wide. How long, in metre is AB ?<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) 3.0 (b) 4.25 (c) 4.5 (d) 5.25 (e) 5.5<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question </b>: The table above ( no i<b>mage, shape or figure was provided </b>) shows the number of tickets sold during each of the first 4 weeks after a movie release. The producer of the movie received 10% of the revenue for every ticket sold with a guaranteed minimum of N 200,000 each week for the first 4weeks. If the tickets sold for N4 each, how much did the producer receive for the first for weeks ? <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) N800,000 (b) N900,000 (c) N1,000,000 (d) N1,200,000 (e) 1,300,000<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question</b> : Some stack containing equal numbers of chips are to be made from 9 red chips, 7 blue chips and 5 green chips. If all of these chips are used and each stack contain at least 1 chips of each colour, what is the maximum number of read chips in any one stack ?<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 <br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question : </b>Three automobiles travel distance that are in the ratio of 1:2:3. If the ratio of the traveling times over these distances for those automobiles are 3:2:1 in the same respective order, what are the ratio of their respective average speed ?<br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) 1:1:1 (b) 1:3:3 (c) 1:3:9 (d) 3:2:1 (e) 3:4:3<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question : </b>Over the last three years, a scientist had an average (arithmetic mean) yearly income of N45,000. The scientist earned 11/2 times as much the second year as the first year and 21/2 times as much as the third year as the first year. What was the scientist's income the second year ? <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) N9,000 (b) N13,500 (c)N27,500 (d) N40,500 (e) N45,000<br /> <b> </b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Question : </b>How many two digit whole numbers yield a remainder of 1 when divided by 10 and also yield a remainder of 1 when divided by 6 ? <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> (a) none (b) one (c) two (d) three (e) four. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <i><b>Did you answer any question and how long did it take you to do so ?</b></i></div> </div>

2014 IMMIGRATION TEST QUESTIONS : THE KILLER TEST QUESTIONS

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NO ENDING TO ASUP STRIKE

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Any hope to ending the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (A.S.U.P) was yesterday dashed after the meeting between A.S.U.P executives and representatives from the ministry of education ended in a deadlock. Both team has been in and out of several meetings in the past with little to no progress at resolving their differences. <br /><br /> The latest round of meeting which ended on Wednesday evening went in the direction of past meetings, according to the National Publicity Secretary, Mr Clement Chairman, the government had brought nothing new to the table and the union has no choice than to continue its strike action. Mr Chairman said, " Federal Government has offered nothing other their former position and A.S.U.P is not accepting that. We see the strike prolonging " <br /><br /> The union's strike is in its 5th months and with no end in sight, thousands of polytechnic students may have to wait "forever" before returning to school. The union is demanding among other things, that Needs Assessment Committee be set up to establish areas of infrastructural interventions in polytechnics, constitution of Governing Councils for polytechnics as its obtainable in universities, improvement in salary structure and an end to the discrimination of polytechnic graduates in the labour market. <br /><br /> While the crises linger on, both parties (ASUP and FG) have shifted blames for the deadlock in negotiation. </div>

NO ENDING TO ASUP STRIKE

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THE BEAUTIFUL ONES ARE DYING !

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Too early, too soon, the nation was again thrown into mourning over the killing of innocent students in the troubled North East of the country. Over 40 students were reportedly killed in this latest savagery attack on schools in the region. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> While no group had directly claim responsibility of the incident, the attack bears the hallmark of the dreaded Boko Haram group operating wild in the region. The group had been fingered for similar attacks in the past, most often leading to closure of schools in the affected state(s). Like the previous killings, the students were attack and killed as they slept in their dormitories in an overnight raid on their school - Federal Government College, Buni Yadi, Yobe State. <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Unlike in most civilize nations around the world where all the resources of the state would be mobilize into finding and prosecuting the perpetrators of such attacks, our politicians only gave the knee jack response, condemning the act, issuing statements after statements in a well familiar fashion, but little or no action has been taken to forestall such killings in another few months time, nor to bring the perpetrators to book. <br /> As families of the victims mourn their loss and are preparing to bury the dead, bigwigs of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (P.D.P) including the Nigerian president were gearing-up for a big political rally elsewhere in the country, just how insensitive, selfish and little value is attach to the blood of our dying dreams. Not a single day of mourning was declared to reflect and grieve on this monumental loss of life nor was any day declared for any other recent attacks on defenseless victims of Boko Haram, instead, a high ranking member of the government was alleged to have orchestrate a failed blackmail of one perceived political enemy through associating him with the killings incident. No doubt, the administration seeks to escape its primary responsibility and score a cheap political point as the 2015 general election approaches. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> These men - the ugly generation - won't leave the stage and would not let the beautiful ones live. They are trading the country's future for the gains of today - no, of their pockets. The country still do not have an education minister (just a supervising one) ASUP and COEASU strikes is ongoing and lots of schools are under lock and key in Boko Haram affected states, yet, the president is on a political tour in attempt to win the next general election. To the political class, winning elections seems more important than keeping the youths in school, protecting the lives of school children and creating jobs for the teeming unemployed graduates. <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Things may not totally be hopeless now, but are definitely worrisome. It would be insane to not worry for the future if substantial number of higher institutions are locked down by striking lecturers and students are being killed in their sleep. More than ever, our education system needs a Moses not luck any longer. </div> </div>

