The
House of Representatives Thursday summoned the Registrar of the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Dibu Ojerinde, over
mass failure by candidates in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME).
The
recently released result of the examination showed many students
scoring below 150, out of the 400 marks based on the four papers each of
the candidates sat for.
Chairman, House Committee on Education, Hon. Aminu Suleiman (PDP
Kano), said yesterday that the summons became imperative due to series
of complaints and protests by a cross section of Nigerians.
Said he: “We heard that JAMB authorities had formally explained
some reasons for the mass failure. This is not enough if the content of
the complaints of Nigerians is anything to go by. One of the complaints
was that concerning the usage of computer for the exam that most of them
had never had contact with before.
According to him:“It can be recalled that the House passed a
resolution asking JAMB not to use computer for the 2013 exams and they
said they would make it optional; but there were still complaints by
candidates that some of them filled the manual or paper option only to
find themselves being asked to write the exams using computers,”.
He added that the mass failure might not be unconnected with the
introduction of computers for the exams, bearing in mind that most
candidates especially from Government secondary schools were not
exposed to computer before.
He further said the committee had no option that to act accordingly
to work towards finding a lasting solution to the perennial failures
of JAMB candidates..
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