Post-UME/UTME is a screening / examination that each candidate seeking for admission into any
tertiary institution in Nigeria has to undergo in order to test candidate’s ability due to various forms of
examination malpractices persisting in Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National
Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC). It has been revealed several
times as pos-ume/utme exposed candidates who must have cheated in Jamb, Waec or Neco examinations. The
study highlighted some of the problems associated wit post-UME/UTME as pointed out by some individuals
opposing the adoption of post-UME/UTME, contributions of some individuals supporting the exercise were also
narrated. Some comparisons on the performance of 870 candidates revealed that their performance in postume/utme
examination was relatively very poor. A sample of size 45 was drawn from a population of 870
candidates and arithmetic and weighted arithmetic means of utme and post-utme scores were obtained in order
to highlights on the unsuitability of arithmetic mean as it being used in assessing candidates by most of the
Nigerian Universities. With arbitrary weights of 0.4 and 0.6 on utme and post-ume/utme scores the values of
arithmetic mean are higher than that of weighted arithmetic mean.
Prediction of South Eastern Nigerian Students’ Under Graduate Scores with The...iosrjce
The study looked at the relationship between Joint University Matriculation and the performance of
students in 300 level, 400 level and 500 level students who were admitted into 6 (Six) Nigerian Universities in
2005. A correlational longitudinal survey design was adopted. A preform was used to collect the data from the
students’ files. Their cumulative grade point average and JAMB UME and Post UME Scores were collected.
The population is made up of 3280 students selected by a combination of stratified and sample random and
purposive sampling techniques.
Results show that both JAMB UME and Post UME did not predict performance as measured by cumulative
grade point averages in the years under study. It is recommended that both examination be maintained.
Challenges Encountered Using Cbt by 2015 Utme Candidates In Owerri Zone One, ...iosrjce
This research investigated challenges encountered using CBT by 2015 UTME candidates in Owerri
zone one and examined their implications on the test validity. Survey design was adopted. The population of the
study comprised 1,006 SSIII students in public secondary schools in Owerri zone one who took 2015 UTME.
The sample comprised of 20% of the population selected using stratified random sampling and simple balloting.
Seven research questions guided the study. A Likert-type questionnaire was used for data collection. Mean
scores were used for data analysis. Among the challenges identified were; insufficient computers and computer
centers, power failure, candidates' incompetence in use of computers, posting of candidates far from home by
JAMB and unfavourable timing of exam sessions. The study concludes that these challenges hinder test validity.
The implication is that candidates in Owerri zone one centers would have performed better than they performed
in 2015 UTME if they were examined under a conducive exam environment. Some recommendations made are:
Construction of more computer centers, provision of more computers for UTME and enhancement of power
supply by the Government, posting of candidates close to their homes and postponement of use of CBT for
UTME by JAMB till the identified challenges have been curbed.
Most sought after tertiary institutions in nigeriastatisense
Application for the 2014/2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) ended in March 2014, over 1.6 million candidates selected their preferred institution of choice hoping one of these institutions offer them admission soon.
Prediction of South Eastern Nigerian Students’ Under Graduate Scores with The...iosrjce
The study looked at the relationship between Joint University Matriculation and the performance of
students in 300 level, 400 level and 500 level students who were admitted into 6 (Six) Nigerian Universities in
2005. A correlational longitudinal survey design was adopted. A preform was used to collect the data from the
students’ files. Their cumulative grade point average and JAMB UME and Post UME Scores were collected.
The population is made up of 3280 students selected by a combination of stratified and sample random and
purposive sampling techniques.
Results show that both JAMB UME and Post UME did not predict performance as measured by cumulative
grade point averages in the years under study. It is recommended that both examination be maintained.
Challenges Encountered Using Cbt by 2015 Utme Candidates In Owerri Zone One, ...iosrjce
This research investigated challenges encountered using CBT by 2015 UTME candidates in Owerri
zone one and examined their implications on the test validity. Survey design was adopted. The population of the
study comprised 1,006 SSIII students in public secondary schools in Owerri zone one who took 2015 UTME.
The sample comprised of 20% of the population selected using stratified random sampling and simple balloting.
Seven research questions guided the study. A Likert-type questionnaire was used for data collection. Mean
scores were used for data analysis. Among the challenges identified were; insufficient computers and computer
centers, power failure, candidates' incompetence in use of computers, posting of candidates far from home by
JAMB and unfavourable timing of exam sessions. The study concludes that these challenges hinder test validity.
