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Fees Hike: OAU students threaten to shut campuses nationwide in joint action with NANS

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Fees Hike: OAU students threaten to shut campuses nationwide in joint action with NANS

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, have threatened to shut down their campus in joint action with the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) over a 300 percent increase in tuition fees.

The students, led by their union leaders, gathered at the Kensarowiwa building on the university campus on Monday and demanded that the tuition hike be reversed.

Addressing the students, the President of the Student Union, Abbas Akinremi-Ojo, disclosed, “We’ve also written to all respective banks to halt the acceptance of fee payments from any student until a better resolution has been achieved. As much as we don’t want to, we are currently running out of options and might have to shut down all activities on campus and progressively on all other federal institutions’ campuses in Nigeria, with the backing of the National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS).”

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He recalled that the student leadership had met with the management in August when they learned about plans to increase school fees, followed by negotiations.

He continued, “It is unfortunate that the management announced the 300 percent increment in tuition fees without considering the plight of the students of the institution. When we met with the management, they claimed that the Federal Government had stopped funding OAU. However, the recent release on September 15th, 2023, listed OAU as the 9th top-funded university with a budget allocation of N13.4 billion.”

Meanwhile, the leadership of the National Association of Universities Students (NAUS), led by its chairman, Comrade Olayinka Popoola, issued a 5-day ultimatum to the management of OAU to reverse the tuition fee hike. He warned other universities planning to increase fees to desist from doing so, suggesting they seek alternative funding sources.

Popoola also expressed concern about the safety of the students in the institution in Ilesa, calling on security agencies to intervene and stop the violence in the community.

Fees Hike: OAU students threaten to shut campuses nationwide in joint action with NANS

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UK varsities considering NECO results for admission – Registrar

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UK varsities considering NECO results for admission – Registrar

The Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi, said foreign universities like Lead University and Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom have reached out to the council for information on its examinations.

He said these universities are considering admitting Nigerian students based on their NECO results, indicating a level of credibility and acceptance of NECO’s outcomes by international institutions.

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Speaking during an interactive session with journalists in Abuja Wednesday, Prof. Wushishi said NECO has met the demands of Birmingham City University, and they are currently working on fulfilling the request from Lead University.

Regarding digitalisation and the potential migration to Computer-Based Testing (CBT), Prof. Wushishi acknowledged the complexity of NECO examinations, particularly with close to 1.5 million students taking exams in 76 different subjects and over 150 different papers annually for admissions into tertiary institutions.

This complexity, he said, poses challenges for an immediate shift to CBT, unlike other examination bodies like JAMB that primarily use multiple-choice formats.

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JAMB releases another 36,540 UTME results

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JAMB releases another 36,540 UTME results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released additional 36,540 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results withheld for further investigation.

This was in addition to the 531 results released the previous week, bringing the total results released to 1,879,437.

This is contained in a statement by the Public Communication Advisor of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Tuesday in Abuja.

The Board also dismissed a letter by an alleged fraudster the outstanding 2024 UTME results, subjected to scrutiny by experts, had been compromised on account of a cyber security breach for which it is considering rescheduling the examination.

The statement reads: “In another development, the attention of the Board was drawn to a fictitious letter concocted by a fraudster and circulated on social media purporting to emanate from the Board stating that the outstanding 2024 UTME results, currently being subjected to intense scrutiny by its team of experts, had been compromised on account of a cyber security breach and that it is considering rescheduling the examination.

“This is far from the truth as the said letter did not emanate from the Board. In fact, a closer look at the letter, which was not signed by any person, lacked every ingredient of a letter from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The letter is, therefore, from those, who wish to destroy the integrity of the Board, by compromising its unassailable operational processes to mislead hapless candidates with the sole aim of extorting them.

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“The Board reiterated, for the umpteenth time, that the results of its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and other previous years are intact, not in any cloud storage and can, therefore, not be hacked by anybody.

“It is to be recalled that at the release of the 2024 UTME, the Board had announced that some results had been withheld as they were being subjected to further investigation. Out of these, 531 results were released recently. Others found to be involved in any examination misconduct are still undergoing investigation as the Board would want to review all the footage of all CCTV cameras placed in all its accredited centres to ascertain the candidate’s culpability or otherwise.

“At the conclusion of this exercise, the Board would publish its findings. Therefore, the public is urged to be wary of misleading information emanating from sources not linked to the Board be it religious or other sources.

“Equally disturbing is the misleading comments of some functionaries of some private institutions, who are linking the Board with “the prevailing low ‘cut-off marks’when in practice, it was their institutions that had submitted lower minimum minimum admissible scores marks, even lower than what other institutions had presented.

“For the purpose of clarity, minimum admissible scores are first presented by individual institutions before such are debated to arrive at a benchmark agreed upon by all Heads of Institutions across the country at its annual Policy Meeting on Admissions and which no institution would be allowed to compromise.

“Also, the Board would also like to urge religious organisations to stick to their primary roles and not dabble into areas outside their calling as there are reports of some religious organisations making false representation to government at various levels for selfish ends.”

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BREAKING: ASUU threatens fresh nationwide strike over federal varsities’ condition 

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BREAKING: ASUU threatens fresh nationwide strike over federal varsities’ condition

University students may be forced to return home any time soon as their lecturers are threatening another round of strike.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says its members will embark on a nationwide strike over management, administrative and other issues affecting the universities.

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President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, spoke on the vexed issues on Tuesday at a press conference in Abuja.

He lamented the absence of governing councils in all federal universities across the country among other issues the government is yet to address.

He recalled that the Federal Government dissolved governing councils of the universities in May last year.

Osodeke therefore asked Nigerians to hold the government responsible for any decision it might take to protest the action of government.

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