₦airaland Forum

WHY POST U.T.M.E SHOULD NOT BE SCRAPPED.

I stumbled across the news that the federal government have decided to to obliterate post u.t.m.e exam from Nigerian institutions. As much as this news may excite and overjoy aspirants and students, I see no reason for the fuss and unnecessary glee that have transpired given that this decision If implemented, will do the academic sector more harm than good. See reasons with me in the following points am about to disintegrate.

JAMB INCOMPETENCE ; It is no news that the J.A.M.B examination this year was nothing short of an unorganized and catastrophical engraftation. I refuse to be beguiled that this year's exam was a success. The randomization of scores and the amusing addition and subtraction of students' score tells it all, it makes me wonder what transpired undergound in the previous years. we would not want our precious admission slots to be determined by an imcompetent board. I can still vividly recall the tears of an aspirant I came across earlier this year, my consolation only aggravated her grief, "I couldn't have scored 15 in English language, I was awarded the best student of English Language in my school" she said this words as uncontrollable tears dripped down her cheeks. I could not but help being devastated. you could clearly see what the admission meant to her. Getting her authentic score even if less than 180, would have made her feel better. A lot of students have been victim of this kind of situations before now of which their cry and complaint have fallen into deaf ears. should we place the predictive future of our students into the hands of an institutional board that can not stabilize computer based test and rationalize fairness? I don't think so. If any examination process is to be scrapped, it should be the J.A.M.B examination.

PARTIALITY; Issues will definitely arise and objections will occur. one of such objections will be from students who have written this exam in the previous years, some of which are still at home wasting away. They will wonder why the post u.t.m.e was in place before now. The agony of having to face the fact that you scored 230 in jamb, applied for Law and after the post u.t.m.e scored 57.4 instead of the required 58.0 can be mentally declining. They would find it hard to forgive the federal government for closing tabs on this up to this point. "The post u.t.m.e must continue " this will be their utmost cry, not because they are jealous of this particular set of students, but because principles must be obeyed and not flexitated easily. Some of this students study a course they have no interest in because of their post u.t.m.e score. some have always scaled through JAMB exam only for the post JAMB exam to prove the major hinderance. There might be no bad blood, but that feeling of being cheated will remain.

UNSERIOUSNESS OF YOUTH /STUDENTS.; The academic vibe and passion among Nigerian youths have gradually been subdued and overshadowed into an utmost derailment. Students cling to malpractices like their lives depend on it. multiplicity of exams should put this students in check. The emergence of various social media entities have led many Nigerian students astray. Just the other day, I had an altercation with a sibling of mine because she was rabble rousing the internet all through her pre exam period, what pained me more was her lack of concern and discontentment towards the exam. students are no longer serious, scrapping this exam will only heighten their level of preposterous academic attitude and social promiscuousness. students find it easy to engage in social and extra curricular activities rather than spending time with their books. giving them an easy and lucky limp to our higher institutions (giving that jamb exams can be luckily hurdled) might spell doom for our future aspirations. One bitter but truthful fact about life and humans is that what is easily gotten is not valued, but scarce privileges and commodities are highly regarded. Each time I remember what I passed through to gain admission, I naturally tend to put in more seriousness.

NUMBER OF ADMITTED STUDENTS; Some time ago jamb released an official statement that out of the 1.4 million students that participated in the 2016/2017 u.t.m.e exam, only 4 hundred thousand will be granted admission as 1 million students will have to try again next year because of the limited admission slots. To achieve this feat, post u.t.m.e regulates this number. As astounding as it may sound, it is not possible for every student that passed jamb exam to be admitted because of the population of students that apply each year. scrapping post u.t.m.e will only complicate the issue. I used to be a major critic of the low number of students admitted into our universities annually, but when I got admitted, I realized our own k.s.u (kogi state university ) released 3 admission lists and kept updating them, each department was full to it's brim. How on earth could more students be admitted? but despite this, alot of students could not be admitted. Left for me, I would like every student that applies to be granted admission, but I have come to realize that there should be more institutions created because a university can not admit every student. It is a truth we have to accept. So instead of scrapping post u.t.m.e exams, more ways should be fathomed and actualized in order to admit more students.

COMPETITIVENESS; Although the post u.t.m.e exam has it own lapses, we must understand that it is of paramount necessity. Since the inception of the post u.t.m.e exams in our universities, there have been this collosal value placed on educational pursuit, we all can atest to the well known fact that more than a million students apply for admission each year. Basic knowledge of this fact alone increases the competitiveness and mental stability of students, it's makes them to study hard and it kills every atom of the urge to relax or relent, this can only be good for the nation's growth academically and other wise. As it is always said, 'TODAY'S READERS ARE TOMORROW'S LEADERS'.

Article by~
-Emmanuel Ojiah
kogi state university.

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Justeenaleo:
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Thanks....

nicely written... another one is that they informed jambite late. if it must be scrapped then it should be from next year.

xender:
nicely written... another one is that they informed jambite late. if it must be scrapped then it should be from next year.

Exactly