ABUJA- THE Senate had begun moves to scrap the post Unified
Matriculation Examination, UME as it yesterday mandated its committee on
Tertiary Education
to meet with relevant stakeholders, especially the Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) and come up with recommendations on how to
achieve the set goal.
According to the Senate, the move has
become imperative because the introduction of the post – UME examination
has to a large extent failed to remedy the problems associated with the
JAMB, adding that its continued existence has posed more challenges for
the Nigeria educational system.
The
Senate has also called for the development of a strategy that would
ensure the efficiency and integrity in the conduct of JAMB examination.
The
resolutions of the Senate Tuesday followed a motion by Senator Umaru l.
Kurfi, APC, Katsina Central and entitled, “The Need to revisit the
regulatory conflict between Joint Admission and Matriculation Board
(JAMB) Universities in offering admission in Nigeria.”
In
his presentation of the motion, Senator Umaru l. Kurfi said that “The
Senate: Notes that the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) was
established in 1976 and saddled with the responsibility of streamlining
and co- ordinating admission practice as well as determining who is
admitted into universities and other tertiary educational institutions in Nigeria;
“Further notes that that the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) is the Federal umbrella organization which oversees the administration of University education
in Nigaria, and prior to 2005 , the truly criteria needed for
candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions was for such
candidate to have minimum admission requirement and possess a certain
score at his or her JAMB examination.
“Aware that the laudable
objectives of JAMB began to suffer progressive denudation shortly after
its inception as some universities admitted students outside the list
sent by JAMB and rejecting candidates with admission letters from JAMB
on the ground that they had to comply with their own internal quota and
catchment calculation, coupled with the issue of malpractices that
plagued JAMB examinations.
“Further aware as scores of successful JAMB candidates turned out ill equipped for university education,
the Federal Government, in 2005, under the leadership of President
Olusegun Obasanjo , introduced the policy of Post-UME screening by
Universities which made it compulsory for tertiary institutions to
screen candidates after JAMB results and before offering admission;
“Worried
that while this new development was aimed at addressing the problem of
student quality, it reintroduced and entrenched many of the problems it
sought to eliminate through JAMB;
“Cognizance that while the executives introduced the Post-UME policy as a remedy to the decay in educational
standard in higher institutions of learning, there have been public
outcry of extortion from candidates despite the rigorous test they pass
through at JAMB;
“Disturbed that as the integrity of the post
-UME examination is open to question as the pecuniary motive of the
respective institutions comes so visibly to the fore that there is
little pretence about maximizing the income flows through these internal
examinations;
“Regrets that the introduction of the post – UME
examination has to a large extent failed to remedy the problems
associated with the JAMB and as such, its continued existence has posed
more challenges for the Nigeria educational system.”
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