Kendzyma:
This is coming from a nairalander with d Monika Adesegunfat


My name is Adesegun Fatusi, and I am the Provost of the College of Health Sciences, OAU, Ile-Ife. The case of the Aror Oghenerukewve has just been brought to my notice. To throw more light on her case, I will present the detaild fact here.

With a score of 320, her mark from UTME amounts to 80% (i.e. 320/400 x 100)
Her school cert results are: English A1 (=8 marks); Biology C4 (=5 marks); Chemistry B3 (=6 marks); Maths B3 (=6 marks); Physics C4 (=5 marks); Physics C4 (=5 marks); Further Maths B2 (=7marks), and Civic Educ A1 (=8 marks). That gives her 45 points, or 70.3% (i.e. 44/64x100)

So her overall average - as OAU did a combination of 50% mark from JAMB and 50% mark from School Cert - is: (80+70.3)=75.15% (which we rounded up to 75.2%).

With that mark, she ranks number 103 on the list of the students who took Medicine as first Choice.

The total admission quota for Medicine in OAU is 100, and that includes UTME and Direct Entry).

Clearly although Aror did well, her mark was NOT good enough to earn her admission on merit to read Medicine in Ife. Her mark of 75.2% is clearly below our cut-off mark (which was initially 78%, but we later reduced to 77.7%). Between her mark of 75.2% and 77.7%, by the way, there were 56 other candidates who scored higher than her but did not make the cut-off. For example, two people had 77.6%, two other people had 77.5%, four people had 77.4% etc.
Having presented the detailed facts about Aror's case, let me also help the many young Nigerians who may be accessing this site with more information on admission as I see a lot of misrepresentation, falsehood, and misunderstanding from the comments that various people had made on this case.

1. Admission into Nigerian Universities are considered on three grounds based on the nationally specified criteria (which I think ought to be reviewed now, by the way):
A. Merit =45% (This covers all candidates from the country - and it is automatic admission once you meet the cut-off mark)
B. Catchment = 35% (this refers to those in the states specified as catchment area for each University: For OAU, that is Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Osun and Ekiti)
C. Educationally disadvantaged states (ELDS)=20% = This refers to all the 19 Northern States, and Ebonyi, Rivers and Bayelsa.

So, someone from Delta such as Aror with 75.2% will not get admission into Medicine in OAU automatically as she is only considered on merit criterion and she does NOT meet the specified cut-off, but someone with the same mark from Kwara (which is in the North Central zone) may get automatic admission with the same mark based on the consideration of ELDS if 75.2% is the specified cut-off for ELDS for Medicine.

2. When a candidate chooses a highly competitive course like Medicine in a top-rated University like OAU, the competition is very intense. Believe it or not, many of the candidates that made our merit mark had an average of six A1s in school cert coupled with very high UTME mark (above 300). So, a candidate must carefully think over his choice of course and university. For example, if Aror had chosen ANY other course as her first choice for OAU, whe would have made the merit mark and gotten automatic admission, and she would have made the merit mark for Medicine on merit for most Nigerian universities too (but NOT OAU unfortunately).

3. Because of the high demand and competition for very limited spaces, the College of Health Sciences does not consider second choices as a general rule. OAU, for example, was only able to offer admission on UTME platform (Merit + Catchment + ELDS) to less than 3% of her applicants for Medicine, and less than 2% of her applicants for Nursing Science this year.

4. For cases like Aror where the candidadte has made a high mark but does not make the cut-off, what the candidate can sometimes do is to come to the University and try and see if he or she can be considered for other courses. A candidadte DOES NOT get considered automatically for a course she has not applied to in JAMB. A candidadte is ONLY automatically considered for the course he or she has applied for with respect to a particular university.

Unfortunately, Aror has left her case too late as all admission lists have been submitted for this year.
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Source:https://www.nairaland.com/3532584/girl-laments-over-inability-secure/4

suremanpatriot:
Complete rubbish after all her struggle...u mean they want her to resit exams. This does not happen in USA...complete bullshit of edu sys of stone age

fa4dmike:

my dear , do the calculations and check it. the girl passed the cut off mark. just that she was mislead to fill that school not that the school produces the best medical students

fa4dmike:

my dear , do the calculations and check it. the girl passed the cut off mark. just that she was mislead to fill that school not that the school produces the best medical students

sirmose:
Accusing others of what you just did now, blindly accepting wrong computation. Its a pity how we lack reasoning in this part of the world.

daneni1:
It wasn't a miscalculation, the computation is correct as physics can't be computed twice.

Phi001:

Or that the additional course was registered but not written.

Besides, she wrote 9 subjects. Why she submitted 7 is beyond me...and I'm sure she submitted 7 because if she submitted all 9 and only 7 were included in her transcript, she would've complained.

It's not a calculation of what she made in her waec but what she submitted.

Perhaps, you've not seen her transcript. What you submit is what is calculated for you.

The fact that she's not new yo the system doesn't mean she couldn't have made a mistake. You're firmly certain that the provost/OAU is to blame...but analyse again.

Admission process is now different.

If she submitted more than seven but only seven were accredited to her, she would've have complained.

Her transcipt's?

I think universities now have more authority to exercise in admission process. All thanks to this ranking of a thing.
So if 8 subjects are required and only 7 are submitted, she has herself to blame.

