Most of the candidates that wrote the recent
Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University
(UNIZIK ), Awka went home disappointed and
sad.
The decision of the University management to
adopt the computer-based test method at the last
minute deflated their hopes, as they answered
20 questions unrelated to their preferred
courses in 10 minutes.
With tears in her eyes, an agitated student that
participated in the post UTME organized by the
Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, who gave her
name as Ifedi, said they had 10 minutes to
answer 20 questions. She said the test was
compounded by technical hitches, as some of the
computers went off before the time.
Ifedi, who had 240 in her JAMB exam, said she
was on the third question when the invigilator
announced that they had six minutes left.
“People cried out in the hall. I started punching
answers without reading the questions. How can
I answer 20 questions in different subjects,
unrelated to my preferred course of study in 10
minutes?” she wondered.
Other candidates that spoke with Campus Sun
bemoaned their sad fate, while revealing how
some of their colleagues lost their belongings,
including phones, wrist -watches and even
shoes.
One of the candidates, Emeka Okoro, who spoke
to this reporter, described the situation as
chaotic. In his words, “I’ve heard so much about
this institution and this is too degrading
compared to what I heard. Can you imagine that
we came here around 8am, we stood in the rain
for several hours? The process is just too slow
and the university management should find a
way to accommodate this large number”, he
said.
Some of the students said that the test lacked
credibility because wrong questions were
shuffled for them for different courses.
For instance, a candidate that applied for Igbo
Education wrote Mathematics in the test, while
another that applied for Law had Biology
questions to answer.
One of the candidates, who gave his name as
James, said he applied for Law but was shocked
to see Mathematics and Biology questions.
Another candidate, who applied for Law, said he
had to contend with Chemistry questions, which
were different from the English, Literature,
Government and CRS that other candidates
answered.
The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof.
Joseph Ahaneku, while monitoring the screening
exercise, said that some candidates who came
for the exercise were not qualified and the
university authorities took time in fishing them
out.
He expressed worries over computer illiteracy
level among some of the candidates, noting that
it shows that some of them did not write JAMB
themselves.
The management through the Director of
Information and Public Relations, Dr. Emmanuel
Ojukwu, later released a statement on the
university’s official Facebook page apologizing
for some adjustments made during the test.
“These adjustments have been made in the
interest of the candidates. However, the
university regrets any inconvenience the
adjustments will cause our highly valued
candidates,” he said.
Ojukwu also alleged that a syndicate was bent
on undermining the process because of the stiff
measures the university introduced to weed out
impersonators.

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