WAEC withholds results of 13 states, releases results for May/June 2015 SSCE exams

The West African Examination Council has withheld the 2015 WAEC Senior School Certificate Examination results of students of public schools in 13 states following their state government’s failure to pay the fees meant for their registration.

WAEC had on July 27 threatened to withhold the results of public students from 19 states following the failure of their state governments to pay their WAEC registration fee.

Announcing the release of the results in Lagos today August 8th, WAECs head of National Office, Mr. Charles Eguridu, said the number of the states owing WAEC had reduced to 13 as 6 states out of the 19 earlier announced have addressed their debt. He added that that a total of 1,605,248 registered for the May/June 2015 WAEC, while 1,593,442 sat for the exam. 864,096 candidates were males while 729,346 candidates were females.

WAEC threatens to withhold results of students in 19 states over N4bn debt

The West Africa Examinations Council, WAEC has threatened to withhold the results of students in 19 states that sat for the May/June 2015 WASSCE over nonpayment of candidates’ registration fees by their state governments. Different state Governments had pledged to pay the WAEC fees of their state residents as part of their education policy but have so far failed to do so.

The Head of National Office WAEC, Mr Charles Eguridu made the threat at a press conference today July 27th. He said the state governments are indebted to WAEC to the tune of N4 billion.

“The affected states should off-set the registration fees of their candidates as soon as possible, as we cannot guarantee that the results of their candidates for the May/June 2015 WASSCE will be released alongside others. Many of the states of the federation, as part of their education policy, pay the registration fees of candidates for the WASSCE, particularly in the public schools. This is quite commendable as it afforded many indigent students the opportunity to sit for our examinations and relieved many poor parents of this financial burden.

As I speak to you now, we are cash-strapped as a result of the delay in off-setting the registration fees owed the Council by some states. As a result, we are finding it difficult in meeting our financial obligations, particularly to our supervisors, examiners and service providers. We have written to the affected states governments without any response. The poor response is threatening the smooth operations of the Council.”he said

JAMB announces admission cut off marks for Polytechnic and University

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the 2015 cutoff marks for both University and Polytechnic/Colleges of Education admissions. The cutoff mark for University admission is put at 180 while that of polytechnics and Colleges of Education admission is put at 150.
JAMB registrar, Dibu Ojerinde, announced the cutoff marks at a press conference in Abuja today July 14th.

Dr Sid gets honoured at University of Ibadan

Mavin Records artiste Dr. Sid has been given an honour at his alma mater, the University of Ibadan, today, March 23, 2015.

Mavin boss Don Jazzy has just posted a picture of Sidney Esiri giving a speech at the prestigious higher institution. “@iamdrsid giving a speech as he has been honored today by university of Ibadan. Congrats bro. #WeMoveStill” wrote Don Jazzy on Instagram, congratulating Dr. Sid.
Sidney Esiri studied Dental Surgery at the University of Ibadan.
He graduated in 2004.

Governor Rochas Okorocha dressed as a Secondary school student

LOL…

Davido shares his final year project topic

Looks like Davido is finally a step away from graduating from university. He shared the topic of his final year project on instagram and yes of course, its on music.

Nigeria Government Approves of 9 new Private University

The Federal Executive Council at its usual Wednesday meetings approved the issuance of operating licenses to nine new private universities in Nigeria.
The meeting was chaired by Vice-President Namadi Sambo.

Once the operating licenses are issued, there will be 60 private universities in Nigeria.

The Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka,
addressing journalists after the council meeting listed the new private universities as

Augustine University, Ilara, Lagos State;

Chrisland University, Owode, Ogun State;

Christopher University, Mowe, Ogun State;

Hallmark University, Ijebu Itele, Ogun State;

Kings University, Ode Omu, Osun State;

Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Orode, Delta State;

Mountain Top University, Ogun State,

Ritman University, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State and

Summit University, Offa, Kwara State.

Speaking on the exorbitant tuition fees of private universities, the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, said it is not the responsibility of the federal government to regulate fees charged since private universities are run like other private organisations.

He said the Federal Government would only ensure that the standard of education in private schools are of minimum standards.

“As far as government is concerned, all Federal Government universities are tuition-free.

Whatever the universities are charging are so minimal for some day-to-day activities: games fees, union fees and some other fees.

“Of recent, I had cause to ask the NUC to
regulate a kind of minimum (fee) because there is a university that charged as low as N20,000, N15,000. Some charge N30,000 to N80,000 or so which is a composition of a number of different kinds of fees. But basically, no
university owned by government is charging tuition fee.

“But the private universities are like any other private institutions. All that is the responsibility of government is to ensure that the standards are maintained.

“We are to ensure that they are operating within the minimum required standard, and that is the responsibility of the NUC in terms of their facilities, staffing and so on,” said Mr. Shekarau.