The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said it has adopted a policy of score standardisation under which Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates cannot get zero, even if they are absent from the examination.

The board explained that apart from absentee candidates, candidates who did not attempt any question or who did not get any answer correctly were also captured under the policy and would be awarded a “ common scale with uniform metric. ”

According to JAMB, the score standardisation policy means that all candidates, who are registered for a paper , will be awarded a score for that paper, and there would be no zero score.
The board stated this in a paper presented by its Registrar , Prof Is- haq Oloyede , according to the JAMB weekly bulletin obtained by our correspondent on Monday .

Oloyede , in conjunction with other experts, made the presentation on score standardisation at the 45th International Association for Education Conference held in Azerbaijan.

The paper is titled, ‘ Social responsiveness in applying assessment technicality: The case of standardisation of a zero score in the UTME .’
The board said , “ The adoption of the score standardisation is a technical procedure for transforming candidates ’ raw scores in the different subjects taken by each candidate to a common scale with uniform metric or units , which is the globally accepted procedure.
“ The general public hardly understands nor appreciates why scores should be transformed and this has been generating controversies and throwing up all sorts of unfounded arguments. It is to be noted that some poorly educated professionals consider the transformation of scores as an arbitrary allocation of unmerited scores.

“ The issue has been compounded by candidates whose scores of zero were transformed alongside other candidates’ scores of above zero. Transformation is generally across board and was not focused on individual candidates.

“ Candidates with zero scores include those whose attempts earned them zero because they did not get any answer correct ; those who mischievously did not attempt any question throughout the course of the examination as well as those who were absent from examination. ”
The board noted that apart from Oloyede , the panel of experts, which brainstormed on score standardisation, comprised Prof Boniface Nworgu , Prof Raheem Lawal , Prof Muhammad Yakasai and Dr Omokunmi Popoola.

source: https://punchng.com/utme-candidates-wont-score-zero-even-when-absent-jamb/

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Jamb... Confusing us since 1978

Infact if you are confused by this man's statement please signify:

What are the odds of attempting about 200 questions each with four options and failing all.

It'd be like 1:150,000,000.
Bet9ja better have that option cos its a mathematical impossibility

wetin jamb dn use pipo eyes see ,jamb is no respecter of gender wen it’s comes to fucking u up or using expo ..u go see matured girls dey hide fones for panties and also guy 4 smart locations ..
Chai !!!
Matured men and women go dey run upandan Dey find centers ..dat was back in the days cha..
Wonder wat happens know ,if they go through those stress .
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The professors there alone knows better.. From the 3 major ethnic group. Kudos!!!

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Even if they give you mark without attempting the question, that mark can only lead you to your father’s house

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Ok

See how these fools are watering down the standard of education by stupid flip flopping policies. Yet the can’t see beyond their noses that education is quite low in the country. Nigeria we hail thee

How can one actually get zero
Na so village people dey follow you.
If you entirely did guess work,that should give you about 20% of correct marks,or even if you deliberately marked the wrong answers, you'd have to know all the correct answers to be assured of your success at getting zero.

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source: https://punchng.com/utme-candidates-wont-score-zero-even-when-absent-jamb/

happiest moment for d jambit

so what would they now score?

Because there won't be a result at all

This jamb and this their Secret marking scheme


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True talk sha but Jamb just dey fry akara on top people head(s)

Hmmmm

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Imperfect system..... Where will the score come from So, what's the benefit

What is d need 2 score someone that was absent for an exams. Score wey u go give absentee no go reach am even enter university of mechanic workshop. Mitchew

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This is so hilarious. So what is it's benefit

What manner of foolishness is this..
If your work deserves a zero (even though it’s highly unlikely) you should get a zero.
They want to use this to favour the special people from the North again.

What does this really mean?

So, a candidate can decide not to sit for the exam and, for example, end up with a score of 160 out of 400. Such a person would then be eligible for admission to a tertiary institution.