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RSITIE VE S C NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION NI O U M L M A I S N S O I I O T N A N T E HO IC UG ERV HT AND S MONDAA PUBLICATION OF THE OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Y www.nuc.edu.ng nd 0795-3089 22 June, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 12 FG Gives Conditions For Schools Reopening institutions must provide hand- The Federal Government has w a s h i n g f a c i l i t i e s, b o d y must be geared towards outlined conditions to be met by all temperature checks and body maintenance of the highest level schools before government would disinfectants at all entry points to of hygiene. announce the date for schools their major facilities, including the reopening in Nigeria. gates, hostels, classes and offices. Hon. Nwajuba added that The Honourable Minister of Education (HME), Mal. Adamu Adamu said at the 2020 JAMB Policy Meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, that school authorities were expected to put all COVID-19 safety measures in place before reopening schools. Represented by the Minister of State for Education, Hon. Chukwemeka Nwajuba said, “while we look forward to easing the lockdown which will ultimately lead to reopening of our campuses, I urge the heads of institutions not to wait till the announcement on reopening before putting in place all necessar y measures in Mal. Adamu Adamu compliance with the protocols and Hon. Minister of Education advisories of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.” He said the whole premises of institutions must also ensure each institution must be social/physical distancing in The minister said all educational decontaminated and all efforts class sizes and meeting spaces. in this edition JAMB Releases Senate Committee Dikwa Proposes Cut-off Marks For Holds Stakeholder 1st Private Varsity 2020 Admission Interaction On Army in Borno State ——— 510,957 Admission Spaces Unused In 2019 Varsity Bill Pg. 2 Pg. 3 Pg. 5 EDITORIAL BOARD: Ibrahim Usman Yakasai (Chairman), Mal. Haruna Lawal Ajo (Editor), Ogbonnaya Okoronkwo, Mrs. Franca Chukwuonwo, Miss Bunshak T.S, Francis Azu, Udey Felix, Aja-Nwachukwu Samuel, Sadiq Abubakar Enquiries: [email protected] 22nd June, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 12 JAMB Releases Cut-off Marks For 2020 Admission ——— 510,957 Admission Spaces Unused In 2019 Joint Admissions and Matriculation E x a m i n a t i o n a n d o t h e r Board (JAMB) has announced the accommodate applicants who qualifying results, to proceed on cut off points for admission into would be taking the examination with the admission process.” t e r t i a r y i n s t i t u t i o n s w i t h to be considered. universities pegged at 160 and Whatever arrangement the above, polytechnic 120 and above, country comes up, he declared colleges of education and innovation institutions 100 and above. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, who announced this at the end of 2020 policy meeting, warned institutions against charging candidates more than N2,000 for screening exercise. He disclosed that 510,957 admission spaces were unused in 2019 admission year while 612, 557 were offered admission out of 1,157,977 candidates that sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). He asked tertiary institutions to proceed with the conduct of 2020/2021 admissions following the approved guidelines. Minister of Education, Mallam Prof. Is-haq Oloyede A d a mu A d a mu , w h o wa s JAMB Registrar “As major stakeholders, we must the system “would surely represented by the Minister of state jointly come up with reactions that accommodate those who will be for education, Hon. Chukwuemeka would realign our programmes to taking the examination when the Nwajiuba, urged JAMB and tertiary these new realities. While these opportunity to do so is worked institutions to consider candidates reactions are being fine-tuned to out.” with previous year's Senior School check their capacities and Certificate Examination (SSCE) capabilities to withstand the new The Policy Meeting was and other qualifying results to reality, JAMB and tertiary attended by heads of tertiary proceed with the admission institutions could take advantage institutions in Nigeria to heralds process. of the current situation and t h e c o m m e n c e m e n t o f consider candidates with previous admission processes in tertiary He stated that government has year's Senior School Certificate institutions. a d e q u a t e a r r a n g e m e n t t o MONDAY BULLETIN | A Publication Of The Office Of The Executive Secretary Page 02 22nd June, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 12 Senate Committee Holds Stakeholder Interaction On Army Varsity Bill Institutions Act. The Senate Committee on draft bill to expert scruntinity Nigerian Army last week held an and was presenting about 31 Some other observations interactive stakeholders meeting observations and comments made by the NUC include the on the bill for the establishment which it hoped would be need for the draft law to be of the Nigerian Army University provided with a table of Biu. contents to give a holistic presentation of the structures In a submission on behalf of the of the bill. N a t i o n a l U n i v e r s i t i e s C o m m i ssi o n (N UC ) th e The NUC also observed that Director Public Affairs, Ibrahim unlike the provision made in Usman Yakasai who represented the draft bill for the pro- the Executive Secretary, NUC, chancellor to be appointed by Prof. Abubakar A. Rasheed mni, the Chief of Army Staff MFR, FNAL, said that the Chairman, Senate Committee on the Nigerian (COAS) the appropriate Commission was in full support Army, Ali Ndume delivering his speech provision should be for the of the bill and urged for its incorporated in order to make Visitor to appoint the Pro- speedy passage by the National the law of the Army University chancellor. Assembly for Assent by the robust and in tandem with the President. provision of the Laws of the Mal. Yakasai said further that Federation as they affect contrary to the provision made R-L: Ibrahim Usman Yakasai, Gen. T. Buratai and Prof. Kyari According to Mal. Yakasai, the education like the Education in the draft bill to restrict the Commission had subjected the National Minimum Standard office of the Pro-chancellor a n d E s t a b l i s h m e n t o f MONDAY BULLETIN | A Publication Of The Office Of The Executive Secretary Page 03 22nd June, 2020 Vol. 15 No. 12 to specific position in the Army, E k a n e m c l a s s i f i e d t h e B u r a t a i s a i d t h a t t h e the NUC feels strongly that for University as a specialised University’s position as a the overall good of the University established to cater model for the civil-military University, the position should for the security situation in the cooperation/ relationships be open to the best available and Country. and interface between military would not be out of place if a and civilian establishments former chief of Army staff was In his remarks, the Chief Army cumulating to a town and appointed but should not be Staff, LT GEN Tukur Yusuf gown relation. spelt out in the University Law. Buratai said that the NAUB was originally conceived as one of He described the NAUB Bill The Director said that the NUC the intellectual arms of the as a very important legal has made available all its Nigerian Army in order to bring document that imbued the comments and observations on cutting edge knowledge and university with the statutory the draft bill to the Senate address the increasing need for legal backing to operate as a Committee for consideration. specialized training and federal government citadel of research for the Armed Forces learning and the public hearing Earlier, Chairman of the and the wider society. as a necessary legislative Committee, Senator Ali Ndume requirement leading to its in a brief opening remark, stated He said that it was part of the passage. that the process of law making Nigerian Army’s counter to the requires that a public hearing be violent anti education ideology H e a p p r e c i a t e d t h e conducted, but due to the of terrorists ravaging the North contribution of the Senate, pandemic, interactive meeting East region. Minister of Education, and was called to reduce the number the National Universities of attendees. The COAS said that the Commission and other well- University was poised to wishers and friends of NUAB He said that he was aware that reduce illiteracy, productively for whom the University’s the university was approved engage young persons thereby story reflects their legacy and since April and started operation reducing the pool of youth’s passion for education in October 2018, adding that the susceptible to radicalization and Nigeria. meeting was a process of giving recruitment by insurgent it a legal backing through bill. groups. The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kyari Mohammed in his He thanked the COAS, the He said that the institution speech said the University has N U C , F M E a n d o t h e r would become a major front in been modeled to be among the stakeholders for their pivotal role the Nigerian Army’s hearts and top five University in Nigeria in the establishment of the minds war in the North East in no distant future.