Rhino.5dm:

This is just a way of pushing off those that wrote the test. In a typical corruption style, top management staff of NNPC have succeeded in sending a false flag to create an avenue to replace the successful one with their own cronies. Only God knows the amount of NOTES right now on desk of GMD

Dont you ever look down on your ability by this " baba nla iro" or think that you have actually failed or whatever. You shouldn't be astonish if you know their modus operendi.

Braze up, raise your middle finger at NNPC, as this jamboree might turn out to be blessing for YOU. Just believe in your inner self and put this behind you, if you are a VICTIM . Friendly Advised.  

Well said my brother.

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Kayus43:

Seconded !

NOPE! IN BOTH SHUD BE USED. ANYWAY! NO NEED SUGGESTING COS I AM SURE NO COMPANY WILL EMLOY U WITHOUT RIGOROUS APTITUDE TEST AND INTERVIEW. SO THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS MENACE.

This is shear claptrap. How would they expect people to pass when they set ss2 or ss1 physics for engineering graduates?? Thats grotesque and Livy should bury his bald head in shame. its analogous to setting CRK questions for Law graduates or Historians (History- graduates ). NNPC is shit!! why not set strength of materials for civil/mech students , some circuit problems with resistors, capacitors etc for electrical grads and so on. Only then would you know the best!! Setting ss1 radio-activity questions for graduates is SHEER NONSENSE in my opinion!!

I challenge NNPC to make the results public.

dramenda:

he was meant to say 80% passed. , ,but seriously,am telling you no first class or second upper student will fail NNPC text.trust me.weting dey inside the text?since they know what is @ stake for them,they will prepare well for it.many thanks NNPC  for devalueing our future leaders.BOKO HARAM here they come.

WAKE UP BRO! THEY KNOW NOTHING, THOUGH NOT ALL. MY 2.2 STUDENTS OF THE PAST ARE WELL PLACED TODAY THAN FEW OF THE 2.1 , BUT HEREIN OUR FIRST CLASS MATERIALS ARE USUALLY OKAY. ONE FROM MY DEPT PASSED APTITUDE TEST IN 3 BANKS WHILE IN THE NYSC CAMP. GOT TO KNOW HE SCORED THE HIGHEST IN ONE SO HE CALLED ME TO ADVISE HIM. AND I SIMPLY TOLD HIM; 'YOU ARE A CLASSROOM MATERIAL, WORK FOR A WHILE AND COME BACK OR WE WILL COME FOR YOU TO YOUR OWN DETRIMENT. HE SHUD BE A G.A BY NEXT SESSION

Many of these universities are just collecting money and doing the right thing. In our days you have to be extraodinarily brilliant to make a first class but nowadays every dick and harry make a first class by "settling" their lecturers. Imaging Nigeria having about 100 universities with no qualified lecturers. Many of these universities rent lecturers for accreditation and never bother about the quality of their certificates. How can a B.Sc holder leacture and undergaduate student and we still expect the best from such a student? Why will a student not get good grades when a lecturer borrows money from his student? Why will a student not get a first class when his (student's) father buys a plot of land for the lecturer at Lekki or Ajah? why will a student (female) not make a first clas when is can willingly open her laps for lecturers and other adminstrative staffs, who end up manipulating and changing her scores from the master sheet? etc.,
Oh men! there are a lot of probems in Nigerian universities and not unitil we are dedicated and do the right things, the situation will keep getting worse.

In a lighter note, tests such as the NNPC test involves general questions that require a good common sense (which may not be common among these graduates) and are not directly taught in these universities.

bennie1980:

I challenge NNPC to make the results public.

LMAO . Hope u didnt fail sha!!

This is rich, these are the same graduates who will save the future of Nigeria? The same youthful leaders of tomorrow who will lead Nigeria to her glory, They should be very proud of  themselves.

On

with the number of first class students some private universities produce i wonder if i wouldn't have had one coming from a federal university.
just last month i read in the paper that Convenant University produced 89 first class graduands   (BTW i wonder aw many students wre in dat set in total, probably 200 maximum ) n i see their product in my office n wonder how dey made that result.
corruption is truly eating at the educational system, i believe SKILLS are better means of selecting qualifying candidates and not by results!
i hope our employers will learn!!!

hmm

if you make a first class and being good you are offered employment in the oil giants would u come to be a lecturer?