There was this one time when I was in SSS2, Chemistory exam I think.
4 theory questions, 25 marks each, 40 objective questions. I forgot to answer one theory question and I lost 12.5% for that singular mistake. In fact, I argued with my teacher until he showed me my mistake.

thinkative:


regarding the ranking. she ranked 103 among the jambites. 100 students were admitted in all for medicine. but those 100 were not all jambites. direct entry admissions were included. ur logic here does not take the direct entries into consideration.

and I don't think its nice to call the provost names. he should be applauded for showing concern (if its really is true that the reply is from him). most university dons I know wouldn't care a hoot cos they know there's nothing anyone can do about it in this Godforsaken country!

habtund:
No make me Vex 4 u........ to ur question, we graduated frm d same sch, same state n same local govt.......
is it bcoz she get Lng leg or what.....oau n corruption r Lyk 5 n 6

toothyGrin:
they made an error in her grading and are making up excuses for it, and the world should be giving them a pat on their backs.

It's his job to show concern for issues that could give his institution a bad name. He's paid heavily for it.

Kunlexic:
Dont just vituperate some1 u didnt know who he is and iam sure the provost will have born you 10x . Don't you see the uploaded picture of the screening summary report?

thinkative:


they didn't make an error in her grading. the error was hers. she uploaded only 7 subjects instead of 8.

I will tag u with her transcript when I find it

BraniacX:


While filling a jamb form you fill in all your passed courses including the ones relevant to your course of study (check and confirm it) and the subjects the school chooses to use in its compilations in addition to the compulsory five are at the schools discretion, what this means is that in absence of a post UTME form filled with deficit of one subject by the student seeing as there is no longer a post UTME, the school uses what the student filled in their jamb forms and as such the error of omission can not be from the student.
What we're discussing is a probability theory, and this theory in the absence of proof to back either our suspicions skews higher to the omission coming from the school.

toothyGrin:
I'm waiting for it

Phi001:

Very nice point until you realise that jamb is written before waec and as such waec results can't possibly be included in a jamb form.

BraniacX:


There's another thread on the actual computation of her scores right now and on it ife students and others who went through the admissions process say that o'level results are scanned and uploaded online, not filled in a form and submitted, i hope this settles this

Vcojuro:


I no longer believe in propaganda.
If you can give me a reason why a low scoring candidate, who had 223 in jamb and an aggregate of 66 was admitted to study medicine instead of that young lady, then I will believe your provost.

If you want people to start believing the provost, then the school authority should publish the names of every admitted students and their aggregate scores on the school website and daily newspapers.

It will change the mindset of those who think that the admission process in oau is flawed.

Phi001:

I went out of my way to find out about OAU's admission process and there's this new thing universities call screening, really...follow the link and see who's right or wrong...
http://www.oauife.edu.ng/2016/07/2016-admission-screening-exercise/

Candidates are required to
1. Update jamb data
2. Upload results
3. Upload scanned copies of credentials

Phi001:

I went out of my way to find out about OAU's admission process and there's this new thing universities call screening, really...follow the link and see who's right or wrong...
http://www.oauife.edu.ng/2016/07/2016-admission-screening-exercise/

validstar1:
in that case,it shouldn't be calculated over 64 and the lie that she's 103 can't be bought, let them prove their integrity by publishing all the scores and aggregates for MBBS applicants.

tobiasbeecher:

Your explanation is filled with arrogance and half truth. What makes OAU a top rated university as you arrogantly alluded to? Are they among the top 20 universities in Africa? What makes them top rated? What breakthrough in medicine or Engineering have they recorded in recent years? Since you saw that she did well why can't you offer her alternatives? Must she come to social media before you people do what's right? This is how you people have killed meritocracy and enthrone mediocrity in all sectors in this shambolic country! The worst tragedy (that's even bigger than what you did to the young girl) is you arrogantly saying that OAU is a top rated university. Mr provost, please fear God.

BraniacX:



I would say it goes further to buttress my point as to avoid any semantic disambiguity i wouldn't claim to know what upload results (No. 2) means in this case whether filling an e-form or uploading a scanned copy
Also No 3. Which is what will be used to validate No. 2 if it is filling of forms would also place the omission at the schools doorstep for that is the actual valid legal tender

BraniacX:


Check the twitter conversation in the post following yours, one of the courses she was supposed to fill wasn't available on the e-portal site the day she filled and submitted her form forcing her to fill seven subjects only so that can hardly be her fault that is, if her account of events are accurate

Dreyl:
Nonsense!

Phi001:

Or that the additional course was registered but not written.

Besides, she wrote 9 subjects. Why she submitted 7 is beyond me...and I'm sure she submitted 7 because if she submitted all 9 and only 7 were included in her transcript, she would've complained.

It's not a calculation of what she made in her waec but what she submitted.

Perhaps, you've not seen her transcript. What you submit is what is calculated for you.

The fact that she's not new yo the system doesn't mean she couldn't have made a mistake. You're firmly certain that the provost/OAU is to blame...but analyse again.

Admission process is now different.

If she submitted more than seven but only seven were accredited to her, she would've have complained.

Her transcipt's?

I think universities now have more authority to exercise in admission process. All thanks to this ranking of a thing.
So if 8 subjects are required and only 7 are submitted, she has herself to blame.

There was this one time when I was in SSS2, Chemistory exam I think.
4 theory questions, 25 marks each, 40 objective questions. I forgot to answer one theory question and I lost 12.5% for that singular mistake. In fact, I argued with my teacher until he showed me my mistake.

dabossman:


How is it nonsense? The explanation makes sense, and this has even been happening for years. The fact that you ran sub-9 seconds in the Olympics 100m does not automatically guarantee you a bronze medal, not to talk of gold. If others ran a faster time than use,even by a millisecond, you'll go home empty handed.

No one is saying there may not be "backdoor", padi-padi arrangements for some people. However,the explanation given is very logical. Young people should learn from it in making their choices of course and university of study.