Professor David Kolawole Omole the Dean faculty of science federal university Lokoja has emphasized the need for a national policy that will strengthen the post UME screening exercise in all Universities across the country.
Professor Omole stated this while speaking as the 20th guest Inaugural lecturer at the Adankolo campus of the institution in Lokoja .
According to him , the university authorities should strive to improve the integrity of its examinations, stressing that comparative study of the Quality of Students’ Output From Federal, State and Private Universities in Nigeria are varied.
.”The private universities produced the highest percentage of students’ turn over with better class of degrees than those from Federal and state universities.
“There is need for efficient and effective monitoring and evaluation process to maintain uniformity in the quality of instruction and certification across all university categories in Nigeria.
“That public examinations poorly predicted university achievement suggests that they may not be good indices for determining or selecting those who are likely to succeed in university education.
‘The four public examination bodies employed achievement tests. This may be considered adequate for certificate examinations being conducted by WAEC, NECO or NABTEB but for JAMB that was designed as a selection examination to employ achievement test is technically flawed.
“For selection purposes, aptitude tests are preferred to achievement test. To this end, there is need for a paradigm shift from achievement test to aptitude test for UME,” Prof. Omole stated.