Pls dont say wat you dont know. the statutory requirement by NUC FOR G.A is 2.1 and above + enrolment in MSC. Above this level it is M.SC+ Enrolment for PHD. Or PHD. even in the state unis it is so. Except they dont want to be accreditted.

MOREOVER PASSING A TEST ISNT JUST A QUESTION OF LECTURER BUT INDIVIDUAL TOO. Thats why it is called APTITUDE TEST.

in my school this guy made first class after 8 years of none-first class, but one giant snatched him. we simply allowed him work for a while in about 2 and half years we offered him scholarship for m phil while we employed him as a lecturer. initially he refused , but he has no option. but i bet you not all schools can be this bold. FIRST CLASS MATS ARE MOSTLY FOR CLASSROOM IN MY SCHOOL

Rastamann:

Many of these universities are just collecting money and doing the right thing. In our days you have to be extraodinarily brilliant to make a first class but nowadays every Joystick and harry make a first class by "settling" their lecturers. Imaging Nigeria having about 100 universities with no qualified lecturers. Many of these universities rent lecturers for accreditation and never bother about the quality of their certificates. How can a B.Sc holder leacture and undergaduate student and we still expect the best from such a student? Why will a student not get good grades when a lecturer borrows money from his student? Why will a student not get a first class when his (student's) father buys a plot of land for the lecturer at Lekki or Ajah? why will a student (female) not make a first clas when is can willingly open her laps for lecturers and other adminstrative staffs, who end up manipulating and changing her scores from the master sheet? etc.,
Oh men! there are a lot of probems in Nigerian universities and not unitil we are dedicated and do the right things, the situation will keep getting worse.

In a lighter note, tests such as the NNPC test involves general questions that require a good common sense (which may not be common among these graduates) and are not directly taught in these universities.

lollynil:

with the number of first class students some private universities produce i wonder if i wouldn't have had one coming from a federal university.
just last month i read in the paper that Convenant University produced 89 first class graduands (BTW i wonder aw many students wre in dat set in total, probably 200 maximum ) n i see their product in my office n wonder how dey made that result.
corruption is truly eating at the educational system, i believe SKILLS are better means of selecting qualifying candidates and not by results!
i hope our employers will learn!!!

I WONDER TOO! But hope this your post wont raise an unending argument? lol

I strongly disagree with the allegation put forward by the GMD of NNPC. Nigerians might not be exposed to generally cope with some soft skills expected of them in the global cooperate environment but as far as aptitude test is concern globally, we have some of the very best test taker in Nigeria because in Europe and America, you don't need to write any test to be employed most times and when it is needed, these guys fail alot from personal experience with some of them. Nigerians might have problem with interview that has alot to do with self confidence and how well you can converse in good English, which is lacking in many first class and 2-1 because majority of people in these class are poor/average under privileged people that struggle to work their way up the ladder and still find it difficult to erase their disadvantaged past but when exposed and given the right environment, they will excel.
I didn't not make a first class but hate it when people that were unfortunate not to have made first-class or 2-1 come out publicly, saying trash which to me is obviously out of jealousy about the intellectual capacity of all first class and 2-1. The 5 first class guys in my graduating Unilag class have the following current status:
1. Currently a PhD holder from Stanford university USA
2. Currently a PhD holder Princeton University USA
3. MSc Cambridge University, PhD Manchester University current with Total
4. MSc University of Texas, Currently with Schlumberger USA
5. Currently with Chevron Nigeria.
These are the 5 first class graduates I had in my graduating class so people should shut the Bleep up and stop saying bad things about first class because they couldn't achieve what this guys did. That is why the African continent doesn't progress as we always want to pull people better than us down,

D gmd is an attention seeker, na today pple start to write test. Jst a way to cover up employment fraud

One thing that very clear, the test was conducted to screened out so many people, so the intention of the markers may largely influence the way they mark. Recruitment test in Nigeria is not viable enough to conclude that the reason while so many people failed was because the educational output is bad.


The plan is to disgraced the applicants by publishing this in the newspaper and later bring in their brothers and friends for the position.

It is amazing that we are paying attention to this post. The GMD has noting to say. all he is talking about is just some stories to cover his acts, a face saver, we may not totally blame him though.

Screening exercises for a "juicy" establishment like this is not 100% based on merit. i can assure that those who made 1st class and 2:1 scored better but their grades were used in exchanged for those who have backing from "above".

