Top 5 reasons to study information technology

Are you still looking at study options? Choosing a career path can be stressful and overwhelming. To find what your perfect career choice would be you should evaluate yourself and determined what you truly enjoy doing.

We’re in the 21st century and today everything’s about technology. It’s seen in almost every aspect of modern life. If you enjoy technology and specifically keeping up with the latest advances in the field of information technology, you might want to turn your hobby into a career. In today’s society, information is paramount and information technology (IT) influences all kinds of human activity. Benefits of technology include increased productivity in many work-related and personal tasks.

Information technology jobs fall within the full spectrum of computer technology and business. As an IT professional, you’ll be supporting your clients in reaching their goals and nurturing their corporate culture. Business rely on information technology to help them be more productive. This is a career that benefits any business by allowing companies to work more efficiently and to maximize productivity. And with that comes faster communication, electronic storage and the protection of important documentation.

Five reasons why you should do an information technology course

1.Variety of career choices

Information technology is incredibly diverse and it’s not just about fixing computers or laptops. This course will allow you to take your career in a number of different directions. Careers vary from a technical writer, web developer, information technology director, chief technology officer and so much more. IT graduates will also be prepared to specialize in far wider areas of interest. The job market in computing and information technology is growing. These jobs require skill, training and a logical thinking process. Many of these careers are demanding and stressful but most offer a hefty financial reward.

2.You can see what you’re studying

The biggest part of studying information technology is practical. Doing an information technology course, you won’t just learn the theoretical part but also get the opportunity to make things. With that, you can change or adjust things and implement what you’ve learned. Knowledge is important to any career field. It’s sometimes better to see what you’re learning by actually doing it. That way you’ll remember things quicker and longer and become successful in your field.

3.Flexible work style

When you’re looking for a job, your personal preferences count. If you prefer working on your own, there are jobs out there in information technology allowing you to do so. You’ll be able to work according to your own schedules. Being flexible will also lead to better teamwork. For instance, when you have a doctor’s appointment you’ll have enough time to attend it. You’ll also be a more happy and satisfied employee as you’ll feel empowered through being able to structure your work and personal life according to your needs. The opportunity to work for yourself might also present itself. Many information technology professionals have a full-time position at an established company while also running their own business after hours. By doing that you’ll grow your skills faster as you’ll be doing more than the usual amount of work.

4.You’ll earn good money

Your choice to pursue a career in information technology is influenced by a number of factors. But without a doubt, one of the most positive factors is the amount of money you’ll make. Working yourself up the ladder can enable you to earn great money. Bear in mind, as a recent graduate only setting your foot in the door now, you won’t earn as much as someone with years in the industry. However, you can expect some pretty high salaries in your future, especially if you’re specializing in a research area or programming language.

5.Always in demand

As mentioned earlier, there are many careers to follow when specializing in information technology. As technology progresses the need for information technology professionals will only increase. And the better your skill set the more in demand your expertise will be.  With jobs being so scarce, the information technology industry continues to show a promising demand trend. Majoring in information technology will expose you to a lot of opportunities and jobs. It doesn’t matter in which field of information technology you’re specializing in, there are jobs in this industry.

Studying something you love will give you a sense of achievement. You’ll have a new way of doing things. If you’re really fascinated by the technology world, why not take it a step further? Your future starts now. And passing this course is one of the most important milestones in your life, it’s the key to finding your dream job. And what better way to turning a pastime into a full-time career.

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Best Apps that Ease Student's Education

There are apps for everything these days. You name it, you got it. Apps can not only drastically help life but also teach us a thing or two. Using a student app to help you if you are in school or college is a life hack we can’t recommend enough. Who wouldn’t say no to help?

Luckily for you, we've listed our top 6 best education apps available on app stores today to help you stay on top of your workload. They cover everything from organizational apps, to quiz apps. All the apps we’ve chosen are free to download and can be downloaded from any major app store.

1. Microsoft Office Lens

This is one of the top apps for students who want to save time and avoid the hassle of writing down lecture notes. Simply take a picture of the whiteboard or documents required and Office Lens turn the pictures into images, PDF, Word or PowerPoint. Whatever you need. Images can be edited, and all notes can be kept organized. Here’s a preview of how it works on Android. 

2. GoConqr

GoConqr is super user-friendly and lets users create flashcards, mind maps, slides, and flowcharts. Users can also make quizzes or use preexisting quizzes stored on the app by other members. It’s used by students and lecturers alike and is a powerful tool to help reinforce learning. It lets you keep track of your progress, too. If you’re a student who loves learning using lots of resources then this is the platform for you. It helps to improve methods of how to study in college and how to train your brain to remember information.


3. StudyBlue

This app allows you to upload study materials and share them with others. You can then create different quizzes using the study resource. Similar to GoConqr but it is more of a peer to peer sharing platform.

offer a paper writing service for students. The papers are great for getting a grasp of a concept from an experienced professional. They can be uploaded to StudyBlue and used for revision purposes as well as any other materials you use.

