Graduate Petitions WAEC Over Result Alteration

Miss Olowoyeye Oluwanifesimi, a graduate of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (EKSU), Miss Olowoyeye Oluwanifesimi has petitioned the registrar of the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Dr. Uyi Uwadiaye, over alleged alteration of her WAEC result online which she obtained in 2008.

Olowoyeye, who gained admission to study Geography/Planning Science at the university in 2009/2010 session said the development was threatening her being mobilized by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for national service.

In the examination she sat for in 2008 with the number 4140208099, she recorded good grades in seven subjects including Geography C4, English Language C6, Yoruba Language C5, Mathematics B3, Agricultural Science D7, Biology C5, Physics B3, Chemistry C4 and Economics C4.

The lady said to her surprise, Economics and Chemistry where she was awarded C4 in her certificate were cancelled in the new online result released by the examination body leaving others intact.

She lamented that the alteration was discovered while checking her result online on January 4, this year for the purpose of using it for clearance for youth service.

Best Graduating Student - UNILAG Rewards With Over 1 Million Naira

Mr. Ayodele Daniel Dada, a 29-year-old best graduating student of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has been rewarded with a total prize money of more than N1 million.

Dada, made the record of being the first student of the 54-year-old university to secure a Cumulative Gradient Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0 and he was formerly unveiled yesterday amidst pump and pageantry by the institution.

Among the prizes won by Dada was the institution’s Alumni Association Prize of N500 000, which used to be N100,000 for all best graduating students of the association.

According to the president of the association, Dr. Sunny Kuku, the money was jerked up this year, as a special reward for Dada, who he said had blazed the trail.

Also, Dada won the N250,000 Tony Elumelu Prize; the Vice-Chancellor’s Prize of N100, 000; the Social Science Dean’s Prize of N50,000 and the HOD of Psychology’s Prize of N25, 000.

He also won three prizes instituted in honour of three former Vice Chancellors of the university: the late Professor Eni Njoku (N75, 000), the late Professor Adetokunbo Sofoluwe (N50, 000), and Professor Tolu Odugbemi (N25, 000).

UTME So Far - JAMB Releases 200,000 Results

The Unifies Tertiary Examinations commenced Saturday with 1,589,175 candidates, who applied for the 2016 UTME.

Speaking to journalists while on an inspection tour of the CBTs Centres with the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu and the permanent secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Dr Shade Yemi-Esan, the registrar, JAMB, Prof Dibu Ojerinde said, 72, 000 took the exam on Saturday, out of which 68,000 results were released that day.

He said the visually impaired would undertake the examination on the 7th -9th March, 2016.

According to Ojerinde, out of the 540 examination centres across the country, Kano has a large number of it especially in Kano town.

He said the federal government has mandated the National Communications Commission (NCC) to create at least, four new CBT centres, annually.

“National Communication Commission has been mandated to give us at least, four centres every year. Meanwhile, the first four are fully completed, the next four would soon be built and with time, every nook and crannies will have functional CBT centre,” the JAMB registrar said.

Responding after his tour of the Bwari CBTs Centre, Malam Adamu who said he was satisfied over the conduct of the CBT mode of the examination so far, expressed concerns over the fate of the candidates who are not computer literate. “I seem to be very comfortable and happy with what they are doing. But my question has not been answered that there may be people who are not computer literate.