The implication is that candidates in Owerri zone one centers would have performed better than they performed
in 2015 UTME if they were examined under a conducive exam environment. Some recommendations made are:
Construction of more computer centers, provision of more computers for UTME and enhancement of power
supply by the Government, posting of candidates close to their homes and postponement of use of CBT for
UTME by JAMB till the identified challenges have been curbed.
Most sought after tertiary institutions in nigeriastatisense
Application for the 2014/2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) ended in March 2014, over 1.6 million candidates selected their preferred institution of choice hoping one of these institutions offer them admission soon.
Improving student learning through assessment for learning using social media...Gihan Wikramanayake
Hakim Usoof, Gihan Wikramanayake (2009) Improving student learning through assessment for learning using social media and e-Learning 2.0 on a distance education degree programme in Sri Lanka In: Open Learning: Media, Environments and Cultures, What Role for Social Media and E-Learning 2.0? The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) in Vienna, Austria: Sept 28-30
Investigating a theoretical framework for e-learning technology acceptance IJECEIAES
E-learning has gained recognition and fame in delivering and distributing educational resources, and the same has become possible with the occurrence of Internet and Web technologies. The research seeks to determine the factors that influence students' acceptance of E-learning and to find out the way these factors determine the students' intention to employ E-learning. A theoretical framework was developed based on the technology acceptance model (TAM). To obtain information from the 270 university students who utilized the E-learning system, a questionnaire was formulated. The results revealed that “social influence, perceived enjoyment, self-efficacy, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use” are the strongest and most important predictors in the intention of and students towards E-learning systems. The outcomes offer practical implications for practitioners, lawmakers, and developers in effective E-learning systems implementation to improve ongoing interests and activities of university students in a virtual E-learning atmosphere, valuable recommendations for E-learning practices are given by the research findings, and these may turn out to be as guidelines for the efficient design of E-learning systems.
Educating students from all over India, including those from the local and rural areas, and from other countries, so they become enlightened individuals, improving the living standards of their families, industry and society.
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) campus is spread across a vast area of over 250 acres providing excellent infrastructure and ambience. The learners at VIT can find that the institute houses 14 schools which offers a variety of courses such as B.Tech., M.Tech.,M.Sc., and Ph.D., programmes in various disciplines of science, technology, engineering and humanities.
Identifying Top Perfomers in the Electrician Training Programme at FSASEC - V...IJMREMJournal
The Vaal University of Technology (VUT) has, in its faculty of Engineering and Technology a flagship
community engagement project referred to as the French South African Schneider Electric Education Center
(FSASEC) where young underprivileged students are recruited and trained to become occupational electricians.
There is a significant skills gap in South Africa for artisans in the field of Electrical Engineering and this gap
can be closed if state of the art training facilities exits where the students are prepared for landing in the
workplace useful and productive. It is of primary value to be able to identify students that perform well in order
to maximize the efficiency of the training program in Electrical Engineering. This paper presents some tools
that can be used in identifying potentially excellent performers, at risk and underperforming students. This
process ranges from when the student is admitted to the time he exits the programmed.
REDUCING SECURITY CONCERNS WHEN USING CLOUD COMPUTING IN ONLINE EXAMS CASE ST...ijcsit
The SHAMEL Exam is the second important exam in Jordan; accordingly, the preservation of confidentiality and security are the most important priorities of the exam managers. Recently, AL-Balqa Applied University (BAU) in Jordan has computerized the exam and one of the suggestions was to utilize
the cloud computing applications. However, cloud computing entails many security concerns that may have
impacts on the exam information security. This research discusses the current use the cloud computing in
many life aspects and then concentrate on online exams aspect; also, this research clarifies the tangible
and intangible risks associated with cloud computing adoption. Then, the research examined a specific
case study related to the subject matter. Finally, this research explores the level of understanding risks and
methods may be used to reduce it and help in protecting data from unauthorized persons.
The Implementation of E-learning System Governance to Deal with User Need, In...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
In this digital era, it has been proven that the proper of e-learning system implementation provides
various advantages and huge benefits. But to achieve the proper implementation is not an easy way since
there are many obstacles have to be addressed. Beside the benefits and advantages, such as the other IT
based system, e-learning also bring many risks that come from its environment or embedded in. Although
many methods or approaches proposed to tackle those obstacles and risks, but the study that tackle those
problems from IT Governance view is still limited. The study presents the report of the IT Governance
approach to address some of the risks of eLearning system implementation such as: miss alignment with
the enterprise goal and strategies, uncomplianceness with the government regulation, and unmatched with
the stakeholder needs. The governance of eLearning system proposed has been implemented in the
private university situated in Jakarta, Indonesia for two semesters. Based on the general observation, the
University can get some benefits such as their succeed in maintaining its institution as the university that
comply with government regulatory.
