They also called for a total overhaul of the examination body to conform to global examination practices. xAn educationist, Sammy Ndubuisi, called on the examination body to undertake holistic review of the exercise to unravel the cause of the mass failure, whether human, programming or some other scientific error. On the validity of JAMB results for more than a year, Ndubuisi noted that entrance examinations and admission exercises take place on an annual basis, hence, UTME results should always be fresh and not warehoused like factory products. While insisting that the examination body is still relevant, the educationist called for the decentralisation of the agency for greater efficiency. The examination body said a total of 1,415,501 registered for both UTME and direct entry.

Source: The Guardian July 08, 2021 04:30 UTC