mathefaro: [/quote]
[quote author=ola_pluto]
No. You're not a thoughtful person. Its not my fault that you cannot reason along. You probably havent done as much exams as I've done. Exams like JAMB cannot be generic. They need to be able to catch out even the most brilliant students. The questions may be presented as easy, but trust me, there's a catch in every question. Only the gifted will spot it. Those gifted ones get high marks. The ones who are not reasonable will not spot it and come out of exam hall making noise how easy the exam is. Even from this thread, many of you guys have shown very little understanding of simple lines of thoughts, talk-less of a JAMB paper set by experienced uni lecturers who specialise in picking out what students dont know.

Umartins1: but, what IF JAMB realise the error and re-mark the slips and we are given our rightful scores, what should we do to those alleging us of inadequate preparations?

plus,

was there any year with this kind of protest?

ola_pluto: For those saying they 'read like hell'. I challenge you to come out and say how many hours a day you read, how many past papers you thrashed. How many times you read Ababio and Okeke front to back. I think the equation is very simple. If you do not read, you cannot pass JAMB.

simdam500: bolded part gbam!!! if 100marks were deducted, defintely those that had 300+ had over 400 right

simdam500: bolded part gbam!!! if 100marks were deducted, defintely those that had 300+ had over 400 right

mbourie:
Correct!!!! What hurts me d most is dat the poor kids don't read again...they want to meet up d rich kids-davido ; forgetting that immitation they say is suicide. The rich kids are presently ahead of them both in social/information and academic cycle. In my milieu, U c boys and girls between d ages of 15-19 searching 4 blue-collar jobs in order to buy blackberry fone...After d exam I tested most of dem; they know nothing. I am sure most ppl that applied 4d CBT exam are d rich....they know how to use d computer not only to chat but also to write exams,design,program etc., and I would not be surprised if they do exceedingly well above d poor-MBT exam, who only know how 2 use d computer to 2go,Facebook and d likes.

viccipedia: goood msg...u shld try telling the poor masses whr they would get d money to buy ALL THE TEXT BOOKS jamb prescribed....

SIMPLIFIED: For those of u that are saying 2go, bbm, candidates nt reading etc. U can say thrash cos u dnt know what students went through..i read like my life depended on it until even my dad started pleading with me to take it easy. Students are nt reading but the library in my town is always overflowing with students..how can i have 227 after all d reading nd i can prove it up to jamb headquarters i wrote my exam 100% on my own nd i know what i wrote..i crosschecked at home to be sure of what i did..scoring 59 in bio dat was simpler than interscience is far cry from my true score..something went wrong either with the marking, uploading or a deliberate attempt by jamb to eliminate many out cos of the high no.

SIMPLIFIED: For those of u that are saying 2go, bbm, candidates nt reading etc. U can say thrash cos u dnt know what students went through..i read like my life depended on it until even my dad started pleading with me to take it easy. Students are nt reading but the library in my town is always overflowing with students..how can i have 227 after all d reading nd i can prove it up to jamb headquarters i wrote my exam 100% on my own nd i know what i wrote..i crosschecked at home to be sure of what i did..scoring 59 in bio dat was simpler than interscience is far cry from my true score..something went wrong either with the marking, uploading or a deliberate attempt by jamb to eliminate many out cos of the high no.

chiwuike20: I strongly don't think dat a dedicated young student who knws d value of reading will have much problem acquiring those. If they cut their spending on self gratification, or beta still get assistance from parents, relative, neighbors etc, they will get 2 or 3 of them in each subject.

phtemie: For those saying those that got low marks didn't read enough and that when u wrote yours u performed better...i can bet it that if it were to be this year's jamb..none of you would have gotten closer to what u are saying u all got...
The simple truth is that jamb made use of negative marking...not that they just deducted marks anyhow..those u missed were deducted from the ones you got...they just started this strange marking scheme last yr...i know of a guy that got 286 in 2011 and 230 this year..

phtemie: For those saying those that got low marks didn't read enough and that when u wrote yours u performed better...i can bet it that if it were to be this year's jamb..none of you would have gotten closer to what u are saying u all got...
The simple truth is that jamb made use of negative marking...not that they just deducted marks anyhow..those u missed were deducted from the ones you got...they just started this strange marking scheme last yr...i know of a guy that got 286 in 2011 and 230 this year..

