Group
condemns JAMB’s cut-off marks for 2018 admission
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15-year-old Ikeoluwa Abioye solicits support to achieve academic goal
The Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the Minister for Labour and
Employment, Chris Ngige, not to embark on cheap blackmail over the ongoing
strike embarked upon by the union.
The
University of Ibadan (UI) ASUU Chapter Chairman, Dr. Deji Omole, who condemned
the tactic employed by the Federal Government over the demands of the union,
said it was deceitful for the minister to insinuate that the N23 billion earned
allowances, which the Federal Government promised to pay soon, were only for
lecturers.
He stated
that the said earned allowances were for both deserving academic and
non-academic members of staff, stressing that it was too early for Ngige to
embark on cheap blackmail.
Omole said
that the union was more interested in enduring legacies, which would reposition
public education in the country through adequate funding of public education,
which the present government had been silent about.
Also,
President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, has asked his members to
disregard the comment by the minister that the strike is illegal.
He said:
“Our national struggle to revitalise the Nigerian university system is
comprehensive and total. Remain resolute and steadfast as victory is certain.”
In another
development, the Unified Nigerian Youth Forum has cautioned the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) against lowering qualification entry
mark, saying that such will result to admitting unqualified candidates into
tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
In statement
signed by its President, Abdulsalam Muhammad Kazeem, the forum said: “We reject
in totality the pronouncement of the cut-off mark for 2017/2018 academic
session by JAMB registrar.
“120/100
marks for universities and polytechnic as cut-off marks out of 400 marks
further shows the level of decay in our educational system. With this
development, we are sure that the level of un-seriousness will increase from 20
per cent to 78 per cent.
“Lowering
the qualification entry mark to our institutions is not in tandem with new
global realities, in terms of educational standard as it will lead to the
admission of unqualified candidates into our tertiary institutions, and it
further shows that Nigeria does no give regards to excellence.
In another
development, a 15-year-old Ikeoluwa Abioye, who scored A1 in all the nine
subjects she wrote in the 2017 May/June West African Senior School Certificate
Examination (WASSCE), has appealed to Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola and
other good-spirited Nigerians to support and help her achieve her academic
goals.
Abioye, an
indigene of Irepodun Local Council of Osun State, who was yesterday celebrated
and honoured by her alma mater, Starfield Schools, Iju, Lagos, for scoring A1
in all the nine subjects, also scored 305 in the last Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The
candidate, in a chat with The Guardian, said her school’s competitive learning
environment, father’s routine mentoring and personal target, launched her to
spotlight.
She said, if
sponsored, she would love to go to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
or Harvard University to study Computer Engineering.
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