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Prof. Chinwe Obaji has condemned the cancellation of Post UTMEs in Nigerian tertiary institutions by current Education Minister Adamu Adamu.
Obaji is the education minister introduced the post-UTME exercise in 2005 under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
"We discovered that there was no correlation between JAMB scores (now UTME) and performances of students when they finally get into school. The quality of exam was also nothing to write home about. There were miracle centres at the time.
She added that the admission process was endless and that universities continued admitting students even till matriculation period.
She said she felt that universities should also be part of the process to ensure that those coming in were of the best quality.
“That was why I introduced the exercise. It’s 11 years now, and I don’t know if the situation has changed. The people in the universities are the best to know.
“But with the cancellation, we are going back to the dark days when if you don’t know anybody, you cannot gain admission. For example, the general cut-off mark is 180. For a school like UNILAG, let’s assume it can take 5,000 students, how many students have scored more than 180 and have also chosen UNILAG as first choice? Let’s say over 100,000 students. So, how will the school choose? In the end, it will turn to people bringing different kind of lists.”
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Obaji is the education minister introduced the post-UTME exercise in 2005 under the Olusegun Obasanjo administration.
"We discovered that there was no correlation between JAMB scores (now UTME) and performances of students when they finally get into school. The quality of exam was also nothing to write home about. There were miracle centres at the time.
She added that the admission process was endless and that universities continued admitting students even till matriculation period.
She said she felt that universities should also be part of the process to ensure that those coming in were of the best quality.
“That was why I introduced the exercise. It’s 11 years now, and I don’t know if the situation has changed. The people in the universities are the best to know.
“But with the cancellation, we are going back to the dark days when if you don’t know anybody, you cannot gain admission. For example, the general cut-off mark is 180. For a school like UNILAG, let’s assume it can take 5,000 students, how many students have scored more than 180 and have also chosen UNILAG as first choice? Let’s say over 100,000 students. So, how will the school choose? In the end, it will turn to people bringing different kind of lists.”
Punch
