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Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Governor of Bauchi State, has expressed his willingness to return to the classroom to teach in order to promote the teaching profession and the quality of education in the state. Senator Mohammed is the first governor in Nigeria to express his willingness to return to the classroom.

Governor Bala Mohammed, a trained teacher who has spent his whole life in the teaching profession, has promised that his administration has already put in place initiatives targeted at enhancing the educational sector in the state and promoting teaching as the best, noblest, and oldest vocation on the planet.

Bala Mohammed was speaking during an interview with Channels Television on the Political Paradigm, stating that the accomplishments he has made over the last three years are more easily seen than described, as witnessed by Our Correspondent.

Additionally, the Governor stated that he did not arrive in Bauchi State as Governor in 2019 blinded, but rather with a plan to face all multidimensional difficulties that he had thoroughly mastered through his previous experience in the federal civil service and as a politician.

The governor went on to say that his administration had completed over 3000 blocks of classrooms and more than 300 kilometers of roads, in addition to many projects that had been abandoned by the previous administration around the state, despite the limited resources at its disposal.

Concerning healthcare delivery, the Governor stated that his administration has already declared a state of emergency in the sector and has constructed a functional primary health care facility in each ward across the state, in addition to equipping over 400 primary health care facilities and renovating and upgrading numerous general hospitals.

The governor told the people of the state that his administration would continue to embark on initiatives and programs that would have a good influence on their lives and living conditions.

The state government of Oyo state has suspended a senior secondary two (SS2) student of the Anglican Commercial Secondary School, Orita-Mefa, Ibadan, for slapping a serving corps member who was sent to the school.

On a visit to the school by the state Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheim, a pupil identified as Ojo Roqeeb was suspended for one month with immediate effect for his conduct.

Following the assault, the commissioner expressed concern that the suspension would serve as a warning to other students, adding that a letter of suspension should be sent to the student’s parents as a result of the suspension.

Students who are discovered acting in an uncivilized manner will be expelled from schools in Oyo State, according to the governor’s warning on the matter.

He further stated that the student, in turn, must express regret to the corps member and sign a pledge that he or she will not commit the same mistake again.

Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, the national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, has declared that the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has no authority to administer admissions into higher education institutions across the country.

The empowerment of JAMB to handle admissions to higher institutions, according to Osodeke, was an infringement on universities’ autonomy. He said that each university senate was in charge of overseeing all academic concerns at the university, including establishing entrance rules and approving undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

JAMB’s job, according to Osodeke, is to administer matriculation examinations for admission into a Nigerian higher institution, designate examiners, and collect/disseminate information on all topics pertaining to entrance tests.

He slammed JAMB for operating outside of its authority by controlling activities in Nigerian institutions, saying it jeopardized university autonomy.

He urged JAMB to stick to its basic mandate and let universities make decisions about admission policies and procedures.

The second series edition of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE, for private applicants, also known as the General Certificate Examination, has been released on Monday, February 14.

According to Patrick Areghan, the director of the WAEC office in Nigeria, a total of 25,008 candidates, or 48.61 percent of the total number of 51,444 candidates who took part in the examination, received credits in five courses, including English Language and Mathematics. Male candidates accounted for 12,272 of the total, while female candidates accounted for 12,736.

According to Areghan, out of the total number of candidates who took the examination, 49,584 candidates, representing 96.38 percent, have had their results fully processed and released, while 1,860 candidates, representing 3.62 percent, have had a few of their subjects still being processed as a result of errors on the part of the candidates, according to Areghan

Furthermore, he stated that prospective candidates who do not have a National Identification Number (NIN) will not be permitted to sit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination this year.

Officials from the Bauchi State administration have declared that all types of corporal punishment are prohibited in private Islamiyya schools and higher Islamic learning institutes in the state. Dr Aliyu Tilde, the state commissioner for education, made the announcement in a statement issued in Bauchi.

As a result, he stated that the ministry would closely monitor all Islamiyya schools in the state to ensure that such behavior is completely avoided. He stated that it was improper for Islamiyya school owners and managers to subject children to untold punishment under the pretense of strengthening their moral behavior.

The commissioner expressed concern about the high rate at which physical punishment was administered to students in Islamiyya institutions in the state, noting that it presented a threat to the general well-being of the students.

The minister also threatened that the ministry would not hesitate to close down schools that were discovered to be involved in child abuse, and that those responsible would be held accountable in the appropriate manner.

All members of the faculty and the general public are thus notified that admission forms for nursing and midwifery programs at the College of Nursing Sciences, Federal Medical Center, Nguru will be available for purchase beginning on Wednesday, February 9, 2020 and ending on Sunday, February 21, 2020.

In light of the foregoing, interested candidates should proceed to the Bursary Department of the College along Gashua Road for the purchase of the application form at a cost of 5,000 (Five Thousand Naira) only, which is non-refundable.

Please keep in mind that admission forms will be available for purchase from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., seven days a week.

For further information, please contact the Provost of the College and the Admission Officer of the college at the following telephone numbers: 08162883002 and 08036371735.

Requirements :

To be considered, candidates must have five (5) credits in NECO/WAEC/NABTEB, with at least one (1) credit in English Language. Basic Nursing and Basic Midwifery require the completion of mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics in no more than two sittings.

All completed forms must be submitted by the 21st of February, 2022, at the latest.

THE DATE FOR THE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION IS: February 22, 2022.

WHILE THE INTERVIEW WILL BEGIN ON THE 28th of February, 2022.

All College students are hereby notified of the resumption of academic activities for the upcoming 2021/2022 academic session, which is scheduled to begin on September 1, 2019.

Proposed schedule

• On the 18th of February in the year 2022, all diploma students will move into the College Residence.
• Registration for Diploma Students will begin on the 21st of February and will run until the 25th of February in 2022.
• The first day of classes for all diploma students will be February 28th, 2022.
• Twenty-second-year 100L degree students move into the College Residence on March 17, 2022.
• Registration for 100L Degree Students begins on the 21st of March in the year 2022.
• On the 23rd of March in the year 2022, the first group of 2001, 3001, and 400L Degree Students moved into the College Residence.
• Registration for Returning Degree Students begins on the 24th of March in the year 2022.
• The deadline for all students to register is April 1, 2022. (Diploma and Degree).
• The first day of classes for all degree students will be April 4, 2022.

Please distribute the contents of this Memo to all parties involved.

Best regards.

This is to advise the candidates who have been shortlisted that the interview exercise for admission into Basic Midwifery, 2022/2023 that the registration process has been planned to take place on; 

Monday, February 21, 2022 at 9 a.m. in both the Ibadan and Kishi campuses:

Registration process

Candidates should check their names on both campuses by visiting the link provided below: https://oysconme.edu.ng/shortlist.

Requirements

It is recommended that you bring the following documentation with you:

i) Take a printout of the entry result slip.

ii. A certified copy of your WAEC/NECO results

iii. A certified copy of your birth certificate.

iv. A photocopy of the original local government identification certificate

v. Hb pencil 

vi. Nose mask 

Important notice

We would like to draw your attention to the fact that 42 percent and 54 percent are being used as cut off markers for indigenous and non-indigenous people in Oyo state, respectively.