Labour MP Lucy Powell, a former shadow education secretary, who received the data after tabling a parliamentary question, said it was now clear that reforms of the GCSE system had put state school pupils at a disadvantage compared with their private school counterparts.
OAU loses accreditation for Law, Dentistry, Botany
The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has lost accreditation for four of the courses offered in the institution.
The National Universities Commission reportedly suspended the university’s law, dentistry, medical rehabilitation, and botany programmes, The Cable reports.
Prospective students who selected any of the four courses in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination have been asked to change their course or institution.
A message was sent to the candidates by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to inform them of the changes.
“Your first choice course did not receive accreditation. Login to your profile and change course/institutions,” the message read.
This is not the first time the institution is experiencing this such as the accreditation of the Law Faculty was previously withdrawn in 2006.
The Cable notes that there are also reports that botany never got full accreditation since its inception as a course at the university.
The institution’s spokesperson, Mr Abiodun Olarenwaju, confirmed the development to The Cable.
Olarenwaju, however, said the withdrawal of accreditation would be sorted out by September.
“We are going to sort it out, latest by September, and everything will come back to shape,” he was quoted as saying.
Ucas criticised over fraud screening of black applicants
The university admissions service Ucas is under pressure after an investigation revealed that more than half of all applications flagged for possible fraud are from black students.
Ucas researchers found that over a five-year period 52% of applications investigated for potential fraudulent activity were from black candidates, even though they only make up 9% of total applications.
In contrast, over the same period – between 2013 and 2017 – just 19% of all suspicious applications were from white students, even though they make up 73% of all applications. Asian students made up 11% of applicants and 16% of those flagged.
Full Article: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/may/31/ucas-criticised-over-screening-of-black-applicants
NECO Releases November/december 2017 Result
The National Examination Council (NECO) on Tuesday released the November/December Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results with Ogun topping the chart of candidates’ performance by states with 91.42 percent.
The comparative analysis of candidates’ performance also shows that Akwa Ibom state came second with 87.97 percent, while Zamfara occupied the last position with 12.90 percent even though only 230 candidates sat for the examination from the state.
On the malpractice cases by states, Plateau came first with 21.31 percent, followed by Oyo, which has 19.97 percent.
Releasing the result, the Registrar/chief executive of NECO, Professor Charles Uwakwe said even though there was a downslide in the malpractice cases with 5.9 percent reduction compared to 2016, the Council was worried by the anomaly and was working relentlessly to address the problem.
Source : DailyTrust
Planning to apply for a Pinellas school ‘choice’ program?
![Sixth-grade students use their laptops and tablets during a science class at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg. The school's Center for Innovation and Digital Learning is one of about 70 choice programs offered by the Pinellas County school system. The choice application period for the 2018-19 school year runs from Jan. 10-19. [SCOTT KEELER | TIMES]](http://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20180105/ARTICLE/301059951/AR/0/AR-301059951.jpg?MaxW=950 "Sixth-grade students use their laptops and tablets during a science class at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg. The school's Center for Innovation and Digital Learning is one of about 70 choice programs offered by the Pinellas County school system. The choice application period for the 2018-19 school year runs from Jan. 10-19. [SCOTT KEELER | TIMES]")
Sixth-grade students use their laptops and tablets during a science class at Tyrone Middle School in St. Petersburg. The school’s Center for Innovation and Digital Learning is one of about 70 choice programs offered by the Pinellas County school system. The choice application period for the 2018-19 school year runs from Jan. 10-19.
If history is any guide, more than 20,000 applications from some 11,000 students will flow into the Pinellas County school system’s computers over the next two weeks as families seek access to choice programs.
Those numbers have been fairly consistent in recent years, part of a winter application cycle that has become a familiar annual ritual. Families looking for options outside of their regular zoned school will be vying for entry into special programs like magnets, fundamental schools and career academies.
Source : Pinellas
2018-2019 scholarship entrance examination into year 7 and IB diploma
Here at Greensprings, we are consistently redefining education in Africa and we believe that every child deserves a world-class and well-rounded education. Children need a solid foundation to become global citizens, achieve their dreams and contribute immensely to their communities. This scholarship will enable students to develop personal integrity and leadership skills which they can draw from for the rest of their lives.
Greensprings runs a British curriculum and offers a wide range of courses ranging from Accounting, Additional Mathematics, Art & Design, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Drama, Economics, English Language, French, Geography, History, Information & Communication Technology, Literature in English, Mathematics, Physical Education, Physics, Global Perspectives and Spanish etc. Greensprings School’s scholarship examinations support excellence and achievement, providing scholars a platform to experience well-rounded education.
Details of the scholarship entrance examination are as follows: Date: Saturday, December 16, 2017 Time: 9:00am Examination centres: Port Harcourt, Abuja, Owerri, Eket and Lagos. {Sponsored}
Source : Greenspring
Fully Funded WINTOUR Erasmus+ Scholarship for Masters, 2018-2020
The Erasmus Mundus Master on Wine Tourism Innovation (WINTOUR) combines a large expertise in Tourism and Oenology of three universities and regions: Rovira i Virgili University (URV – Tarragona, Spain), University of Bordeaux (UB, France), and University of Porto (UP, Portugal).
The language of instruction of the WINTOUR master is English. Other language skills/certificates are not compulsory. However, selection committee evaluates positively that candidates have other languages skills (such as Spanish, French or Portuguese, the languages of the countries where the course takes place). WINTOUR students are given the opportunity to study local languages during the first three semesters).
Source : Scholarship-positions
University of Alberta, Canada holds seminar in Lagos
The University of Alberta , Canada hold a workshop for final year and recent high school graduates at Digital Editions Conference Hall, Grace Court, Stillwaters Gardens Estate Road, Lekki, Lagos on Friday November 17, 2017 by 11 a.m.
It is one of Canada’s top five world clas universities, home to more than 500 graduate and 200 undergraduate programmes.
Mrs. Margaret Jibodu is the MD/CEO of Digital Editions, the representative of the university in Nigeria and a Canadian immigration consultant. According to her, the conference will provide parents and students with up-to-date materials and information as Canada has a high standard of university education recognised worldwide.
Source : Dailytrust
2018 UTME: JAMB bans pens, wristwatches in centres
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), coordinator of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), has prohibited the utilization of wrist watches and pens amid the direct of its 2018 test.
The board’s Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede revealed this to newsmen on the sideline of a sensitisation workshop for Computer Based Test (CBT) focus proprietors on Wednesday in Lagos.
As indicated by him, the workshop was to assess the enlistment and lead of the 2017 examination.
“What we are doing here today is to evaluate the enlistment and lead of our past examination and we have taken a few lessons from our experience.
Source : DailyTrust
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