UTME Results: Nigerians Trade Blame Over Poor Results

No fewer than 1,402,490 of the 1,842,464 candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) who sat for the entrance examination scored less than 200 in the recently released 2024 UTME results.

The registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Prof. Ishaq Oloyede stated this during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday.

Oloyede said: “8,401 candidates scored 300 and above; 77,070 scored 250 and above; 439,974 scored 200 and above while 1,402,490 scored below 200.”

This poor performance has sparked concern and debate among the online community as regards who is to blame.

Iron heart said, “Most teachers teach for the money to survive not for the passion.

“The schools gives good grades to students so that the parents wouldn’t withdraw there wards from the school.

“You can not discipline children due to the reactions of parents. Teachers no longer care about students welfare.”

santaclaws opined, “The ministry of education is to blame. As funny as this sounds, let me break it down:

Most JAMB questions are based on A-level curriculum and for students to pass convincingly, they must read thoroughly, much beyond the scope of O’level syllabus covered in secondary schools. In the UK, students are meant to attend 6th form college where A-level courses are taught, thus preparing them for A-level exams and further studies.

We have an exam that is too advanced for most school leavers, but because the majority of students who pass have always depended on EXPO, we refused to talk about it.

Instead of the FG to have students stay at home up till 18, maybe we should add A-level colleges to the academic system so that students can either chose to write JAMB upon finishing secondary school or enter through A-level/Direct entry into 200 level.

Samuelriano1 replied ironheart,

“I won’t entire put the blame on teachers tho, this parents of this days don’t really have time for their kids, this parents leave as early as 5am n returns around 10pm sometimes 11pm de don’t monitor their kids. education does not end in d 4 walls of the classroom, it goes beyond that.

“Teachers in the secondary and primary schools are among the poorest, the salary is nothing to write home about, even if there’s passion for the job, the pay is unable to settle the bills. this kids pay more attention to social media also. I suggest a state of emergency in the Nigerian educational sector. This is terrible.”

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