Controversy over the recent Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by the JAMB has not abated as the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide says it’s not in support of the plan by the exam body to conduct a fresh examinations for candidates.
After admitting errors in the conduct of the examination,the Prof. Ishaq Oloyede-led JAMB has informed the country that over 370, 000 candidates that took part in it will re-write the exam.
The magazine reported that JAMB has received serious backlash from not a few Nigerians, after many candidates who took part in the exam failed to score 200 of the 400 total marks.
JAMB has admitted the errors, and it’s set to re-conduct the exam for thousands of candidates, but Ohanaeze has rejected the plan, saying this will result in ‘mental torture’ for the candidates.
Instructively, Ndigbo, in a statement on Thursday said students particularly from the south east should not be punished for the errors committed by JAMB, the Igbo body said candidates who wrote the exam from the region should be awarded 300 marks.
According to the statement signed by its National President Mazi Okwu Nnabuike JAMB has done a serious disservice to the country and the affected candidates.
It stated that candidates from the five south east state and Lagos should not go through “mental torture” and risk by re-writing the exam.
Apart from the security risks, Ohanaeze said many candidates are not in a good frame of mind to re-sit for the exam, having dissipated their energy on the one they recently wrote but have not been canceled due to the error of the part of JAMB.
“We want to state unequivocally that our people will not accept any fresh examination, having already been subjected to mental torture by JAMB,” Nnabuike said.
Adding that, “The candidates are not in the right frame of mind to undergo another examination, having been faced mental torture ever since the fake results were announced.
“Besides, who is going to bear the cost? The same parents who are facing severe financial challenges?
“What of the risk of moving to the examination locations, in a country ravaged by insecurity?
“Having said this, we demand that JAMB should allocate 300 score to all the South-East candidates affected by its own error, not that of the candidates. Igbos are very brilliant people and could have made 300 and above,” he said.
Prof. Oloyede had admitted the error, on Wednesday, while speaking to journalists in Abuja, the nation’s capital, saying the error has cost many candidates their ‘joy’.
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