Hundreds of admission seekers to the nation’s tertiary institutions and their parents on Tuesdaystormed the Lagos State Governor’s Office in Alausa, Ikeja, and the state Assembly complex to protest against alleged manipulation of the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
The protesters demanded the cancellation of the exams and the removal of the Registrar of the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde.
The protesters, who faulted the conduct of the examination, described the exercise as a “big sham.” The examination, conducted by JAMB, they alleged, was fraught with irregularities.
The examination, which started on February 27, will end on March 19. While some of the candidates alleged that the board deliberately lowered their scores, some claimed that it arbitrarily awarded marks to many candidates.
The protesters, led by a group under the aegis of Concerned Parents and Education Stakeholders, displayed placards with inscriptions such as, ‘All we are saying give us our mark’, ‘Dibu must go; the only stumbling block in education progress’, ‘The Joint Admission and Manipulation Board, give us our real results’, and ‘The professor of test and management has outlived his usefulness’, among others.
The protesters, who occupied the gate of the Lagos State House of Assembly complex for many hours, said JAMB and its registrar had “lost focus on how to conduct a successful Computer-Based Test in the 21st century.
A candidate, Maryam Animashaun, who expressed disappointment with the conduct of the examination, claimed that she received three different results from JAMB.
Animashaun, who sat for the examination at the College of Education, Oro, Kwara State, said, “I am confused. I do not know what to do now. The first alert I received on the telephone from the board with regard to the examination showed that I scored 218. The second alert read 186, while the third one read 286. “The surprising thing now is that I cannot print any of the results. On the website, the board claimed that I did not sit for the examination. Meanwhile, I sat for English, Government, Economics and Literature-in-English.”
The National President of the Association of Tutorial Schools in Nigeria, Mr. Shodunke Olutodotun, lamented that over 10,000 candidates missed the UTME, while others had their marks deducted due to irregularities by JAMB.
“This year’s UTME will soon be concluded. We have a man called Prof. Dibu Ojerinde. This man has outlived his usefulness in JAMB. He seems to be more powerful than the country’s president.
“The protesters are the victims; their destinies are being finished by Dibu. Most of the protesters that had their exam in Delta State had the exam in a shrine. A lot of them got results before they sat for the exam.
“We are appealing to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and the Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, to send signal to Abuja to stop UTME. If they don’t do that, we will go to Abuja.
“How will someone sit for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and the next thing he sees are Economics, Commerce and Government?”
Isn’t it time they look for a solution for the problems of this country? Everything seem not to work and now JAMB. May God help us all.
culled: Punch
True talk.
ReplyDeleteBut who cares abt jamb set.
Wack examination.
Can somebody jst fire Dibu Ojerinde already? Bad Yoruba spoilers just like the other idiot, Adelabu, that had to be begged to leave Uniabuja yet they said he's a Pastor. Messed Up Uniabuja without progress for years, built a Private Uni and was throwing his charms left, right nd center. Ma younger brother so good had to even tell them der was mistakes still no correction he ended up with less dan 200! #Sack Dat Hypocrite called Dibu!
DeleteI know this is a serious issue but I just couldn't help but laugh..
DeleteSo some people saw their result even before writing the exam?
And another person had three different scores?
Nigeria!! What is the way forward?
Hello from the other side. My first time in a decade commenting.
ReplyDeleteTo all SDK BVNs, I raise nyansh for una.
I love you all and Stella my boo..... I thruway kisses.....I Neva brush teeth yet.... No vex.
Ahhhh,na wa ooh,i will tell my girl to re check her result ooh incase if it has increased/decreased
DeleteNaija! Orishirishi.
ReplyDeleteOk na. l hope this is not a case of a bad workman quarelling with his tools?
ReplyDeleteStudents failed and you're protesting.
ReplyDeleteWhen everyone these days are chatting, facebooking, tweeting etc instead of reading, you're going out to protest.
Parents have spoilt their children.
