Snow30:


SAT is entirely different. Plus not all schools in America require SAT. Plus you can rewrite SAT up to 6 times a year

Project400:
Interesting, but it makes little rational sense.

Ideally;

1. UTME/Post-UTME should be scrapped,

2. Each Tertiary Institution should set its own standard/entrance exams, and

3. A National body (reformed UTME) should ensure that all institutions comply with exam policies and regulations.

With this new policy from the FG, we can safely say that Nigeria is not ready for a transformed education sector. We are far from attaining a global status. No citizen of any nation would leave his country to a Cyber Cafe in Nigeria to write a common entrance examination, not even the nearby Benin Republic or Ghana.

Education is not hard, hence, the leaders should not make it difficult for the citizens. Nigerian students go to developed countries all the time with only WAEC/GCE results, they get trained, and come back as better citizens. In this age, you can sit behind your computer in Obalende, and get an admission letter from Canada, China, Cyprus, etc by simply emailing your Transcript. We don't have to travel from Lagos to Ibadan to write an entrance exam for Postgraduate studies.

Education in this new age can be likened to Tourism, let's drop the Abacus way of life.



Project400.

pfadom:

Why is it so hard to think before making comments. What is clueless in this policy? To curb corruption, you have to block all avenues that aid the monster. What good thing had post-UTME offered prospective candidates to our tertiary institutions rather than milking the parents dry.

Please think.

joshysmartie:
I think the screening exercise permitted by the minister is that final screening, where student submit their Waec, jam , result then the school could juxtapose all the results systematically, before issueing admission on merits. Other quota systems will you remain in place.

I don't think this is a welcomed development because it will be too cumbersome for universities to carefully select the best jamb results, considering the fact that jamb is a useless body...

Jamb should be more organized in my opinion ....
It should be more coordinated I mean their accredited centers shouldn't be in cafes or any digital Institute... They should get branch offices with specially designed systems for their examination... That is how post utme is conducted in Universities....

If jamb could be as effective as post utme to schools then. Our government are heading towards the right direction.. But if not scrap jamb instead...

Those saying this will lead to man no man... I don't think so.. With or without post utme man no man has being there

solite3:
true the average black man mentality believes life should be hard

Snow30:


Am not trying to be the person of bad bearing news, but you do know each university has carrying maximum capacity? Even do the minimum score is 180, they can only accept a certain amount of people.

Now how many people do you think got above 210, 220 or had your score or even 250? See.... Now the best thing Nigerian universities can do is to lay more emphasis on WAEC, cause if they don't how will they choose those that will be admitted? Unless they want to rely on connection and money?

Elxandre:


What is entirely different about SAT aside the format?

Don't they also require meeting a school specified cut off? (for schools that need SAT)

It's even written up to six times a year.

Esso95:

You mean the WAEC that is bedevilled with malpractises too?
That'll be worst! And scary too!

amyzon:

U are the one who really need to think, do u know the extent of malpractice that goes on in jamb, impersonation, private center things. Do u know what leads to having students that can't spell their names. Nothing is credible about jamb. Jamb should be scrapped not pume

menix:
Thank God ooo!!!, with my 181 i will get admitted into UNILAG to study medicine...

jemmiee:
You're making a point. Sha, let's watch and see. Any one they adopt will still favor me. #fingersCrossed

Snow30:


Jamb has more errors and more technical problems and more malpractices than WAEC/GCE/NECO. Waec is way ahead of Jamb considering its west African exam. Which one do you prefer, a 3 hours test that everyone has different questions which means yours can be harder than others. That you will use a computer to do the exam that can off at any time, and even though its computer based your result still comes out days after, with errors to.

Or an exam written in paper and pen, everyone is tested with the same questions, which means its more standardised. You know that if you read wella you can get at least a C. Your exam will go smoothly no interruption unless your invigilator sends you out for misconduct.

You tell me? Which do you want to be based on? Unless you didn't take your WAEC seriously.

And don't get me wrong, am not hating on Jamb because i failed. I got a 241/400, but that is still to low, because many people got above that! I'm just being a realist. Jamb and Post Jamb are bleeped .

bettercreature:
This will just make admission more difficult for a common man
With post UTME,they have no choice they must give you admission if you beat the cut off mark
But now it will boil down to connection,i mean you have to bribe before you get admission

Geofavor:
Wrong! Only about 10% of students who sit for waec in Nigeria each year write the exam without one malpractice or the other. Waec/gce/neco are the worst exams we have in this country. Jamb have upgraded and improved their exam with the commencement of the CBT. We now have little to no malpractice in jamb. The problem now is that some centers are not well equiped with efficient systems and this affects students performance.

Snow30:


That's what you think? Where did you get the statistics from tho? How come there are still special centres till date. The invigilators give them all the questions and answers stored in the server for that day, for people to practice.

bettercreature:
This will just make admission more difficult for a common man
With post UTME,they have no choice they must give you admission if you beat the cut off mark
But now it will boil down to connection,i mean you have to bribe before you get admission

ishowdotgmail:

I should ask u to do so. Can't you read the post, it stated that some unis will go above this i.e 180. Naming UI, OAU nd Unilag as examples. Nawa oooo

But what about the money I paid to register and my score comon guys this is awkward. What do you think?

ishowdotgmail:
Why exempting UI, OAU nd Unilag......


Well the answer is simple; 3 best institutions in nigeria


Location; all in SOUTH WEST nigeria

OlujobaSamuel:
@all, there are rules guiding admission into any institutions, there's a % of discipline to be admitted, quota system also applies to fg schools, so just having high score is not enough if your score is too low compared to others of the same discipline or same state with yours, also the jamb registrar was only citing reference of schools he knows that takes above 180, the schools are not classified as A list or C list, however, if you choose a school with high competition, then know you really need to work hard.
if a school sets its cutoff at 180, and those that choose law are about 500 with school having 200capacity, don't jump up for joy because it's not reasonable for you to expect the school to admit you if there are about 300candidates scoring 230 and above seeking admission for the same discipline.
there are other ways to weed out students without post utme, if you can't cope with rigours of academic activities, then you will be sent home, schools adopt it mostly for the revenue generation and not for academic prowess.

Geofavor:
Stop asserting baseless claims. There are no jamb special centers! The questions are released directly from Jamb's online software that day, at the stipulated time. Even the invigilators don't have access to questions before the exam time.

If you complained about inefficient systems, I might agree with your plight. But malpractice? Naah!

On the other hand, we have an obscene amount of waec special centers. The question papers are given out, before or immediately the exam starts, to a guru to solve. He solves all the questions quick and photocopies them. Then they distribute the solutions to the students.