Following the protest by part-ti me students of Federal Polytechnic Auchi yesterday, the institution has been shut down till further notice.
The protested started when the students in the School of Evening Studies where stopped from participating on the ongoing examination for not paying their school fees. However, the students insisted on gaining entrance onto the examination but where resisted by the institution's security personnel triggering agitation from the students and degenerated to violent protest. Cars belonging to lecturers as well as other facilities on the school were damaged. When contacted, the the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mustapher Oshiobugie, said the situation has been brought under control and that no student sustained injury. He equally stated that the management is deliberating on the situation and that the institution has been shut down till further notice.
Sunday, June 5, 2016
BEYOND KSU : Scrapping Of Post-UTME Is Myopic And Irritating - MURIC
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) rejects has described the decision by the Federal Government to scrap Post-UTME as myopic and irritating.
According to the group, it is JAMB itself that should have been abolished; stating that Post-UTME Was introduced due to the loss of confidence on JAMB as a result of gross corruption that bedeviled the conduct of JAMB examinations prior to the introduction of Post-UTME ranging from impersonation, swapping the candidates' marks for the highest bidders etc.
And since it was obvious that JAMB was dumping dullards in our tertiary institutions, the schools themselves had to find a way to ensure the quality of candidates admitted. This necessitated the introduction of Post-UTME. The group reiterated that Post-UTME is in line with the change mantra of the current administration since the basis for its establishment was to fight corruption in the admission process and as such should not be the one to be scrapped adding that schools cannot conduct adequate screening without a written examination.. The group rather advocated that JAMB itself be scrapped as it has the lion share of the blame for the fall in the quality of education in Nigeria today.
According to the group, it is JAMB itself that should have been abolished; stating that Post-UTME Was introduced due to the loss of confidence on JAMB as a result of gross corruption that bedeviled the conduct of JAMB examinations prior to the introduction of Post-UTME ranging from impersonation, swapping the candidates' marks for the highest bidders etc.
And since it was obvious that JAMB was dumping dullards in our tertiary institutions, the schools themselves had to find a way to ensure the quality of candidates admitted. This necessitated the introduction of Post-UTME. The group reiterated that Post-UTME is in line with the change mantra of the current administration since the basis for its establishment was to fight corruption in the admission process and as such should not be the one to be scrapped adding that schools cannot conduct adequate screening without a written examination.. The group rather advocated that JAMB itself be scrapped as it has the lion share of the blame for the fall in the quality of education in Nigeria today.
BEYOND KSU : Possible Effects Of Scrapping Post-UTME And Pegging Cut-Off Mark At 180
Following some of the decisions
taken at the 2016 JAMB Combined Policy meeting which include the official announcement of the 2016 cut-off mark as 180 for Universities, Polytechnic and Colleges of education and the scrapping of Post-UTME, many candidates are asking a lot of questions with regard to how the admission process for this year is going to run.
Having examined the situation, we would like to point out some factors that may likely come in to play in 2016 admission process.
First, one thing that will likely be a fall-out of this new development is the fact that the cut off-mark of top institutions like UNIBEN, UNILORIN, OAU, UI, UNILAG may shoot up to 220, 240 or even 250. However, no institution will go below 180.
The responsibility of placing candidates in schools will now reside with JAMB. However, JAMB has to first confirm the requirements of institutions before placing candidates in such institution. For instance, if UNIBEN decides that its cut- off mark for this year is 250, it is only candidates who applied to study in UNIBEN and score up to 250 will secure admission.
Similarly, since the bench cut-off mark is 180, JAMB may decide to re-distribute candidates who scored up to 180 to other institutions (who knows, it could be a university, polytechnic or College of education since they all have the same cut-off mark) if the institution they originally chose have reached its admission quota or if such candidates UTME score fall below the set cut-off mark of their specific institutions.
The scrapping of Post-UTME does not necessarily mean that institutions cannot conduct other forms of screening, it only means they cannot conduct another form of examination similar to UTME. So schools may decide to use oral interview or verification of documents to screen candidates.
The scrapping of post-UTME will equally save candidates the cost of purchasing their school's post-UTME form and going through the usual hassles associated with it.
However, all these factors will be expected to play out when ASUU, ASUP and NCEE accept the outcome of the 2016 JAMB Combined Policy meeting. Since these bodies are yet to express their stance on this, we will only wait to see how it plays out at the end of it all.
taken at the 2016 JAMB Combined Policy meeting which include the official announcement of the 2016 cut-off mark as 180 for Universities, Polytechnic and Colleges of education and the scrapping of Post-UTME, many candidates are asking a lot of questions with regard to how the admission process for this year is going to run.
