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Elder statesman and lawyer, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) has described the scrapping of the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (post-UTME, otherwise called post-JAMB) by the Federal Government as a “calamitous mistake.”
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), said he was “more than shocked by the announcement” from the Minster of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, that post-UTME as part of the qualifying procedure for admission into Nigerian universities, has now been cancelled.
On governance, he called for a return to regionalism and parliamentary system of government, saying for Nigeria to come out of its myriads of socio-political and economic problems, it needs a restructuring that would make the regions stronger and control their resources.
Babalola, who was in the vanguard of those who canvassed for the qualifying examinations as the Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, said: “This, to me, is nothing but a most calamitous mistake, which poses danger and an irreversible adverse effect on the quality of education in this country.”
He said he was particularly surprised and worried that such a far-reaching decision could be taken without due and adequate consideration for how the concept of the post- UTME came into being.
“It is rather unfortunate that human memory is very short. In 2003, it was discovered by university administrators in this country that many of the students admitted into Nigerian universities through JAMB were not only academically deficient, they could also not justify the high marks scored in JAMB examinations.
“Cases abound whereby JAMB examination papers were being openly compromised and sold to students at examination centers, while some examination centers, mischievously dubbed miracle centres, were openly, but unofficially designed to guarantee high marks for some candidates.
“The most pathetic aspect of this perfidy is that we later found out that most of these students with such high marks were unable to cope academically upon their being admitted to the universities.”
He added:-
“It was at this point of this national embarrassment that the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, under my chairmanship, met in Abuja, x-rayed the cankerworm and recommended to former President Olusegun Obasanjo that JAMB should be scrapped, because the integrity of its examinations has been called to question.
“I must stress at this point that the introduction of post-UTME was not decided by the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities alone; the matter was thrown open, with contributions from stakeholders and interested and concerned members of the different strata of society.
“However, government in its wisdom, decided to adopt a middle-way approach to the matter by saying that JAMB should continue to be and conduct its business of qualifying examinations to tertiary institutions in Nigeria, while post-UTME should be introduced.
“This translates to the fact that JAMB will be used as the basis for admission into Nigerian universities, but the universities are free to conduct screening exercises, which include administering questions in relevant courses, for their would-be students.”
According to him: “The post-UTME had proved to be a veritable quality control measure, which I believed had been working and working well.
“For example, the first post-UTME we conducted at the University of Lagos, where I was then the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, yielded positive dividends.
“There was this student with a very impressive result, who applied to study Law. Since English Literature was and still central to the admission of students to study Law, he was asked if he knew a novel called Things Fall Apart and he answered in the affirmative. We then asked him if he knew the author.
“The hall was filled with consternation when the young man named the late Gen. Sanni Abacha as the author of Things Fall Apart.
“With the above scenario, it became crystal clear that Nigerian universities were no places candidates should come to with compromised and procured results.
“Post UTME is a shield that expose students who passess Jamb by Magic.. This development will sure boost the number of Unemployment in Nigeria”.

This man should keep quiet joor.


those in support of this post-utme always gave the same excuse- those admitted couldn't justify their jamb score.



whereas, we have seen live students that score high and are good but this very same barrier and waste of time makes them father's at home. oh, one of the source of funds has been cut off.



They are indirectly saying they don't know what is happening at street level to an average jambite.

Mtswww asive afe babalola during his days wrote post utme

Honestly, admission will be open to so much misappropriation with this system employed. Jamb exam has long been know for lack of credibility and candidates know that too. If there is putme, malpractice can be streamlined to the minimum.

Word. Most idiots saying P.Jamb being scrapped is a good thing don't realise the massive streamlining done by this P.Utme......


Wetin concern me?? I no dey do this shii any longer.

daveP:
This man should keep quiet joor.


those in support of this post-utme always gave the same excuse- those admitted couldn't justify their jamb score.



whereas, we have seen live students that score high and are good but this very same barrier and waste of time makes them father's at home. oh, one of the source of funds has been cut off.



They are indirectly saying they don't know what is happening at street level to an average jambite.

Scoring High Jamb score does not mean you are smart....
My friend, when we both wrote jamb scored 268 in UTME and then went on to score 47 percent in P.UTME


And I don't know the Uni you attend but in U.I (first and the best ), there is no cheating.

SirWere:


Scoring High Jamb score does not mean you are smart....
My friend, when we both wrote jamb scored 268 in UTME and then went on to score 47 percent in P.UTME


And I don't know the Uni you attend but in U.I (first and the best ), there is no cheating.

Credibility of institutions is easy to defend in such cases, but it's frustrating when you did well at jamb without any 'extra' and despite knowing what you did for post utme, you still fail to get admission. maybe cos we cant substantially prove the exchange of results in reality, but the post utme system has braked the confidence and time frame of intelligent students who fall unlucky. Or you want to say those that gain admissions are always more intelligent that those who didn't? that's my angle. I understand you anyways.

If you are still confused about this Jamb new policy and implementation, please don’t be because everything has been explained in details
Question 1
Please what did they mean by scrapping of POST-UTME and pegging the cutoff mark as 180?
Answer
What this policy actually means is that the FG have remove anything like University POST-UTME exam, so no school would be allowed to conduct any form of written examination except if there is a reverse of the statement by the FG.
Question 2
I scored 180 in Jamb, what will I do?
Answer
If your score is 180 and you make two different choices when registering for Jamb, then you may be admitted. Your second choice may take you if and only if their cutoff mark is 180. So you need to pray for that.
Question 3
I scored 200 and above, do I have the chance of getting admission?
Answer click this link http://www.giststudents.com/…/confused-about-jamb-new-polic… for the rest