Editor's note: Anthony Kolawole is a University lecturer
from Keffi in Nasarawa state. In this new piece writes on
challenges faced by Nigeria's tertiary institution
examination body - Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB).
Kolawole also decries the call for the resignation of the
registrar of JAMB Ishaq Oloyede by some individuals and
the state of Nigeria's education sector under the
leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Nigerians resent truth. They abhor it and seek to cage it
within the prisms of their crooked instincts.
When President Muhammadu Buhari launched the national
re-orientation campaigns for attitudinal change tagged #
ChangeBeginsWithMe#, many Nigerians never saw the
wisdom. But successive events are now illuminating the
necessity of the campaigns.
There is nothing good leadership at any level or institution
introduces that some dubious Nigerians would not contrive
ways to defile it.
Last week, the chairman, Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter, Dr.Deji
Omole canvassed for the resignation of the Registrar of the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
Professor Ishaq Oloyede over the hiccups in the
registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME) experienced in some parts of the country.
The academic from Uni-Ibadan, which currently hosts the
national secretariat of ASUU, the body which remained the
only odd voice that opposed Oloyede’s appointment on
selfish grounds, posed like a nationalist and mouthpiece of
ASUU. He unconvincingly decried the difficulties candidates
are experiencing in registering for the exams online.
But Dr.Omole, an academic knew, but failed to
acknowledge that the introduction of the Computer Based
Test (CBT) by JAMB was mainly to curb the high incidence
of exam fraud.
It was designed to ensure candidates presented by JAMB
for admissions in higher institutions in the country were
genuinely accessed as qualified for further studies in the
courses they applied.
But as it is typical with Nigerians, fraudsters invaded the
process of UTME online and created difficulties in some
states of the federation.
And the fraudsters who invaded the system have also been
arrested and are being prosecuted, an indication that the
JAMB Registrar is alive and awake to his responsibilities.
But instead of looking at the issue dispassionately, Omole
purportedly speaking for ASUU erroneously thought it was
the incompetence of the JAMB helmsman and he should
resign. Beneath the seeming patriotic call for Oloyede’s
resignation were the shadows of the resurrection of the old
feud ASUU had with Oloyede, when he was the Vice
Chancellor of University of Ilorin, over the sacked Unilorin
ASUU members.
They haunted Oloyede while he was still in academics and
when he was elevated to the position of JAMB Chief
Executive Officer, ASUU was the first to threaten industrial
action, should the Presidency fail to reverse the
appointment.
Fraudsters invaded the process of UTME online and
created difficulties in some states of the federation.
The Presidency perceived the campaigns against Professor
Oloyede’s appointment as baseless and stood its grounds.
The anger is yet to dissipate and when fraudsters hijacked
the registration process, it became the justification of a
section of ASUU to call for his resignation. Its good tidings
because at least to the extent that they failed to get him
sacked and now, they are begging him to resign.
So, whatever good intentions; whatever reforms Professor
Oloyede is battling day and night to instil sanity into the
system became meaningless to the Uni-Ibadan ASUU
boss. But his colleagues at Unilorin considered his vomits
as balderdash.
The Chairman of the Unilorin branch of ASUU, Dr. Usman
Abdulraheem and the Secretary, Dr. Mary Lewu clearly
stressed in a statement that “All negative actions and
commentaries of ASUU, University of Ibadan cannot dim
the ever shining star of Prof. Oloyede because this
workaholic is too committed to achieving excellence in
every assignment.”
Except a section of ASUU which is on vengeance mission
against Professor Oloyede, no Nigerian is in doubt about
his competence and excellence in any assignments. Just
barely a year as JAMB boss, Oloyede has introduced
reforms and innovations in the conduct of UTME, which are
not just novel in Nigeria alone, but in other West Africa
countries.
Aside the implementation of the CBT, the JAMB boss has
also introduced nation-wide mock examinations for
prospective candidates of UTME to test their preparedness
for the actual exams. And it is free and the JAMB board
considered it as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility
to both the students and the society.
It remains a miracle that candidates no longer write UTME
and wait endlessly for months to see the results. And
there is near zero incidents of missing results. Candidates
paying for the exams pay directly to government’s
Treasury Single Account (TSA), an indication that the
JAMB boss is not concerned with duping or cheating
candidates or the government.
It is a strong statement about his disposition on
accountability, transparency and probity anywhere he
serves.

source: https://www.naij.com/1101110-jamb-when-truth-hurts-infinitely-by-anthony-kolawole.html

Jamb registration gets tougher each passing year

Can someone tell me the reforms that this professor of "western education na haram" has brought to jamb that this praise singer is talking about or is somebody trying to arrogate another guy's glory to some other guy?

jamb should be scraped

Pure rubbish

CONFUSED JAMB..CONFUSED COUNTRY

How much Oloyede pay you for this write up

L

KK

this is serious

Crap. I'd be damned if I finish reading this bullocks.

They should work harder and simplify the process

What is this one saying? Is Oloyede the one who brought CBT? This man haven't made any point.

t

When will Nigerian kids write the UTME?

So you did not witness the suffering of the applicant

Confusion everywhere .Apparently he didn't make any point.

Oloyede was a great V.C @ UNILORIN.I believe that he should be given alittle time and he will do wonder's @ jamb.my opinion.

Personally, see the itch I faced through this thread
www.nairaland.com/3735060/ondo-jamb-registration-centre-crowded


www.nairaland.com/3735060/ondo-jamb-registration-centre-crowded

So you wake me up this early to tell me about a professor's personal struggle abi.

Kwontinu

Please op try and paragraph the article well.

