PRE-DEGREE/CERTIFICATE REGISTRATION/SCHOOL FEES
STUDENTS OF ASHGROVE ACADEMY EXCEL IN THE JOINT UNIVERSITIES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (JUPED)
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- Published: 26 September 2017
STUDENTS OF ASHGROVE ACADEMY, THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTHARCOURT PREPARATORY SCHOOL FOR THE JOINT UNIVERSITIES PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION (JUPED) AND CAMBRIDGE A/LEVEL EXAMINATIONS HAVE RECORDED VERY IMPRESSIVE RESULTS IN THE JUNE 2017 EXAMINATION WHICH WAS RELEASED RECENTLY.
THE RESULT SHOWS THAT OF THE 39 STUDENTS THAT SAT FOR THE EXAMINATION; 7 MADE STRAIGHT As IN ALL THREE PAPERS WHILE THE REST MADE A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT PASS GRADES FROM A-E. ONLY ONE STUDENT FAILED.
IN A PRESS RELEASE, DR. KIKPOYE AARON, WHO IS THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE COLLEGE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION, SUPERINTENDING OVER THE ASHGROVE ACADEMY, ATTRIBUTED THE HIGH SUCCESS RATE TO THE QUALITY OF TEACHERS AND THE CONDUCIVE LEARNING ENVIROMEMNT IN THE ACADEMY.
HE ADVISED THE SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS TO PROCEED TO THE SCHOOL FOR NECESSARY ASSISTANCE WITH THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATION FOR DIRECT ENTRY ADMISSION BY THE JOINT ADMISSIONS AND MATRICULATION BOARD (JAMB) INTO 200LEVEL OF VARIOUS PROGRAMMES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTHARCOURT IN THE 2017/2018 ACADEMIC SESSION.
HE NOTED THAT JUPED STANDARDS ARE QUITE HIGH AND THEREFORE REQUIRE DEDICATED TEACHERS WHICH THE JUPED STUDY CENTER IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PORTHARCOURT, THE ASHGROVE ACADEMY HAS. FUTHERMORE, HE INFORMED THAT JUPED CERTIFICATE IS RECOGNISED FOR DIRECT ENTRY ADMISSION INTO SOME UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA AND SOME COUNTRIES ABROAD. HE ALSO NOTED THAT EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA TEND TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO CANDIDATES WHO RUN THE PROGRAMME IN THEIR OWN CENTERS. THEREFORE, HE ADVISED THAT IN CHOOSING THEIR JUPED STUDY CENTERS, CANDIDATES SHOULD CONFIRM THE AVAILABILITY OF THE COURSES THEY WISH TO PURSUE IN THEIR PREFERRED UNIVERSITIES.
