Friday, 31 July 2015

JAMB cut off mark drama continues (part 1)

The recent decision by JAMB on July 14th 2015 to reduce the cut off mark for students seeking admission into Nigerian Universities to 180 and 150 for those seeking admission into Polytechnics has generated a lot of reactions and drama.

 Some students,parents and tertiary institutions welcomed the new marks because it will allow more students the opportunity to gain admission.

However, one school of thought is of the opinion that low entry mark will further lower the standard of education in Nigeria. They argue that this will cause the quality of education to deteriorate to a level where most graduates from Nigerian Universities will become unattractive to employers.

 Some tertiary institutions showed their disagreement with the new cut off mark by setting their own   cut off marks. Shortly after JAMB's decision , University of Lagos announced that their cut off mark is 250 and this led to protests at UNILAG by aggrieved parents opposed to the 250 mark as it will disqualify a lot of prospective students. UNILAG has refused to rescind that decision.   

*Part 2 coming up...,'Does JAMB have the right to force tertiary institutions to admit candidates with 180 score whilst there are loads of candidates with scores ranging from 200 to 300?'  
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6 comments:

  1. Sunny Boy31 July 2015 at 12:10

    JAMB is nothing but fraud. I know students who got admission into unilag with 160 score. Even ubilag is full of fraudulent admission staff. Everything in naija is for making money. Stupid people.

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  2. Jj31 July 2015 at 12:19

    Students with 180 score are smart enough to make even first class so people should stop putting us down.

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  3. Tonto fan31 July 2015 at 12:34

    JAMB should back off & allow universities to set their cut off mark, only way out.

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  4. Struggling boy31 July 2015 at 12:42

    No need to go to uni. After spending my widowed mother's money on fees, two yrs no job, I'm struggling on my own. I shld have bn wise & used de fees 2 set up biz.

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  5. Mgbachi31 July 2015 at 13:23

    So this is where the discrimination against HND certificate started?

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  6. Anonymous5 August 2015 at 04:47

    No way!, JAMB don't have the right to force any University to admit students with 180 score, even some student who scores 200 and above don't get admitted not to talk of student with 180 score. Don't forget "Supply is more than demand" Ask yourself how many student seats for Jamb each year? even if they all get admitted is there enough facility/equipment in the university for all? lots of student score 200 - 250, how can we now expect Universities to go for the lower score (i laughhhh).

    Rose.

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