4. Duolingo

If you're studying languages, then Duolingo is a great language app for revision. Regarded as one of the best available for learning. It is useful for basic language skills and some more advanced levels. The app itself is super initiative and fun to use. It doesn’t make learning feel like a chore, and that alone is enough of a reason to download it.

5. RefME

This is one of the college apps that truly is a lifesaver for essay writing. Trust us. It can scan any book's barcode and from that, it generates a citation. Citations can be formatted in MLA, Harvard, Chicago or whatever format is required in your school. Grueling referencing can be forgotten. It's easy to use and you don't have to worry about getting the referencing order correct. It's ideal after a long day or night of essay writing when all you want to do is finish.

6. Merriam-Webster Dictionary


Yes, everything has spellcheck now but having a dictionary on your phone is less about spelling and more about helping you to learn more about the English language. The Merriam-Webster app is a dictionary and thesaurus. It can send you a word of the day and offers a whole bunch of fun vocabulary games. Perfect for building on your existing vocabulary range and helping you to improve.

Conclusion

Getting app savvy and knowing how to use them is all part of the learning process. Our top picks have been chosen for ease of use and of course, for the benefits they offer students. They can help make education easier and cut some time off revision or essay formatting. It's also good to get into the habit of using apps to keep organized and to manage a good study routine. Using flashcards, quizzes and mind maps are all beneficial to memory and if used correctly have the potential to improve marks through clever studying. Whatever you use your apps for we hope you find this list useful.
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Federal Government Approves N25bn Earned Allowances For ASUU

The government said the cash was aside the N20 billion that was released in 2018 to public universities.

Adamu Adamu, the minister of education said this at his valedictory press conference in Abuja, on Tuesday.

Adamu said: “Let me inform you that the federal government has just approved an additional N25 billion to be shared to beneficiary institutions directly. Last year, the federal government released N20 billion directly to universities. As I speak, all universities have got their share of the N20 billion.

“The sad news is that the N200 billion that was released to the Central Bank of Nigeria since 2013 for the universities has not been fully accessed. In specific terms, all the 73 public varsities have accessed the 1st tranche of 50 percent of the N200 billion.

“For the second tranche of 40 percent, only 56 institutions have been able to access their funds. The last 10 percent representing the third tranche of the N200 billion has not been accessed at all.”

Oh No! Not Again. ASUU threatens strike over implementation of 2019 agreement

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Wednesday said that its members should not be held responsible if there is any disruption in the university system, as the Federal Government had not shown commitment to carrying out the 2019 Memorandum of Action.

The ASUU National President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this at a briefing in Abuja, to give an update on the ongoing renegotiation with the government and to clear the air over the N25billion confirmed by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to have been approved for universities.

Ogunyemi said the N25 billion was meant to be a part-payment of the Earned Academic Allowances and should have been released between February 15 and 28, 2019, as agreed. But this was not done.

He said, “Since information on the amounts mentioned in the media went round, the ASUU has been inundated with enquiries on the union’s perspective to the story.

“Funding for the revitalisation of public universities has for years been of very high priority to ASUU.

“Reaching an agreement with the Federal Government has often been a frustrating journey for our union. It is often marked with protests, strikes and requires a conscious and focused engagement. The 2001 agreement, which gave birth to the 2009 agreement, was not an exemption. The exception here is the personality leading the government negotiation team.

“The current leadership of the government team clearly lacks the academic disposition and humility needed to undertake such task.

“Our members enjoy their work and hate to see any disruption in the smooth running of our universities. However, the level of frustration occasioned by the lackadaisical attitude of the government towards meeting the terms of the 2019 Memorandum of Action that was freely signed with our union is increasingly becoming unbearable.

“We, therefore, call on all Nigerian patriots, parents and students including the Nigeria Labour Congress to prevail on the government to keep to the terms of our agreement. Otherwise, our union should not be held responsible for any disruption in the system.”

2019 UTME Results to be Forwarded to Candidates’ Profile Soon – JAMB

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s Head of Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos, that plans were already in place to forward the results of the 2019 UTME to individual candidate’s online registration profiles where they could view and have such printed.

Benjamin expressed sincere apologies concerning candidates who had challenges accessing their results.He noted that the Board was partnering with the network providers in ensuring quality service in an attempt to forestall such occurrences in its subsequent examinations.

Over 1.3 Million Candidates Have Accessed 2019 UTME Results So Far – JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says over 1.3 million candidates have so far accessed their results using the result checker (code), 55019. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos, while speaking against reports circulating that majority of candidates had yet to access their results through the said code.

He also described as untrue, claims by some mischief makers that the N50 charges incurred through the code was going to the board’s purse.

