Opinion: What shocked me most in passing UTME

JAMB begins UTME on February 29
After studying very hard for 2016 UTME, after
having sleepless night, after solving JAMB
past Q&A to pass my exams with flying
colours, it was really unfortunate that what i
reaped is different from what i sowed.
March 2, 2016 is unforgettable day in the
history of my life. I’ll call it a day of
FRUSTRATION! My UTME exams were
supposed to take place at 2:00pm. But due
to lack of preparation and organization from
both JAMB and exams centre agents; we
were left for good three hours helplessly
outside the hall.
We don’t have any option than to keep
staying inside the scorching sun waiting for
the JAMB agents to screen us. Though, with
such
physiological stress, most of us were not
discouraged and keep waiting. At 5:00pm, we
were screened and allowed to sit randomly
without
any seat number.

It was really unfortunate that we were left to
write the exams with substandard computers.
What shocked us most is after spending just
only 50mins, the generator just shut down!
It took the operators 30 minutes before they
fixed the problem. This happened twice
during the exams. We were left with just little
time to answer more than 200 questions out
of the 300 objective questions.
What surprise me most is how two of the
JAMB agents were passing papers to some
of the candidates inside the hall. After the
examinations, I later asked and I was told by
a candidate that those candidates paid for
special
centres.
The following day when my scores were sent
to me, I wasn’t surprised when I scored 230
due to the problems we faced during the
UTME examination. But what surprised me
most that I was given the highest score in
English which i didn’t even answer most of
the questions due to shortage of time.
While biology which I was expecting to score
46 out 50 questions, was the lowest. How
can I score a very high score in English when
I didn’t answer most of the questions?

Those problems did not only happen at
King’s Garden Brigade, Kano but most
centres in the country experienced either
systems failure, substandard computers,
power failure, postponement etc.
But it is really unfortunate and unjust for
Minister of Education Adamu Adamu to make
us the scapegoats of the problem faced by
JAMB. Why will Mr. Adamu just wake up one-
day and destroy the futures of those
hardworking Jambites that were frustrated by
JAMB?
Why will you leave us in the hand of those
that are trying to destroy our future? I’ll not
forgive JAMB and Mr. Adamu for destroying
good 10 years I was preparing to become a
pharmacist in future.
I think it’s unjust to scrap post-UTME at this
critical time. I’m really confused in life! I’m in
a state of depression. I don’t know where to
get justice from. I struggled to get Mr.
President phone number from one of his
closed ally in Kano. I texted him on June 3
2016 about how our life is in danger due to
injustice we got from JAMB and Mr. Adamu.
I told him the depression I’m facing and how
my life is in danger. But till date, I didn’t get
any reply from Mr. President. If the message
wouldn’t reach him I’m using the opportunity
to call on our competent president, senators,
representatives, governors to save us from
the hands of JAMB and Mr. Adamu.