Avoiding hospital admissions

Kindly Share This Story: The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of various tertiary institutions in the country have agreed to conclude all 2020/2021 admissions by June 15. In a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin  in Abuja, JAMB said that public universities would conclude admissions a month ahead of private institutions, polytechnics and colleges of education. According to the JAMB,  heads of institutions and itself reached the agreement at a virtual meeting on Wednesday (Feb. 24) during which issues concerning admissions process were discussed. ” All admissions in the nation’s tertiary institutions for the 2020/2021 Academic Session would end by June 15. ” The decision was collectively taken at a virtual meeting with heads of tertiary institutions in the country on 24th February, 2021,” it said. The board said that the meeting was  aimed at knowing the level the … [Read more...] about 2020/21 admissions: JAMB, institutions set June 15 deadline

SINGAPORE: Students seeking early admission to the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) for entry in 2021 will be able to do so from next Wednesday (May 27). The Early Admissions Exercise (EAE) for all five polytechnics will also proceed in June, despite the COVID-19 situation. Due to social distancing measures, EAE selections will largely be conducted via electronic means, the Education Ministry (MOE) said in a press release on Monday. These include online interviews and portfolio submissions over email. However, "on-campus selection will still need to proceed for some courses, where the selection process cannot be meaningfully replicated in a remote manner," MOE said. Examples of such courses include ITE’s Nitec in Nursing and Higher Nitec in Performance Production, as well as Nanyang Polytechnic’s Diploma in Oral Health Therapy, for which an in-person dexterity test will be conducted for shortlisted candidates. “In all instances where applicants need to come onto … [Read more...] about Early admissions exercise for ITE and polytechnics to open in May and June, selection process adjusted for COVID-19

SINGAPORE: Students applying to secondary schools and junior colleges through the Direct School Admission (DSA) exercise for entry in 2021 will be able to do so from Tuesday (May 12). DSA exercises will proceed despite the COVID-19 situation and will not be delayed “unnecessarily”, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said in a press release on Monday. “As part of our continued emphasis on holistic education and broadening definitions of success, we want to preserve this pathway for this year’s primary and secondary school graduates, and not delay the exercises unnecessarily.” Education Minister Ong Ye Kung previously announced that the DSA exercise this year will proceed, with some adjustments in how schools evaluate students in light of COVID-19 social distancing measures. This includes conducting interviews through video-conferencing tools. READ: Direct School Admission exercise to continue amid COVID-19 pandemic with tweaked evaluation method: Ong Ye Kung No physical … [Read more...] about Direct School Admission applications to open May 12, selection process tweaked due to COVID-19

Since Full House star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, were arrested last year on charges that they bribed their daughters' way into college, the famous couple has been consistent about at least one thing: their silence. Loughlin, who gained fame for her role as the wholesome Aunt Becky in the sitcom that ran from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s, and Giannulli have not made any public statements since they were charged with paying half a million dollars to get their daughters into the University of Southern California – or surprisingly decided to plead guilty despite their lawyers' repeated claims that they were innocent. And unlike every other prominent parent who has been sentenced so far in the college admissions cheating scheme, the couple has not submitted letters expressing regret or notes of support from family and friends to the judge who will decide their fate on Friday – a move lawyers describe as puzzling. "I don't know why you … [Read more...] about Actress Lori Loughlin, husband await prison fate in college admissions scandal

MARSEILLE: Each day this week, Professor Dominique Rossi has convened a COVID-19 crisis group as intensive care wards in hospitals in Marseille fill up after a summer lull, deciding on how best to distribute beds and find extra staff. With 95 per cent of the southern Bouche du Rhone region's 80 intensive care beds set aside for COVID-19 patients now occupied, Rossi has dusted off his peak-pandemic playbook to deal with a jump in patients at the epicentre of the coronavirus' resurgence in France. READ: French government to consider local lockdowns as COVID-19 worsens "We're back to the working routine we adopted in April," Rossi, a urologist who heads the Marseille Hospitals' Medical Commission, told Reuters. France has seen one of the sharpest accelerations in new coronavirus infections in Western Europe since mid-July. The Bouche du Rhone registered a positivity rate - the rate at which tests show an infection - of 14.2 per cent on Wednesday, more than double the … [Read more...] about Marseille’s hospitals back on crisis footing as COVID-19 spreads again in France