“I want to refute all these claims as there is no truth in them.

“First and foremost, by our records, over 1.3 candidates who sat for this examination have accessed their results using the code for checking the results, which remains ‘55019’.

“Again, let me also state in clear terms that the N50 charged in the process of checking these results does not go to JAMB’s purse but to the various service providers,” Benjamin said.

According to the spokesman, the clarification became necessary in view of what he described as ‘wicked and malicious rumours’ by some persons that the board is charging a fee for checking of results.

Giving a breakdown of the total number of results checked by candidates through the various network providers, Benjamin noted that MTN had the highest, with a total of 888,598, followed by Glo, with a total of 190,923, while 62,170 candidates had also accessed their results using the 9mobile.

Benjamin said that before now, Airtel had some technical hitches, but thankfully, all such challenges had been addressed. A total of 104, 970 candidates have so far accessed their results via Airtel.

JAMB 2019 Candidates With Withheld Results, Read This

The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Oloyode while announcing the release of the 2019 UTME results last Saturday, disclosed that some results have been withheld due to some irregularities which includes biometric issues and multiple registration.

We learnt that JAMB has provided instructions to candidates whose results have been withheld due to Biometric issue or multiple registration. The affected candidates are advised to log on to their JAMB profile, they will find a message that reads,

‘

Result withheld pending the upload of clarifications/document required from you.’

Like the message specifies, you are required to log on to the JAMB Portal and upload some required documents in-order to get their results released.

Click on the message and you will find an instruction that reads;

‘Dear Candidate, Your withheld due to what appears as multiple registration matched by face or fingerprint. You are therefore required to upload the following documents:

1. Birth Certificate
2. Your WAEC/NECO Result
3. Where You Do not have your WAEC/NECO certificate, please provide examination number
4. Required look alike information. Also load same information for your look alike or any person who may have used any fingers for your registration.

If you have a genuine case, this is the platform to use to clarify your status.

JAMB Multiple Registration: How to Upload Your Look Alike Information

1. Kindly Log on to JAMB e-Facility Portal via https://www.jamb.org.ng/efacility../

2. Enter Email Address and Password

3. Click on Login Button to continue

4. Click on the 2019 Registration Link Only, a drop down menu will be displayed.

5. Select and Click on the Link Look-Alike Information button

6. On Your JAMB Look Alike Information Dashboard do the following;

• Upload your Date of Birth Certificate
• Upload your WAEC/GCE/NECO Certificate (if Available)
•  Type in your WAEC/GCE/NECO Examination Number (Mandatory)
•  Select the State Where Physical Inspection can be conducted

If you have other relevant supporting documents, such as Driver License, National Identification Card, Voters Card e.t.c You can upload on this section.

7. Finally click on the Submit button when you are done.

NOTE: Each Uploaded Document Should not be more than 300KB.

Read This Before You Upgrade Your 2019 JAMB UTME Resul. (IMPORTANT)

Upgrading of 2019 JAMB UTME Result …………….. Is it Possible or not? 

Following the release of the 2019 JAMB UTME Results,  we have been receiving series of messages from our readers whether they can upgrade their low UTME score to fit the cut-off marks of their respective institution of choice.

Scam ‘artists’ too are sharing fake testimonies on how UTME candidates can upgrade their score on forums, social networking sites and every other means possible.

Before you pay exorbitantly to upgrade your 2019 JAMB UTME result, you need to be sincere with yourself by answering this simple question. If upgrading is possible, how many upgraded results have you seen so far? I’m very sure there would be no failure in UTME again if it’s possible to upgrade results.

The good news is ‘there is nothing like upgrading of UTME results’.

These fraudsters have many formats of text they use, below are some examples:

I just check my jamb result it was 160 so I was hopeless I got mr frank number online I called MR Frank and explain he help me to upgrade my score to 250 now I am happy if u want to upgrade ur score too call mr frank on 081******** he is going to help u the way he helped me God bless mr frank

The 2016 UTME is out. Finding it difficult to check? Then drop your REG. NO. here for it to be checked for free….WITHELD Results and Results below 180/200 can be upgraded to either 213, 235 or 249. For more information, candidates can call 070********only within the hours of 8am – 6pm or add BBM pin:2******* to see samples of other candidates UPGRADED results.
NOTE: Upgrading of results cannot be possible after JAMB has sent list of its successful candidates to their various institutions for POST UME.
THANKS

All thanks to Mr Dele for helping me to upgrade my JAMB last year if not for his help i would not have been in school now,so to all jamb candidates if you seek for a real jamb official who can help you upgrade your jamb just contact Mr Dele On 081********

Thanks to Mr David for helping me upgrading my jamb he is very genuine if I can say he is a true helper if u need his help call him on 081********

Jamb Official”]This Is a Very Important
Information to all jambites who scored below
180. From our database, we found out that
there was a massive failure this year, so due
to this problem we are helping some students
in upgrading their jamb result, so therefore If
you are Interested in upgrading your Jamb
result, call office on 081******** Mr ola
Abuja.

