Nigerian Parents pass Vote of No Confidence in JAMB (Read)
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As parents and students are calling for the remarking of candidates’ scripts, there are indications that many Nigerian students are opting for tertiary institutions in neighbouring Benin, Ghana and Cameroon for the new academic session.
The trend has been blamed on the poor outing in this year’s University and Tertiary Matriculation Examination by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board.
Some parents, whose children sat for this year’s UTME, told reporters that they were considering getting their children out of the Nigerian education system.Others said they were enrolling their children for A-level exams while some were considering private universities.
A parent, Mr. Nnamdi Alozie, said people were tired of wasting another academic year.
He said the board’s Registrar, Prof Disu Ojerinde must make good his threat to remark the scripts, saying that it would bring relief to many candidates.
“Others may not be able to vouch for their children, but my boy studied well for that exam and was confident that he did well. But he has been so depressed since he saw that his score was lower than what he expected.
“He feels particularly disappointment in JAMB because the review of the exam questions he had with his school teacher after the exams confirmed a scored higher than what was eventually released,” he said.
Another parent, Mrs. Adebisi Adeyinka, whose child scored 170, said her child had argued that her mark should have been higher, except that something had gone wrong.
“She is going to a private university; her score is okay for that. It is an unfortunate trend because my girl got home after the exam complaining bitterly about invigilators aiding students to indulge in examination malpractices.
“My child found this very demoralising. She said when she got back to school, she overheard some frustrated colleagues vowing to cheat during the next UTME as that seemed to pay off,” Adeyinka said. However, Human Rights Lawyer, Mike Ozekhome, told newsmen that JAMB should fish out bad eggs in its team rather than punish all students for alleged leakage of its exams questions.
He said aggrieved students could seek redress in court over the issue or call for remarking of their scripts.
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