THE BEAUTIFUL ONES ARE DYING !

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FREE RICE : FREE EDUCATION

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Freerice.com</b> is an ambitious fund raising effort of the United Nation 's World Food Programme that aims to raise fund to achieve the dual goal of providing free education and an end to world hunger by providing rice to (needing) people. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The site is ad supported, it thus require online traffic like all ad displaying site. To turn in traffic, the site has a free-to-play online game that keeps players engaged while ads are displayed. The game allow players to select a subject from which to answer multi-choice questions. For every question answered correctly, the player is able to donate 10grains of rice that goes to feed someone. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There is no limit to how much rice an individual can donate, you can even create a group where you can invite friends, classmates, families and an entire community to join or simply join an existing group to increase how much rice is donated. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWX5GERaArX-uo76ZzOjLlMBAf4y7hYIw8caRe6Zky7hZ3nCD5lU12OEtkOgruK85kYludocId0k5SeHluiAjTSTVL7nu4ZAZh8boVakSiUdK8mghpVJdHVoz-lcFb5ooMuBg54-r4vzo/s640/shot_000005-1-1-picsay.jpg" imageanchor="1" style=""><img alt="UN free rice charity education" border="0" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWX5GERaArX-uo76ZzOjLlMBAf4y7hYIw8caRe6Zky7hZ3nCD5lU12OEtkOgruK85kYludocId0k5SeHluiAjTSTVL7nu4ZAZh8boVakSiUdK8mghpVJdHVoz-lcFb5ooMuBg54-r4vzo/s280/shot_000005-1-1-picsay.jpg" title="free rice" width="280" /></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add caption</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Available subjects include, humanities, science, math, english, geography, languages, SAT and chemistry. I have been playing chemistry and have proudly raised over a thousand grains in under 24 hours : see pics below. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Join the noble cause, challenge yourself, feed and educate someone today ! Visit <a href="http://www.freerice.com/">freerice.com</a> to get started </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> </div> <!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2Flh4.ggpht.com%2F-CQxqg4iDEwU%2FUvftJdRbocI%2FAAAAAAAAAEY%2F-yQ01Wo2bys%2Fs640%2Fshot_000005-1-1-picsay.jpg&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWX5GERaArX-uo76ZzOjLlMBAf4y7hYIw8caRe6Zky7hZ3nCD5lU12OEtkOgruK85kYludocId0k5SeHluiAjTSTVL7nu4ZAZh8boVakSiUdK8mghpVJdHVoz-lcFb5ooMuBg54-r4vzo/s640/shot_000005-1-1-picsay.jpg" -->

FREE RICE : FREE EDUCATION

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OSUN STATE EDUCATION CRISIS : CHRISTIANS ON PROTEST AGAIN

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Christians attending faith based schools such as Baptist High School in Osun State have again put up a show of resistance to the state's new education reform. It would be recalled that last year, academic activities in some schools were grounded by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/www.akomst.blogspot.com/2013/10/christians-protest-merger-of-schools-by.html?">Christian activists and parents who were protesting against the new de-segregated school policy implemented by the state government.</a> </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> As schools were opening for the new term, returning students to Baptist High school - the focus of resistance to the new policy - turn out in mixed dresses rather than the state wide approved school uniform. The Christians opted for white garment while the Muslims wore insignia. The pagan students were also reportedly wearing  masquerade costumes. Not only this, the school's regular assembly session has always been rowdy as students are divided over school anthem. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Effort by teachers to enforce the new reform have been met with stiff resistance by students, in fact, teachers were reportedly injured by students in an attempt to stop students-in-fighting and enforce the new education policy of the state. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> So far, academic activities are in disarray in some affected schools. </div> </div>

OSUN STATE EDUCATION CRISIS : CHRISTIANS ON PROTEST AGAIN

Christians attending faith based schools such as Baptist High School in Osun State have again put up a show of resistance to the state...

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