Having examined the situation, we would like to point out some factors that may likely come in to play in 2016 admission process.
First, one thing that will likely be a fall-out of this new development is the fact that the cut off-mark of top institutions like UNIBEN, UNILORIN, OAU, UI, UNILAG may shoot up to 220, 240 or even 250. However, no institution will go below 180.
The responsibility of placing candidates in schools will now reside with JAMB. However, JAMB has to first confirm the requirements of institutions before placing candidates in such institution. For instance, if UNIBEN decides that its cut- off mark for this year is 250, it is only candidates who applied to study in UNIBEN and score up to 250 will secure admission.
Similarly, since the bench cut-off mark is 180, JAMB may decide to re-distribute candidates who scored up to 180 to other institutions (who knows, it could be a university, polytechnic or College of education since they all have the same cut-off mark) if the institution they originally chose have reached its admission quota or if such candidates UTME score fall below the set cut-off mark of their specific institutions.
The scrapping of Post-UTME does not necessarily mean that institutions cannot conduct other forms of screening, it only means they cannot conduct another form of examination similar to UTME. So schools may decide to use oral interview or verification of documents to screen candidates.
The scrapping of post-UTME will equally save candidates the cost of purchasing their school's post-UTME form and going through the usual hassles associated with it.
However, all these factors will be expected to play out when ASUU, ASUP and NCEE accept the outcome of the 2016 JAMB Combined Policy meeting. Since these bodies are yet to express their stance on this, we will only wait to see how it plays out at the end of it all.
BEYOND KSU : Scrapping Of Post-UTME Is A Calamitious Mistake - Afe Babalola
The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, who is also a one time Pro-chancellor of the University of Lagos, an elder statesman and lawyer has condemned the move by the Federal Government to scrap post- UTME describing it as a “calamitous mistake.”
He expressed surprise over the fact that this decision was taken without duly considering the factors that necessitated the introduction of post-UTME.
He pointed out that in 2003, it was discovered that most of the candidates admitted into Nigerian universities through JAMB were academically deficient and unable to justify the high marks scored in JAMB examination. According to him, the committee of pro chancellors of Nigerian Universities met to address this ugly situation and advocated that JAMB be scrapped since it's integrity has been called to question. However, the government at that time decided to adopt a middle-ground by allowing JAMB to remain in charge of admission process and schools to conduct a screening exercise for candidates now known as post-UTME. He further mentioned that post-UTME from inception has proved to be a veritable quality control measure going by the huge drop in all forms of malpractice and fraudulent activities in the admission process prior to its introduction. He emphasized that every university has the right to screen candidates it wants to admit whether through written or unwritten method and sighted the case of Oxford university were every student applying to study law must as a requirement sit for the Law National Aptitude Test (LNAT), student applying for Biomedical Sciences must take Biomedical Admissions Test (BMAT) and any student applying for Chemistry must take Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA), while any one applying for Classics must take Classics Admission Test (CAT). He however stated that universities should not use the exercise as a money-making venture but can charge Students for the cost of papers and other logistics.
He expressed surprise over the fact that this decision was taken without duly considering the factors that necessitated the introduction of post-UTME.
He pointed out that in 2003, it was discovered that most of the candidates admitted into Nigerian universities through JAMB were academically deficient and unable to justify the high marks scored in JAMB examination. According to him, the committee of pro chancellors of Nigerian Universities met to address this ugly situation and advocated that JAMB be scrapped since it's integrity has been called to question. However, the government at that time decided to adopt a middle-ground by allowing JAMB to remain in charge of admission process and schools to conduct a screening exercise for candidates now known as post-UTME. He further mentioned that post-UTME from inception has proved to be a veritable quality control measure going by the huge drop in all forms of malpractice and fraudulent activities in the admission process prior to its introduction. He emphasized that every university has the right to screen candidates it wants to admit whether through written or unwritten method and sighted the case of Oxford university were every student applying to study law must as a requirement sit for the Law National Aptitude Test (LNAT), student applying for Biomedical Sciences must take Biomedical Admissions Test (BMAT) and any student applying for Chemistry must take Thinking Skills Assessment (TSA), while any one applying for Classics must take Classics Admission Test (CAT). He however stated that universities should not use the exercise as a money-making venture but can charge Students for the cost of papers and other logistics.
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