By Clifford Ndujihe
THE final assessment for over one million Nigerians
who applied online for the Federal Government’s 500,000 job scheme for
unemployed graduates will begin today. According to a statement by Laolu
Akande, senior special assistant, Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice
President, the assessments in the various categories of the N-Power programme
will end on October 18. The N-Power Programme, which is the job creation and empowerment
initiative of the Federal Government’s Social Investment Programme, also has
programmes for non-graduates. From the assessments, 500,000 job seekers would
be picked for the two-year volunteer positions. Job seekers storm National
Assembly Job seekers storm National Assembly According to Akande, candidates
will be assessed in phases based on their specific chosen programmes before the
final selection. ”Under this phase, applicants are to log in and fill in their
phone numbers and surnames as contained in their original application, using
their personal profile (which has been opened for every applicant). In
addition, all candidates will be notified by SMS of their assessment the day
before. All assessments will include some personal questions and other
questions testing basic knowledge of English, General Knowledge and
Quantitative Reasoning. Applicants will also be tested on other
programme-specific questions depending on the programme they applied for.
Applicants can take their tests on a smart-phone, tablet, laptop or desktop
computer provided that the devices have internet connection. According to the
statement, applicants can only gain access to their profile for assessment as
represented in the schedule which breaks down applicants in batches by the
first letter in their surnames. The schedules for the assessments are as
follows:
N-Power Teach: September 20 – September – 28,
2016
N-Power Agro: September 29 – October 1, 2016
N-Power Health: October 2 – October 3, 2016
N-Power Community Education: October 4 – October 6,
2016
N-Power Creative: October 7 – October 9,
2016
N-Power Tech (Software): October 10 – October 12,
2016
N-Power Tech (Hardware): October 13 – October
14t, 2016
N-Power Build: October 15 – October 18, 2016
Based on the schedule, applicants for the N-Power
Teach programme will be first in line, starting on Tuesday September 20, 2016
and applicants whose surnames fall between the alphabets V-Z are expected to
log in and take their assessments on the stipulated dates. According to the
first letter of surnames, the assessments will be held as follows:
N-Power Teach 2
0th September 2016 V, W, X, Y, Z
21st September 2016 P, Q, R, T, U
22nd September 2016 Aa – Al
23rd September 2016 Am – Az, B
24th September 2016 O
25th September 2016 M,N
26th September 2016 F, G, H, I
27th September 2016 C, D, E
28th September 2016 J, K, L, S N-Power Agro
29th September 2016 A, B, C, D, F, G
30th September 2016 E, H, I, J, K, L, M, N
1st October 2016 O – Z N-Power Health
2nd October 2016 A – I
3rd October 2016 J – Z N-Power Community
Education
4th October 2016 A – G
5th October 2016 H – N, P – T
6th October 2016 O, U, Z N-Power Creative
7th October 2016 A – E
8th October 2016 F – N
9th October 2016 O – Z N-Power Tech
(Software)
10th October 2016 A – H
11th October 2016 I – R
12th October 2016 S – Z N-Power Tech
(Hardware)
13th October 2016 A – J
14th October 2016 K – Z N-Power Build
15th October 2016 A – B
16th October 2016 C – I
17th October 2016 J – S
18th October 2016 T – Z.
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