I know someone who passed, he's in boarding school.
I'm sure most of the ppl protesting are those that will never allow their kids grow up and always supporting their kids even when wrong.
A child that reads will pass. Final
If I'm in govt, there are some protests I'll just come out bluntly and tell them the truth, what rubbish.
Madam, it's not like that. Some of this children read well and yet still failed. How come?
DeleteMadam leave that logic. Na before before. These days,everybody is contributing to the decay. My little brother didn't fail but got 3 different results last year. First 1 was 256 and he got another grade of 280. He got another result of 315 after registering for post ume, so pray tell, how is it his fault?
DeleteThank you. Very sure they're parents of kids in public schools that go about intsagramming andd facebooking when their mates are reading.
DeleteSo kids in public schools are dumb? Plz rest abeg. Some parents can't afford to send their kids to the best 'private' schools yet the kids do well.
Delete@Masi, u have to investigate before u make comment, infact this year's jamb is a fluff they have outlive their usefulness. It should be scrapped and let the University authority takeover all the entry exams. Enough is enough.
DeleteNawa oh. Let JAMB go to UNAAB, UNILORIN and others and ask how they conduct CBT successfully.
ReplyDeleteNigeria don tire me sotey e dey give me headache *in RAW's voice*
Abeg o!
ReplyDeleteThey should let the UTME results be!
My brother made it mehn!
What you give is what you get...lol!
So who buys another form for if that one is cancelled?
ReplyDeleteOh nigeria....corruption.its Nt lik there is no solution but we are d ones dat can't stand
ReplyDeleteThey have better things to work on but they will not sit their ass in one position, rather they keep moving from one country to the other singing am fighting corruption.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmmmm
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Imagine we didn't see any alert o. Was forced to check online n saw 207, we know that isn't my sis result, she did better. She cleared all papers in waec with distinctions so how is that possible.
ReplyDeleteI support the protest
Of cos she will pass waec na. Special centres don finish for town?
DeleteShe can't pass jamb because no special centre
Now tell me where you lost your brain, lemme go and look for it. Idiat
DeleteSTELLA this pic resemble you
ReplyDeleteThis is not funny at all. Maybe those with genuine issues should be made to rewrite the exams.
ReplyDeleteSame thing happened to my sister who wrote in MOAU Umuahia. D stupid ppl were so incompetent. So far she has seen two different results. I knw hw much it took me to cheer her up. Dey shld just go bk to manual writing.
ReplyDeleteThis is serious
ReplyDeleteWhatever is causing this abnormality should b rectified but please JAMB should not cancel anything o.My sister wrote and passed biko
ReplyDeleteI have been saying that Nigeria is not yet ready to organise a complete CBT examination considering the number of students whi enroll yearly for the national examination. Ojerinde, I believe in trying to impress his employers bite more than he could chew.
ReplyDeleteOkwa dis kain fuckup wepuru Mbaka na CKC.
Don't even joke with anything you see @ ur last statement
DeleteThey should cancel it. The mass failure is just too much. Why are they adding 40 marks each to some results?
ReplyDeleteThey should go back to their shading paper and pencil
My cousin passed the jamb. All these students and parents protesting are Olodos. Always on stella blogs or linda blogs, facebook, ig or twi twi writing rubbish english.
ReplyDeleteJamb dont listen to them at all o. My dear must enter university this year.
You cousin passed? Fine..
DeleteSo what about the people with three different scores, are those one "olodos" too?
Or the ones that got results before writing the exam?
All we're saying is that the system is messed up. This is not a matter of students being unserious..
End time protest
ReplyDeleteHmmmm
ReplyDeleteSome huge allegations. Solution, set up a committee to investigate the situation as usual.
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Jamb has outlived it's usefulness, the Govt should handover all entry exams to the tertiary institution to its authority for admissions. Jamb should be scrapped.
ReplyDeleteMy neighbour son saw 164 and when he went to print it out he saw 216....i just they laugh this people
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