JAMB to be re-modelled
JAMB will be modelled along same line
with the body in the United States of
America which sets standards for
admissions into institutions of higher
learning.
Other decisions taken by government on
the Oronsaye committee include the
scrapping of the National Examinations
Council, NECO, the National Poverty
Eradication Programme, NAPEP, and the
National Complaints commission.
The report seen by Vanguard,
recommended that the functions of NECO
would be assumed by the West African
Examinations Council, WAEC, which will
also take over the structures of NECO
nationwide.
In order to make up for the deluge of
students who sit for the external
examinations of Neco, WAEC would be
expected to conduct two external
examinations, one in January and
another in November for external
students while still running its internal
examination programmes for secondary
school students.
Under the proposal, the National Poverty
Eradication Programme would be
replaced by an agency called National
Agency for Job Creation and
Empowerment (NAJCE) while the National
Complaints Commission will be merged
with the National Human Rights
Commission.
The Government rejected the
recommendation urgung the scrapping
of the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, the Independent Corrupt
Practices Commission and the Ministry of
Police Affairs, saying it would be counter
productive.
A member of the committee told
Vanguard that the decision was
preparatory to government’s plans to
overhaul major sectors in the country.
“JAMB will be divested of the admission
provision. It will no longer conduct
examinations but will be a clearing
house. Every school will admit its
students.
“Neco will be scrapped and its
infrastructure will be merged with that
of the West African Examination Council
(waec).
“Universities will be allowed to set their
standards but jamb will set the minimum
standard for admission into all tertiary
institutions” the source said.
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