The recommendation by the Senate that
all results for entry into tertiary
institutions should last for three years will
distort and delay the future of students
across the country, the Joint Admission
and Matriculation Board has stated.
The organisation therefore said it would
be in the interest of the public for
stakeholders to answer critical questions
regarding such a policy.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu
Ojerinde, said this in Abuja during the
opening ceremony of JAMB-UNEB
Benchmark on Item Banking.
He argued that such a policy would
obstruct the education progress of
students across board.
Ojerinde said that expressing reservations
about the Senate position did not in any
way signify opposition to cutting cost.
He said, “There are complexities in this
thing, until we are able to clear it. When
you say you will use JAMB results for
three years, is it an achievement test or
aptitude test? However, are we delaying
his or her life? Are we postponing his or
her life by telling them to stay at home?
If by next year he doesn’t get the cut off
points, what happens?
“I have nothing against the idea, because
we will tell the children, ‘those bluffing
Polytechnics and College of Education, go
there and waste their time’, if it is a
waste of time.”
Ojerinde also informed journalists that
cyber cafés across the country would no
longer be allowed to register candidates
for tertiary education examinations.
“In the final analysis, cyber cafes are not
allowed to register candidates for a
number of reasons. Cyber cafés may have
their address here today, tomorrow they
are somewhere else,” he emphasised.
He stated that if registration code was
given to cyber cafés, they may mess the
process up, thereby, creating crisis for
JAMB.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,
represented by the Director of Tertiary
Education, Hajia Hindatu Abdullahi, stated
that “the results of large scale
examinations conducted by examination
bodies, such as JAMB, NECO and NABTEB,
are necessary for decision making and
should therefore be credible.”
She said, “Consequently, the deployment
of technology is very imperative if the
results must be reliable. The role of
technology in education cannot be over
emphasised. Electronic item banking is
consequent on the use of technology for
item analysis and calibration.”