My grouse with the new JAMB honcho is that he met a working and less stressful system and turned it into a nightmare for all applicants and candidates. This article has not changed how I feel one bit.

CeoMYN:
What is this one saying? Is Oloyede the one who brought CBT? This man haven't made any point.

pls don't 4get he is d 1st to introduce CBT into this country when he was d vice chancellor of Unilorin..........

Opinion of a booth - licker and a praise singer which he is entitled to.

So much ink...so little point made. Prof. Oloyede is simply a square peg in a round hole. I'm sure there are more competent profs out there who can do it better. Like someone asked earlier; how much was this guy paid to write this piece?

omogumel:


pls don't 4get he is d 1st to introduce CBT into this country when he was d vice chancellor of Unilorin..........

He turned candidates to guinea pigs in the name of CBT. He should have ensured the system worked before rolling it out.

it's no longer news , buhari is a failure

PLANETMARS:
jamb should be scraped

says who

When Adolf Hitler, Abacha, Idi Amin, Saddam, etc were misbehaving, they all have columnist like the one above. God will intervene on behalf of those candidates

Dilijingsly:
Editor's note: Anthony Kolawole is a University lecturer
from Keffi in Nasarawa state. In this new piece writes on
challenges faced by Nigeria's tertiary institution
examination body - Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board (JAMB).
Kolawole also decries the call for the resignation of the
registrar of JAMB Ishaq Oloyede by some individuals and
the state of Nigeria's education sector under the
leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Nigerians resent truth. They abhor it and seek to cage it
within the prisms of their crooked instincts.
When President Muhammadu Buhari launched the national
re-orientation campaigns for attitudinal change tagged #
ChangeBeginsWithMe#, many Nigerians never saw the
wisdom. But successive events are now illuminating the
necessity of the campaigns.
There is nothing good leadership at any level or institution
introduces that some dubious Nigerians would not contrive
ways to defile it.
Last week, the chairman, Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan Chapter, Dr.Deji
Omole canvassed for the resignation of the Registrar of the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
Professor Ishaq Oloyede over the hiccups in the
registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME) experienced in some parts of the country.
The academic from Uni-Ibadan, which currently hosts the
national secretariat of ASUU, the body which remained the
only odd voice that opposed Oloyede’s appointment on
selfish grounds, posed like a nationalist and mouthpiece of
ASUU. He unconvincingly decried the difficulties candidates
are experiencing in registering for the exams online.
But Dr.Omole, an academic knew, but failed to
acknowledge that the introduction of the Computer Based
Test (CBT) by JAMB was mainly to curb the high incidence
of exam fraud.
It was designed to ensure candidates presented by JAMB
for admissions in higher institutions in the country were
genuinely accessed as qualified for further studies in the
courses they applied.
But as it is typical with Nigerians, fraudsters invaded the
process of UTME online and created difficulties in some
states of the federation.
And the fraudsters who invaded the system have also been
arrested and are being prosecuted, an indication that the
JAMB Registrar is alive and awake to his responsibilities.
But instead of looking at the issue dispassionately, Omole
purportedly speaking for ASUU erroneously thought it was
the incompetence of the JAMB helmsman and he should
resign. Beneath the seeming patriotic call for Oloyede’s
resignation were the shadows of the resurrection of the old
feud ASUU had with Oloyede, when he was the Vice
Chancellor of University of Ilorin, over the sacked Unilorin
ASUU members.
They haunted Oloyede while he was still in academics and
when he was elevated to the position of JAMB Chief
Executive Officer, ASUU was the first to threaten industrial
action, should the Presidency fail to reverse the
appointment.
Fraudsters invaded the process of UTME online and
created difficulties in some states of the federation.
The Presidency perceived the campaigns against Professor
Oloyede’s appointment as baseless and stood its grounds.
The anger is yet to dissipate and when fraudsters hijacked
the registration process, it became the justification of a
section of ASUU to call for his resignation. Its good tidings
because at least to the extent that they failed to get him
sacked and now, they are begging him to resign.
So, whatever good intentions; whatever reforms Professor
Oloyede is battling day and night to instil sanity into the
system became meaningless to the Uni-Ibadan ASUU
boss. But his colleagues at Unilorin considered his vomits
as balderdash.
The Chairman of the Unilorin branch of ASUU, Dr. Usman
Abdulraheem and the Secretary, Dr. Mary Lewu clearly
stressed in a statement that “All negative actions and
commentaries of ASUU, University of Ibadan cannot dim
the ever shining star of Prof. Oloyede because this
workaholic is too committed to achieving excellence in
every assignment.”
Except a section of ASUU which is on vengeance mission
against Professor Oloyede, no Nigerian is in doubt about
his competence and excellence in any assignments. Just
barely a year as JAMB boss, Oloyede has introduced
reforms and innovations in the conduct of UTME, which are
not just novel in Nigeria alone, but in other West Africa
countries.
Aside the implementation of the CBT, the JAMB boss has
also introduced nation-wide mock examinations for
prospective candidates of UTME to test their preparedness
for the actual exams. And it is free and the JAMB board
considered it as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility
to both the students and the society.
It remains a miracle that candidates no longer write UTME
and wait endlessly for months to see the results. And
there is near zero incidents of missing results. Candidates
paying for the exams pay directly to government’s
Treasury Single Account (TSA), an indication that the
JAMB boss is not concerned with duping or cheating
candidates or the government.
It is a strong statement about his disposition on
accountability, transparency and probity anywhere he
serves.

source: https://www.naij.com/1101110-jamb-when-truth-hurts-infinitely-by-anthony-kolawole.html

The writer is definitely not in Nigeria and if he is in Nigeria, he must be residing in Sambissa