New JAMB policy to break dichotomy
Written by Johnkennedy Uzoma,Owerri
MONDAY, 27 APRIL 2009
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http://www.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8668&Itemid=19The immediate past chairman of the governing board of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Chief Amugo Ugorji says the recent decision to combine the Universities Matriculation Examination and Polytechnic examinations would solve the problem of dichotomy between HND and Degree certificates in the country.
Ugorji while briefing newsmen in Owerri said the new policy when it becomes effective would have positive effect on the development of education in the country.
He said for JAMB to have come up with the idea showed that it meant well for the revival of education, adding that the Universal Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would make it possible to have parity in the certificates. Chief Ugorji recalled that there had been clamour to equate HND with degree because of the long existing dichotomy created in the number of subjects required to be passed before admission into both university and polytechnic
While welcoming the new idea as a policy that would augur well for the country, he said it would bring about standardization in seating of the examination.
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