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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