Senate Building of Federal University of Technology, Minna

Following the just completed first semester examination, most students hurried back to their various homes to spend some time with their loved ones before the commencement of the second semester only to realize that the break was far shorter than they imagined.

Right from the beginning of the semester, most students were already informed of the school's activities and resumption for the second semester which happened to be on the 8th of July, 2019, but considering the inability of the school to meet of with the proposed calendar during the first semester due to the ongoing ASUU strike at the time, they felt that the break was going to be extended to probably two to three weeks. This thought however, did not work out as the school management stuck to the calendar earlier prepared. The break only lasted for a day. This was quite different from how it was normally done as everyone had earlier expected.

The 100 level students who just got into the system and probably didn't go home for the Easter and Sallah break due to the distance did not at all find this interesting especially since they've not seen their loved ones for quite a while. and would probably not want to go home as that would mean spending a lot of money on transportation.

Some students who saw no need for them to go home either due to the distance, or some other reason best know to them had to stay back and find something to engage them while the lecture is yet to commence.

Though, the second semester has commenced, activities such as lectures is yet to commence as everyone (both those at home and in school) wait patiently for news on when lecture will begin.

Thursday, 28th February, 2019 – Saturday, 16th March, 2019	Online registration for New & Returning students
Monday, 11th March, 2019 – Friday, 15th March, 2019	Arrival and Documentation for New & Returning students
Thursday, 21st March, 2019 – Saturday, 23rd March, 2019	Orientation for New students
Monday, 18th March, 2019	Lectures begin for New & Returning students
Thursday, 28th March, 2019	Matriculation ceremony for New students (2018/2019 session)
Monday, 29th April, 2019 – Saturday, 11th May, 2019	e-Test for 100 Level students & large classes
Monday, 10th June, 2019 – Saturday, 22nd June, 2019	First Semester Examination
Monday, 24th June, 2019 – Tuesday, 25th June, 2019	SIWES orientation for 400 Level students
Monday, 24th June, 2019 – Saturday, 6th July, 2019	e-Exam for 100 Level students & large classes
Wednesday, 26th June, 2019 – Friday, 20th December, 2019	SIWES for all Schools with exception of SAAT & SSTE students (25 weeks)
Tuesday, 30th July, 2019	School Board to consider First Semester Results
Wednesday, 28th August, 2019	Senate to consider First Semester Results

Monday, 8th July, 2019	Second Semester begins/Lectures commence for all students
Tuesday, 13th August, 2019 – Saturday, 17th August, 2019	Sport week-Lecture free
Monday, 19th August, 2019	Lecture continues for all students
Monday, 2nd September, 2019 – Friday, 13th September, 2019	e- Test for 100 Level students & large classes
Monday, 7th Octoberber, 2019 – Saturday, 19th October, 2019	Second Semester Examination, except 400 level students
Monday, 21st October, 2019 – Saturday, 2nd November, 2019	e-Exam for 100 Level students and large classes
Monday, 21st October, 2019 – Friday, 29th November, 2019	SWEP/Field Trip (6 weeks)
Tuesday, 26th November, 2019	School Boards to consider Second Semester Results
Wednesday, 11th December, 2019	Senate to consider Second Semester Results (Special)
Thursday, 2nd January, 2020	New Session 2019/2020 begins

It's been almost a year since the last Jamb examination was done and a lot of the here we are again, preparing for yet another.
Today, being the 10th of January, 2019, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) begins the sales of the registration for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

As was already stated by the registrar, the use of Cyber Cafe's for registration would not be done this year. Only accredited Computer Based Test (CBT) Centers. He urged all candidates to do their registration in any of the 718 accredited CBT Centers. This is done to minimize the excessive extortion of money from the candidates.

The price for the Jamb form is ₦ 3,500, though, other charges such as the English Novel ("Sweet Sixteen" by Bolaji Abdullahi) which would cost ₦ 500 and other charges such as the registration fee which would be ₦ 700. In total, the registration for the Jamb examination would be ₦ 4,700.

The period for the registration will last for a period of 6 weeks.

HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE 2019 JAMB

In an interview with the press men, the president of the academic staff union, prof. Biodun Ogunyemi stated that after their meeting, they will conclude when the ASUU strike will be called off.

He told the news men that they would be having a meeting soon. He also went on to say that they will let Nigerians know of their outcome (their conclusion from the meeting).

It's been over  two weeks since they embarked on the industrial action, demanding the government to fulfill a promise they made in 2009, in the quest of resolving the ongoing strike as at that time and everyone (especially the new students) is worried as to when the strike would be called off. The questions everyone is asking is whether or not the strike will be called off before January 2019 or students can still go back to school this year.

The exact duration of the strike is not known at the moment and will only be certain after the meeting, if all things play well as the president of ASUU had stated.


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For candidates who participated chose FUT Akure as their first choice in the 2018 Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination and are yet to get admission have now being granted access by the school management to apply for a change of course. The change of course form / supplementary form is now officially out
Candidates who did not score up to the expected Jamb cut-off for the course for which they applied are advised to apply for a change of course to one whose criteria is within their reach.

HOW TO CALCULATE YOUR AGGREGATE SCORE

SCHOOL	PROGRAM	RECOMMENDED CUT OFF MARKS
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE & AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY (SAAT)	Agriculture	180
	Food Science & Technology	180
	Water Resources, Aquaculture & Fisheries Technology	180
SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY (SEET)	Computer Engineering	200
	Electrical/Electronic Engineering	200
	Mechatronics Engineering	200
	Telecommunication Engineering	190
SCHOOL OF INFRASTRUCTURE, PROCESS ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (SIPET)	Agric. Bioresources Engineering	180
	Chemical Engineering	200
	Civil Engineering	200
	Mechanical Engineering	200
	Material and Metallurgical Engineering	190
SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (SET)	Architecture	200
	Building	180
	Estate Management & Valuation	180
	Quantity Surveying	180
	Surveying & Geoinformatics	180
	Urban & Regional Planning	180
SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (SICT)	Computer Science	200
	Cyber Security Science	200
SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES (SLS)	Biochemistry	190
	Biology	180
	Microbiology	190
SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES (SPS)	Chemistry	180
	Geology	180
	Geography	180
	Mathematics/Statistics	180
	Physics	180
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION (SSTE)	Education Technology	180
	Industrial and Technology Education	180
	Science Education	180