Elechi_Scholars

The world is made up of numbers, as Pythagoras would say and data is the new oil of the 21 st century. Data and datasets are the only metrics to measure progress, it is the foundation of Machine Learning-Artificial Intelligence and the cornerstone of all logical driven decision making. What separates a rich and poor nation? Up-to-date data about the state of the nation, the welfare of the citizens, births, deaths, movement of people, goods and services. In academics and universities across the world, the same applies. How are universities ranked? How are funding allocated? How do we track the extent of social investments made in the students and research in our institutions? It is all data; data will always speak for itself. In Nigeria, this is far from reality. Take the case of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical sciences (FPS), we do not have a real-time database of which of our students have benefitted from any kind of funding, what those ...

I know that many applicants would be wondering at what went wrong with their applications. Trust us, nothing that cannot be explained, went wrong. Here, I will give a brief breakdown on why so many applicants did not pass the document verification-review stage into the interview stage. To start, I have categorized the possible problems into four (4): Missing or Incomplete Transcript. Transcripts of records were required to be uploaded in PDF format during the applications. Also, it should bear the courses offered in the last year (or at least 70% of the courses), dated and stamped with the official records sheet of your department. Deviations from this meant one thing: the document is invalid and the applicant was screened out. Many applicants fall into this category. Missing or Incomplete Recommendation Letter (RL) The RL was meant to serve two purposes: a.   Someone that can attest to your studentship and ready to tell of your character, diligence and commitment to your...