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JAMB: The Intelligent Ones Are Not Yet Born by Juxtified(m): 2:15pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
The dwindling state of education in Nigeria hit a
new low on Tuesday when the Joint Admission
Matriculation Board (JAMB) and its stakeholders
agreed to peg the cut-off mark for admission into
universities at 180 and that of Polytechnic and
Colleges of Education at 150
.
Many Nigerians took to social media to express
their disgust at the new cut-off mark as well as
the dwindling state of Nigeria’s education
especially for students seeking admission to
tertiary institutions.
Many blamed social media, entertainment and
poor education standard as causes for this dismal
run. With apologises to Ghanaian writer Ayi Kwei
Armah, it is safe to assume that “The Brilliant
Ones Are Not Yet Born”.
Below are some responses to JAMB’s decision.
“180 out of 400 marks to gain admission into the
university? When some of us took the pioneer
JAMB examination in 1978, I never saw any
candidate with such ridiculous score. If there
were, they had no business being admitted to
read any course in any university. And those
exams were harder than what we have now! Not
only have times changed, JAMB has changed too!
I wish prospective candidates good luck o,” wrote
Sunny Akhigbe on PM News.
Jacuapo wrote: “180, 150….I no blame Jamb at
all….When its Davido and Jogodo all the youths
spend their time listening to. How won’t Jamb
lower the score to this atrocious level. Na wa o!”
On Twitter, Karo wrote: “JAMB 180 cut-off mark.
That just propagates a mindset of mediocrity.
Students will aim to get 45%”
@lamimoyin marvels at the inability of students
to score 200. “So people cannot score 200 out of
400 again in JAMB?? This is RIDICULOUS.”
Wale Micaiah believes Nigeria cannot compete
globally if JAMB cut-off mark continues to drop.
“But if we want to compete with the rest of the
world by producing quality graduates…this must
Stop Now! #JAMB #UTME #EducationNGR
Nnamdi, @_crany was more hilarious in his
analogy of JAMB. “Even the people that used
JAMB/POST UME runs to enter university are
complaining about the reduced cut off mark..”
@sambioye questioned the essence of JAMB if
students performances determines the cut-off
mark. “If the pass mark is only determined by the
general performance of the students then what
does the exam body stand for? #JAMB.”
Attamah Jacobson O, @obsonattamah thinks
JAMB’s decision was not the best for Nigeria’s
education. “JAMB why lower cut off mark now?
How will that revamp the already dying
educational sector in tandem with the needed
push to attain good standard?”
Justin Ijeh wrote: “Still on JAMB, I would love to
interview the Registrar. How does lowering the
passmark improve quality? Is there an urgent
need for matriculating numbers to grow?”
“Jamb cut-off mark is 180. And that’s the
solution to tackling mass failure and a messy
system? We are in deep shit,” a furious @
ebonyoma wrote on Twitter. |
Re: JAMB: The Intelligent Ones Are Not Yet Born by boiz2mhen(m): 2:17pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
Re: JAMB: The Intelligent Ones Are Not Yet Born by Nobody: 2:17pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
Re: JAMB: The Intelligent Ones Are Not Yet Born by tobillionaire(m): 2:23pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
is dis their 1st tim of using 180 cut off |
Re: JAMB: The Intelligent Ones Are Not Yet Born by dammywapes(m): 2:23pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
Nice write up. But some uni i know will still not pick students with 180 or state uni even tho they were chosen , they won't be given their preferred course. |
Re: JAMB: The Intelligent Ones Are Not Yet Born by Elxandre(m): 2:50pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
I laugh at people like you who think they were incredibly gifted during their era. I'll advise you to read more about standardized marking before ranting. The more candidates, the lesser the score. Did 1.5 million folks write JAMB during this golden era of yours? Did you spend 3 hours writing your exams? And even significantly less time is apportioned to many due to stupid things like an invigilator who is impatient and wants to go home, OR even arguably criminal situations like computers shutting down and supervisors refusing to take the blame. I was answering questions in the English section when my computer suddenly froze, displaying the same questions from no 21-30, in a panic, I screamed, hey Supervisor, I got a problem here, my No 21-30 is showing the same answers, and he replied "that's how it is from JAMB" Only for the browser to outrightly crash, when I logged in again, I saw the questions were not the same for No 21-30, it was a computer error! I never recovered from the shock as I got jittery when answering math, forgot a constant in physics. Or can you explain why students scored average in English this year despite it not being significantly difficult than in previous years? I still passed more than your average student though. In fact, in some subjects like biology, JAMB repeated point blank past questions from previous years and people who knew the answers for sure still scored average. If JAMB scored people without any meandering with the actual scores, the scores would be shockingly high! JAMB is NOT difficult! cc Lalasticlala , ishilove , seun |
Re: JAMB: The Intelligent Ones Are Not Yet Born by ClintonNzedimma(m): 3:13pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
Hmmm |
Re: JAMB: The Intelligent Ones Are Not Yet Born by RobinHez(m): 6:23pm On Jul 15, 2015 |
That guy up there is making sense. |
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