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An educationist, Mr Ike Onyechere, has called on the Federal Government to decentralise admission process by allowing tertiary institutions to select their candidates without input from any coordinating body. Onyechere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday that tertiary institutions should be given complete autonomy to select applicants for specific programmes based on their criteria. “I think the admission of students should be deregulated." “Tertiary institutions should be allowed to admit their students in line with the law setting them up." “I find it a little bit surprising that a university is free to admit candidates for master’s and doctorate degrees but cannot admit for undergraduate degrees; it doesn’t make sense to me,’’ he said. Onyechere, Chairman, Exam Ethics Marshals International, an NGO, said tertiary institutions should be given complete autonomy to operate, as obtained most developing and developed countries. “What happens is that about 5...

"Which yeye technology?  All na technowack! "... The above statement was made by a student who I approached for comments as regards the ongoing GS online tests. The statement clearly conveys his frustrations at the way the online tests were going. The Moodle platform which is one of the latest innovations introduced under the watch of the innovation-minded Vice Chancellor of UNN, Prof. B. C. Ozumba.  Moodle, which is an acronym for  modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment  was originally developed by  Martin Dougiamas ~ Click here to read about him on Wikipedia ~   (Along with Alejandro Fish) to help educators create on-line courses with a focus on interaction and collaborative construction of content. The first version of Moodle was launched successfully on 20th August 2002 and since then, has continued to gain popularity.  However, despite the many prospects and enthusiasm that greeted the introduction of the Moodle platf...