Don't be surprised if years from now, all heads of top parastatals would be children or friends of some "Mr fix it" and other politicians (who have actually risen through the ranks by stolen credits)

D gmd is an attention seeker, na today pple start to write test. Jst a way to cover up employment fraud

I am not in discordance with your point oh! you made a valid point

But go back and read d bolded. The best of the best are classroom materials/acada materials and that doesnt meant they may pass APTITUDE TEST.

I say this cos of experience! Most schools are good though and their graduates cool in the labour market. That again is another factor.

But clearly! APTITUDE TEST IS A DIFFERENT BALL GAME NOT CRAM AND DUMP OF MOST OF OUR FIRST CLASS.

Read my previous psot and see that there are some 1st class that have it all too.

2good:

I strongly disagree with the allegation put forward by the GMD of NNPC. Nigerians might not be exposed to generally cope with some soft skills expected of them in the global cooperate environment but as far as aptitude test is concern globally, we have some of the very best test taker in Nigeria because in Europe and America, you don't need to write any test to be employed most times and when it is needed, these guys fail alot from personal experience with some of them. Nigerians might have problem with interview that has alot to do with self confidence and how well you can converse in good English, which is lacking in many first class and 2-1 because majority of people in these class are poor/average under privileged people that struggle to work their way up the ladder and still find it difficult to erase their disadvantaged past but when exposed and given the right environment, they will excel.
I didn't not make a first class but hate it when people that were unfortunate not to have made first-class or 2-1 come out publicly, saying trash which to me is obviously out of jealousy about the intellectual capacity of all first class and 2-1. The 5 first class guys in my graduating Unilag class have the following current status:
[b]1. Currently a PhD holder from Stanford university USA
2. Currently a PhD holder Princeton University USA
3. MSc Cambridge University, PhD Manchester University current with Total
4. MSc University of Texas, Currently with Schlumberger USA
5. Currently with Chevron Nigeria.[/b]These are the 5 first class graduates I had in my graduating class so people should shut the bleep up and stop saying bad things about first class because they couldn't achieve what this guys did. That is why the African continent doesn't progress as we always want to pull people better than us down,

Big Meat:

I think it wasn't possible for the candidates to cheat in these tests, hence the massive failure rate.

Companies in Nigeria should partner with universities on how courses should be run, as the federal government is not capable of doing anything position with the educational system.

Good point there!!!

Skills are mainly built from real life experience.
For the oil and gas fields, that's what differentiates the foreign schools from the Nigerian ones. Most schools in the UK for instance had virtually all the necessary software required to work in the oil industry; organized enough field trips to simulated rigs, geological locations, etc; regular visits to top oil company; invitation of industry professionals; and many more benefits. This is because there is a strong partnership between the companies and the higher institutions.

The companies in Nigeria can do the same but they rather prefer to build hostels and classrooms. These are good but I believe they can do better than that by providing all the other necessary requirements stated above.


As for the results by NNPC, I don't believe the claim. I think something must have gone wrong somewhere within the system and these may be a good way to cover up. Most 2.1 and 1st class products are good.
Also, I don't mean to sound diplomatic but I think they should have given 2.2 holders a chance just like Shell and also remove the cap placed on age of applicants. This enables them to reach a wider extent of candidates and improves their chances of getting the best.

BTW, I was not invited for the test because I was a few months older than the max age as at the time of applying. I have a 2.1 and an MSc.

Hope they will roll out another advert for those that were not called initially

I strongly disagree with the allegation put forward by the GMD of NNPC. Nigerians might not be exposed to generally cope with some soft skills expected of them in the global cooperate environment but as far as aptitude test is concern globally, we have some of the very best test taker in Nigeria because in Europe and America, you don't need to write any test to be employed most times and when it is needed, these guys fail alot from personal experience with some of them. Nigerians might have problem with interview that has alot to do with self confidence and how well you can converse in good English, which is lacking in many first class and 2-1 because majority of people in these class are poor/average under privileged people that struggle to work their way up the ladder and still find it difficult to erase their disadvantaged past but when exposed and given the right environment, they will excel.
I didn't not make a first class but hate it when people that were unfortunate not to have made first-class or 2-1 come out publicly, saying trash which to me is obviously out of jealousy about the intellectual capacity of all first class and 2-1. The 5 first class guys in my graduating Unilag class have the following current status:
1. Currently a PhD holder from Stanford university USA
2. Currently a PhD holder Princeton University USA
3. MSc Cambridge University, PhD Manchester University current with Total
4. MSc University of Texas, Currently with Schlumberger USA
5. Currently with Chevron Nigeria.
These are the 5 first class graduates I had in my graduating class so people should shut the bleep up and stop saying bad things about first class because they couldn't achieve what this guys did. That is why the African continent doesn't progress as we always want to pull people better than us down,