Ortarico:

Guy, it's totally not as you think.
Those that scored 300 and above were given their right score as per centre performance and conduct. A centre where there was a lower case of malpractise tends scripts to be marked and awarded accordinly while a centre where there was high or higher malpractise tends scripts to be marked with a negative or deducting guide thereby making results awarded the other way.
So, the guyz who scored these were lucky and had a good centre. Most centres were guilty of this and affected the evaluation of the innocents.

phtemie: Those who got above 300 are exceptionally brilliant dudes and geniuses that would have gotten like 350+ if the marking sheme was not too strict...
One thing about negative marking is that it creates big differences in scores..
for instance sum1 got 45 over 50...he missed 5...so 45-5=40 marks..
And the other got 35..he missed 15..so 35-15=20 marks...
From this,the difference in their marks should have been 10(45 to 35)...But d negative marking increased it to 20(40 to 20)...
so that is just it..

phtemie: I know no matter what i say,some people won't believe...most of u that u're claiming u get 290+ can not even get closer to 250 if it were to be this yr's jamb..
In 2011,almost 3000 students got above 300...but last yr and this yr...they were 3 and 10 students respectively...no one need to tell you that the marking scheme has changed over time...
all my brothers/friends that wrote it in 2010&2011 got above 250 without anybody helping them..one of them got 204 this yr..come and re-write it..and smell urself..

biz2get:

I pity you, you say those who got 300+ are brilliant. Uh? A lady here got 309 and she claims that's not her score why? Bcus she can't defend it..

I still repeat it, 2013/2014 jamb was marked at random.
Ppl who I expect to be entering uni's now, are planing to goto poly.

Wait!!! Some one answers this.
Which year as jamb taken place and you see a candidate getting '5' as aggregate umm
Pls tell...

Lemme say this if jamb was scrabed, those who claim to be prepared will enta school #period

Fynestboi: Students in Kano protest mass UTME failure


Kano – Hundreds of students, who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Mondayin Kano staged a peaceful demonstration against mass failure and withholding of their results.
The students stormed thepremises of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria in Kano on motorcycles around noon and carried placards and green leaves to show their anger.
Spokesman for the candidates, Haruna Maidabam, described thewithholding of their results as a deliberate attempt to deny them theopportunity to further their studies.
According to him, more than 10, 000 students whosat for the examination in Kano metropolis have yet to access their results.
Maidabam said when the results were released last week, they went to the zonal office of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board in Kano (JAMB) to complain but were directed to go and repeat the thumb printing for verification.
‘’There is no reason for any verification of thumb- print,’’ he said.
He called on the authorities concerned to do something urgently to address their predicament.
When contacted, the JAMB Zonal Coordinator, Hajiya Karimatu Abubakar, described the incident as unfortunate and attributed it to “some technical hitches”.
Abubakar said as soon asthe hitches were rectified, the issue would be resolved. (NAN)

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chiwuike20: I'll advise u to leave dis shifting-of-blame attitude and u'll excel. Reading alone is not enough criteria to passing exams. Reading d ryt books according to syllabus, and 4 those who use past question, making research to ensure u dnt go along wit d tide of wrong answers r d concepts of passing exams. When I wrote post ume @ Oau, I discovered I scored 48 in govt, wch turns out to b my most-read subject. I was frustrated and demoralized. Even after screening d questions I still felt cheated. Two yrs later when I read "substance of politics", I saw dat I actually failed most of d questions unknown to me, and I eventually realized I have been duped by relying on past question. Take time to look 4 jamb recommended textbook as u prepare 4 ur Putme

ola_pluto:
I do not know your qualifications as a teacher, but I think it is rather unintelligent to vouch for a student you didnt sit the exam with. No teacher does that! No sensible teacher at least. I passed through a university where integrity is guarded. I had times I left exam hall waiting for a 90% only to see 55%. When I ask for the photocopy of my scripts and go through it, I see tiny, silly mistakes which have caused me to be marked down.
A teacher like you should be at the forefront of guiding students to start preparing for next year Jamb. You will be heavily humiliated if you keep vouching for students this way. You're probably one of those thinly breaded teachers responsible for this mass failure.

phtemie: Lol..Why are you guys so bitter and resentful in your replies?..lol..it is a bitter truth,those who got higher marks performed better...no need to involve the brilliant dudes that got 300+....and about the marking,there was nothing dubious about it...it was just strict...u can criticise me again...

phtemie: Lol..Why are you guys so bitter and resentful in your replies?..lol..it is a bitter truth,those who got higher marks performed better...no need to involve the brilliant dudes that got 300+....and about the marking,there was nothing dubious about it...it was just strict...u can criticise me again...

cleverdude:


Pretty sensible;I've got so many candidates and respective scores to analyse in this year's UTME,and I discover that there's this dubious thing attached to this year's exam. Cant finalize though,but its ltally palpable that scores were most likely awarded randomly. It could be some technical glitches over there at JAMB.

chiwuike20: This is a poorly framed-up lies being told here. 260 and 70 in jamb and uniben without getting admitted, is pure garbage. I cousin scored below dis cut-off marks and is presently studying law @ uniben. People lay much emphasis on their last year's score, who knws, most of them cheated and got away wit it, but were apprehended dis year. My sis was lucky to get away wit hers last year by being admitted wit anoda runsing @ unizik

koonbey:
Can u imagine?Technical Hitches,Hitches that will cost some People their Futures,and they are just "Hitches", make I catch Dibu,I'll give him some Technical Hitches to think about

krimboy897: Same thing bothering me.. The highest score i have heard of is 181. Pls, if u scored above 200, signify. Tank U