When i read on the pages of the newspaper i was taken by consternation, maniacally bewildered with what i saw. The Honorable minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai stated categorically that 520,000 of the 1,735,720 candidates who sat for the UTME on saturday are likely to gain admission into universities across the nation.This is because the entire universities in the country can only accommodate 520,000, candidates, meaning that the remaining 1.2million candidates may have to shelve their desire for higher education till further notice.
“We have over 1.7million candidates that have registered to go into our tertiary institutions including our universities and the space that we have is barely 520,000 for federal, and state tertiary institutions including Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and private universities”, the minister said. Prof. Rufai made this disclosure while monitoring the examination in some centres in Abuja. She explained that about 700,000 candidates may not have any university to absorb them if at of the day one million candidates passed the matriculation examination since government could not create access without giving recourse to quality.
As logical as it seems, i am still overghasted and flabberwhelmed we shouldnt nurse the "MEISM" spirit. All the Federal Government are interested about is the gain they will get at the end of the shabby deal.
I believe the government have the statistics of thenumber of tertiary instituions they have and how much it can accommodate students, the question still remains 'What have they done about the epileptic situation carried by the educational sector?'
I am therefore challenging the government to reduce the rate at which they make nuisance of themselves, they should avoid regular big occassioning, big partying, unnecessary allocation of funds to some irresponsible and sector and not society and nation building. They must be prepared to immerse themselves in societal dialects.
Chief Obafemi Awolowo once said that the difference between me and my colleagues, was that when my other colleagues are cavorting in the dark alleys, i am in my library working myself to the 19 to the dozen.
It is expected of the Government to provide a conducive place where education can take place, sacrifices should be made by them that was the reason they were voted in power in the first place.
As it is now, 50% of the students that wrote the examination will be guaranteed admission provided they cross the 2nd bridge which is the PUTME.
I see all this as means of 'SIPHONING' money from these students and their parents which majority of them are the low income earners.
I call on Mr President to ascend the challenges of governance, and he cannot do that except he takes the driver's seat as the political emir of trans jordan, and the political major dobo, the buck....... He should look strictly at the educational sector and make it a living one.......
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This is so sad, our government need to wake up
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