Another sensible person. I wonder where my father, a carpenter, would have got the money to bribe lecturers in order for me to make a 2.1 or 1st class. Even when a struggle to complete two squared meal per day.

I strongly disagree with the allegation put forward by the GMD of NNPC. Nigerians might not be exposed to generally cope with some soft skills expected of them in the global cooperate environment but as far as aptitude test is concern globally, we have some of the very best test taker in Nigeria because in Europe and America, you don't need to write any test to be employed most times and when it is needed, these guys fail alot from personal experience with some of them. Nigerians might have problem with interview that has alot to do with self confidence and how well you can converse in good English, which is lacking in many first class and 2-1 because majority of people in these class are poor/average under privileged people that struggle to work their way up the ladder and still find it difficult to erase their disadvantaged past but when exposed and given the right environment, they will excel.
I didn't not make a first class but hate it when people that were unfortunate not to have made first-class or 2-1 come out publicly, saying trash which to me is obviously out of jealousy about the intellectual capacity of all first class and 2-1. The 5 first class guys in my graduating Unilag class have the following current status:
1. Currently a PhD holder from Stanford university USA
2. Currently a PhD holder Princeton University USA
3. MSc Cambridge University, PhD Manchester University current with Total
4. MSc University of Texas, Currently with Schlumberger USA
5. Currently with Chevron Nigeria.These are the 5 first class graduates I had in my graduating class so people should shut the bleep up and stop saying bad things about first class because they couldn't achieve what this guys did. That is why the African continent doesn't progress as we always want to pull people better than us down,

Another sensible person. I wonder where my father, a carpenter, would have got the money to bribe lecturers in order for me to make a 2.1 or 1st class. Even when i struggled to complete two squared meal per day.

@ Da Doctor,
Do you think getting 1500 in GRE to get an admit into Stanford and Princeton does not require your have a sound aptitude test skill, or getting recruited by Chevron or Total does not require good aptitude test skills? Try to understand reality before you make comments. I still stand by my word that people like you that focus so much on castigating first class are those that couldn't make first class and looking for the slightest excuse to say they are not good

This report by the management of NNPC does not make any meaning to me why! communication is two sided people wrote exam they were not communicated on their status only for you to go on air saying jab.Its not today that Nigeria Education has been politically one way or the other be castigated due to their interior motives. Every normal person will not believe what they claime- that 80% of Nigeria Graduate who wrote the exam failed, this is false from the pit of hell and its debranding; for the fact that they want their relative and wards in do
not give them the ribe to demistify the intelligence of nigerian graduate.

If you have taken this test and have puten your best, do not be crestfallen on the action of this elite selective recruitment it is well

Mtcheeewwww!!! The reality will never be faced because of sentiments.

How can a graduate of English or Mass comm go for NNPC test and pass? Let them tell us the calibers of graduates invited for the test.

And most importantly these or graduates of 2.1 and 2.2 this days only knows what the text book says and not the world or job market requires today.
When you train people to be theorists then dont expect them to be mechanics.


I know of a gut that got a first class from redeemers uni. but no pings he doesnt reply to at any time of the day. He can speak all the posh grammar on planet earth but doesn't know the current state of Nigerian economy

@ Da Doctor,
Do you think getting 1500 in GRE to get an admit into Stanford and Princeton does not require your have a sound aptitude test skill, or getting recruited by Chevron or Total does not require good aptitude test skills? Try to understand reality before you make comments. I still stand by my word that people like you that focus so much on castigating first class are those that couldn't make first class and looking for the slightest excuse to say they are not good

I wonder what they call apt test. Is it not the same Gmat and GRE that people pass to get into top schools? Maybe that of NNPC was something else.

NNPC! damn.

Too many political candidates Pres, VP, senators, reps, ministers, etc Gbege go sele one day