Mr Ike Onyechere, Chairman,
Exam Ethics Marshals International (EEMI), an NGO, has called for
uniform cut-off mark of admissions into tertiary institutions in the
country.
Onyechere made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in on Friday.
He
also said the criteria for choosing candidates in educationally
advantaged and educationally disadvantaged states should be removed by
the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The
Chairman noted that candidates from educationally disadvantaged states
usually had lower cut-off marks than candidates from educationally
advantaged states.
He urged JAMB to look into the issue and make necessary adjustment
According
to him, every candidate seeking admission into
Nigerian
universities should be made to gain admission with a uniform cut-off
mark.
“ If you look at it, Akwa Ibom was carved out from Cross River and Akwa Ibom is listed as educationally advantaged state while Cross River is catgorised as an educationally disadvantaged state."
“In
other words, the candidates from Cross River will have a lower cut-off
mark than candidates from Akwa Ibom. For me, it doesn’t make sense.”
He
explained that most of the states listed as educationally disadvantaged
had more Federal Government institutions than states listed as
educationally advantaged.
“ Kaduna
State has over 20 Federal Government educational institutions but it
is being categorised as educationally disadvantaged."
“So
those are the kind of anomalies that JAMB should remove and those are
the kind of things I am referring to as higher dynamics of malpractice.”
Onyechere
further called on JAMB to come up with policies that would give the
youths equal opportunity to access tertiary institutions in the country.
He also said that accessing admission should not be slanted in favour and against certain people in some areas of the country.
Onyechere said that accessing admission would boost the quality of education in the educationally disadvantaged states.
“All
those things should be removed. If you pass, you pass, so you don’t
have to water down the quality of education because you want to
accommodate certain people.”
The Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is gearing up for the 2017 Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which is scheduled to hold in
May.
The registration process this year has been one of the most stressful
for candidates who have not stopped complaining.
It took some candidates more than three days to do their registration
while some others are still finding it hard to register.
Some Nigerians are worried about the preparedness of JAMB for this
year’s UTME and this is why.
1. Poor network for registration
One of the complaints candidates have had about the new registration
process introduced by JAMB is slow speed of internet services at CBT
centers. Some have been stranded at registration centres as they were
unable to generate their Personal Identification Number (PIN) due to
poor network.
READ ALSO: See Nigerian universities with the highest number of
professors (FULL LIST)
2. The mock examination failed to hold
The board had fixed April 8 for its inaugural mock exam but it was
postponed last minute despite assurances that nothing would go wrong.
Candidates arrived at their centres on the day of the test but it was
postponed until further notice due to some “unforeseen circumstances.
Could this be a sign of things to come?
3. Not enough equipment for computer based test
Some Nigerians are of the opinion that Nigeria has not developed enough
in Information Communication Technology (ICT) to make CBT mandatory.
One of the candidates said: “Nigeria has not gotten enough equipment to
make CBT mandatory. We have not gotten there yet. A lot needs to be put
in place. If in the urban areas we are still complaining of no network,
what then becomes of the villages?”
READ ALSO: Remarkably brilliant Nigerian girl gets admitted into 14 of
the best universities in the world
4. JAMB is yet to get it right
The board had failed to carry everyone along when it fixed mock test for
April 8, knowing that some candidates had not been able to do their
registration. Also, since CBT was introduced, it has been one challenge
after the other.
“Since the introduction of CBT we are still faced with network failure,
malfunctioning of computers and all that. Is this a sign that JAMB exam
will experience hitches at the detriment of the students?” one of the
candidates queried. Read more: https://www.naij.com/1099310-4-signs-jamb-ready-2017-utme.html
The Joint Admissions
and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is gearing up for the 2017 Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which is scheduled to hold in
May.
The registration process this year has been one of the most stressful
for candidates who have not stopped complaining.
It took some candidates more than three days to do their registration
while some others are still finding it hard to register.
Some Nigerians are worried about the preparedness of JAMB for this
year’s UTME and this is why.
1. Poor network for registration
One of the complaints candidates have had about the new registration
process introduced by JAMB is slow speed of internet services at CBT
centers. Some have been stranded at registration centres as they were
unable to generate their Personal Identification Number (PIN) due to
poor network.
READ ALSO: See Nigerian universities with the highest number of
professors (FULL LIST)
2. The mock examination failed to hold
The board had fixed April 8 for its inaugural mock exam but it was
postponed last minute despite assurances that nothing would go wrong.
Candidates arrived at their centres on the day of the test but it was
postponed until further notice due to some “unforeseen circumstances.
Could this be a sign of things to come?
3. Not enough equipment for computer based test
Some Nigerians are of the opinion that Nigeria has not developed enough
in Information Communication Technology (ICT) to make CBT mandatory.
One of the candidates said: “Nigeria has not gotten enough equipment to
make CBT mandatory. We have not gotten there yet. A lot needs to be put
in place. If in the urban areas we are still complaining of no network,
what then becomes of the villages?”
READ ALSO: Remarkably brilliant Nigerian girl gets admitted into 14 of
the best universities in the world
4. JAMB is yet to get it right
The board had failed to carry everyone along when it fixed mock test for
April 8, knowing that some candidates had not been able to do their
registration. Also, since CBT was introduced, it has been one challenge
after the other.
“Since the introduction of CBT we are still faced with network failure,
malfunctioning of computers and all that. Is this a sign that JAMB exam
will experience hitches at the detriment of the students?” one of the
candidates queried. Read more: https://www.naij.com/1099310-4-signs-jamb-ready-2017-utme.html
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