Matriculation Examination (JAMB), Prof.
Dibu Ojerinde has been summoned by
the House of Representatives to explain the mass failure recorded by students who sat for the last Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME)
conducted by the body.
This development is coming on the heels of a
peaceful demonstration by students in Kano
state who protested the poor results as well as
the withholding of their results over thumb-print
verification.
However, explaining the rationale behind the
invitation, Chairman, House Committee on
Education, Aminu Suleiman (PDP, Kano)
said: "We heard that JAMB authorities had
formally explained some reasons for the mass
failure, this is not enough if the content of the
complaints of Nigerians is anything to go by.
"One of the complaints was that concerning the
usage of computer for the exam that most of
them have never had contact with computer
before or that they only learnt the theory
without the practical usage of computers.
"It can be recalled that the House passed a
resolution asking JAMB not to use computer for
the 2013 exams and they said they would make
nit optional; but there were still complaints by
Nigerians that some students filled the manual
or paper option only to find themselves being
asked to write the exams using computers".
Attempting to establish a relationship between
the students' mass failure and the introduction
of computers for the examinations, the
Chairman noted that most students, especially
those in the rural areas lacked pre-requisite
computer knowledge to have performed above
par.
"The committee have no option that to act
accordingly to work towards finding lasting
solutions to the perennial failures of Nigerian
students," he said.
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