 You must have come across some of these messages before. Whenever you see anything like upgrading, please don’t even try to reach these people for assistance. They are coward and lazy individuals who want to syphon your hard-earned money.

Some candidates have called us already to assist them with upgrading and our response to their demand was ‘it’s impossible’.

Don’t become a double loser by paying between N5,000 to N10,000 to scammers to upgrade your UTME result, and at the end nothing would be done.

Settle with your score. If you believe you deserve more than what you had, go and SUE JAMB (lol).

Use the comment section to share your experience with the upgrading of JAMB UTME results issue.

 

JAMB: UTME Candidate Takes Snipper Over 2019 Result

A candidate who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2019 identified as Segun has taken snipper over his result.

Tertiary News had reported that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday released the result of the 2019 UTME.

The examination body noted that some of the results were seized with many candidates saying their scores were poor.

However, Segun who is a user of social media platform,  Twitter, lamented his low score in the examination.

According to him, the result of the 2019 UTME showed that he scored 169 as he lamented how gotten better scores in the past.

He said those years when he had those high scores, he had no one to sponsor his education as against 2019 that people have decided to help him.

“2015 – 189 2016 – 202 2017 – 233. It is now when People wants to send me to school that I will now score 167 in UTME? 167??! LMFAO Make I close eyes picks answers sef…Me?? 167??” he tweeted.

“Meanwhile, I will be teaching y’all how to make Tea with Sniper by 9pm live on twitter.. Tune in.”

See how tweets below

As at the time of publishing this report, many people have made attempts to reach out to him.

Malpractice: JAMB arrests 123 suspects, parades worker for fraud

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) fielding questions from newsmen.

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has disclosed that the 123 candidates arrested for malpractices during the computer-based test held across the nation are currently standing trial nationwide.

JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the board’s headquarters in Abuja, while parading a staff member of the examination board, Mr Adamu Musa, who allegedly collected N25,000 from an admission seeker in 2018.

Musa was attached to the Information Technology Service of the body.

The registrar said, “He collected N25,000 for admission. So, we are not hiding anything. Even internally, we are doing scrutiny. Anybody caught will be dealt with according to the law.”

Speaking with newsmen, Musa confessed to the crime, adding that he had refunded N10,000 to the admission seeker when the admission did not come through.

He narrated that, “The person came to me for admission and I told him that I knew people who would help. I collected N25,000 from him. But it did not work. So I refunded N10,000. He was the one who reported to the registrar. The person I contacted to assist the admission seeker said they had already closed the admission.

“I apologise and I want JAMB to temper justice with mercy. This is the first candidate I collected money from.”

The punch reported the person who paid Musa N25,000, One Bakare Damilola,  as saying trouble started when the admission did not come through and the JAMB worker refused to refund the money.

He said, “I am not the one seeking admission. I was sent by the father of the candidate involved. I came and explained everything to this man (Musa). I wrote the candidate’s registration number down and he asked me to wait outside. Later, he told me it would involve money.

“The father of the girl, Mr Olaoye, who is based in Lagos State, sent the money to Musa’s account and I have the teller. Mr Olaoye was desperate for the admission of his daughter because she had stayed home for eight years. Eventually, the admission did not come through. We asked Musa to refund the money. He kept postponing and I reported him to the registrar,” he explained.

UNILORIN announces those to get automatic admission

The Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Suleiman Age, on Friday expressed the institution’s readiness to grant admission to athletes who distinguished themselves during the 5th National Youth Games (NYG).

The Vice-Chancellor made the promise while hosting Directors of Sports from 23 states of the federation, as well as other sports stakeholders.

The group and some officials of the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development were in Ilorin for a Joint Technical Meeting of the 5th NYG scheduled for September.

"Unilorin s always open to hosting national and international sports competitions and events,” the Vice-Chancellor said.

The Director of Grassroots Sports Development Department, Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development, Dr Ademola Are, in a speech said the Ministry would continue to play its role in the organisation of the NYG.

The delegates had earlier undertaken an inspection visit to the various venues and accommodation facilities earmarked for the Games.

While reacting, they commended the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development for the sustained hosting of the Games.

They also commended the Vice-Chancellor and management team of University of Ilorin for their hospitality and the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Games’ next five editions.

The delegates, during their meeting, approved the list of sports and events for the Games and resolved to include mixed doubles events for badminton, table tennis, Ayo, darts and tennis.

They also included team event for chess and are to get clarifications on the heavyweight categories in kung-fu and taekwondo.

The delegates also approved the timelines for the NYG and resolved that online accreditation would take place in various states and the FCT.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the screening of athletes would hold on Sept. 9.