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Afe Babalola Reject 120 Cutoff Mark For Varsity Admission by sjobest01(m): 8:10am On Aug 24, 2017 |
The founder of Afe Babalola University
Ado Ekiti, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN ), on
Wednesday slammed the Federal
Government for reducing the cut- off
mark for admission into universities ,
polytechnics , monotechnics and
colleges of education for the 2017/ 2018
academic session .
The legal luminary described the
reduction as violence to the university
system and a major setback to quality
education in the country .
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board announced on Tuesday the
reduction of cut - off marks for
candidates seeking admission into
Nigerian universities to 120 and 100 for
polytechnics and colleges of education
in the country .
But Babalola, in a statement , said he
was worried that the decision was
taken without due consideration for its
implication on the quality of education
in Nigerian tertiary institutions.
“ What is the whole essence of reducing
cut- off marks for admission to as low as
120 for universities and 100 for
polytechnics , monotechnics and
colleges of education ? Will such an
action enhance or reduce the quality of
education?
“ Will it give international recognition to
the degrees awarded by the Nigerian
universities which , in any case , are
already being questioned ? Is the
reduction a deliberate ploy to make
things worse?” Babalola quizzed.
The senior advocate said the caveat by
JAMB that each university had the right
to set its own standard did not help
matters, adding that “ it portrays us all
as not having an acceptable limit for
setting standards.”
He , therefore, called for an urgent
education summit which he suggested
should be attended by stakeholders of
higher education institutions to address
the problems .
The statement partly read, “ Are we now
saying there will be no uniform
standards in our tertiary education in
this country ? Is the government or its
agencies encouraging double or
multiple standards?
“ I do hope that those behind this
reduction are aware that even
candidates who pass the UTME at 180
and above now find it difficult and
tasking to get admission into Nigerian
universities because there are more
qualified candidates than the spaces
available and because of the paucity of
facilities in the existing universities.
“ It must be appreciated that even the
former 180 cut - off mark is less than 50
per cent of the total JAMB marks . As I
said earlier, a minimum of 50 per cent
was regarded and acknowledged as pass
mark in elementary schools in those
days and now JAMB is recommending
120, a mere 30 per cent of the total
score of 400 .”
But the JAMB Registrar , Prof. Ishaq
Oloyede, has insisted that pegging the
minimum cut- off benchmark for
admission at 120 for universities and
100 for polytechnics , will improve
access to education .
This is just as he said that the latest
admission cut- off mark, the lowest in
the history of the examination body , is
a collective decision of JAMB as well as
vice- chancellors, rectors and provosts
of colleges of education .
Oloyede, who also noted that the
Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination was not an achievement
test, said this on Wednesday during an
interview with one of our
correspondents in Lagos .
He said, ” What makes a candidate
qualified for examination is not the
UTME, it is the O’ Level . There was no
time in the last 10 years that we have
filled 70 per cent of our quota . We have
never filled 50 per cent quota for
Physics in the last 10 years. Yet we are
paying lecturers.
“ What we have done is to put
everything in the table . There is no pass
or fail grade in the UTME. ” |
Re: Afe Babalola Reject 120 Cutoff Mark For Varsity Admission by swiz123(m): 8:20am On Aug 24, 2017 |
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Re: Afe Babalola Reject 120 Cutoff Mark For Varsity Admission by sjobest01(m): 9:03am On Aug 24, 2017 |
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Re: Afe Babalola Reject 120 Cutoff Mark For Varsity Admission by Nobody: 10:47am On Aug 24, 2017 |
AFE babalola is an illiterate. JAMB said that all institutions are at liberty to raise their but off but it shouldn't be less than 120. Jamb boss wasn't implicating and forcing the cut off mark of 120 on any university. Afe Babalola should learn to read well before criticizing. |
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