Assessment Of The Admission Criteria That Predict Students’ Academic Performa...journal ijrtem
ABSTRACT: Prior to this era, individual universities in Nigeria conducted concessional examinations for the selection of their prospective students. Other compulsory condition was the possession of five credit passes in the relevant subjects in the ordinary level certificate. The other mode of entry was the direct admission of students into the direct second year level of candidates who possessed either the national diploma certificate or the general certificate of education at the advanced level in the relevant papers. Problem arose, where students had multiple admissions in several universities and those who could not afford to write admission examinations to multiple institutions and the not too brilliant students were deprived the opportunity of admission into the very limited Universities. These reasons caused the Federal Government of Nigeria to establish the Joint admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in 1978. Today, studies showed that JAMB and WAEC alone can no more ascertain the best crop of students for admission as there are exam syndicates everywhere in the country to ensure that their candidates/customers make all their papers in one sitting consequently pass their JAMB and get admission as well. This research is therefore proffering an alternative admission paradigm that will go beyond considering only test scores for admission, but will consider aggregate academic records of the prospective students before admission is offered or denied. This alternative method can be actually using Artificial Neural Network techniques. Keywords: Admission, Artificial Neural Network, Academic Performance, Prediction, Undergraduates, decision support system, etc.
Analysis of Candidates’ Performance in Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examina...Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
A major criterion for determining the eligibility of candidates for admission into Nigerian Universities was their performance in UTME and Post-UTME before the scrap of the Post-UTME in 2016. This study was therefore aimed at investigating the performance of students in UTME conducted by Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Post-UTME conducted by the University of Ibadan from 2012/2013 to 2015/2016 with emphasis on gender and age-group performance in the two examinations. The secondary data used for this research comprised of the records of all 100 Level students admitted into the University from 2012/2013 to 2015/2016 academic sessions through UTME and Post-UTME. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics, independent samples t test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient r. The results [(2012/13: 49.3%; 50.7%); (2013/14: 53.5%;46.5%); (2014/15: 53%;47%) and (2015/16: 53.3%;46.7%)], for male and female respectively showed that more male candidates were admitted compared to their female counterpart in each academic session except the 2012/2013 session that had higher female enrolment. More than 80% of the students were in the 16-20 age group. The independent t-test, for UTME and Post-UTME respectively, showed that the males had higher mean scores than the females and these mean scores were significant in all the sessions except in the 2015/16 session [(2012/13: P = .00; .04); (2013/14: P = .00; .03); (2014/15: P = .00; .00); (2015/16: P = .32; .29)]. The independent t-test for Post-UTME showed that the 16-20 age group had higher mean scores in the Post-UTME than the 21 & above age group in all the sessions but the only significant Post-UTME mean score for this group was in the 2012/13 session (P = .00).
Also, the independent t-test for UTME showed that the 21 & above age group had higher mean scores in the UTME than the 16-20 age group in all the sessions except the 2015/16 session but the only significant UTME mean score for this group was in the 2013/14 session (P = .03). The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient r was 0.306, -0.351, 0.456 and 0.641 for 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 respectively. All the r values were positively significant at 5% level except the value of r which was negatively significant for 2013/2014 session.
The progressive and significant positive increase in the value of r in all the sessions except the 2013/2014 academic session suggested tacit support for the scrapping of the Post-UTME in the Nigerian University system.
Improving student learning through assessment for learning using social media...Gihan Wikramanayake
Hakim Usoof, Gihan Wikramanayake (2009) Improving student learning through assessment for learning using social media and e-Learning 2.0 on a distance education degree programme in Sri Lanka In: Open Learning: Media, Environments and Cultures, What Role for Social Media and E-Learning 2.0? The European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) in Vienna, Austria: Sept 28-30
Investigating a theoretical framework for e-learning technology acceptance IJECEIAES
E-learning has gained recognition and fame in delivering and distributing educational resources, and the same has become possible with the occurrence of Internet and Web technologies. The research seeks to determine the factors that influence students' acceptance of E-learning and to find out the way these factors determine the students' intention to employ E-learning. A theoretical framework was developed based on the technology acceptance model (TAM). To obtain information from the 270 university students who utilized the E-learning system, a questionnaire was formulated. The results revealed that “social influence, perceived enjoyment, self-efficacy, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use” are the strongest and most important predictors in the intention of and students towards E-learning systems. The outcomes offer practical implications for practitioners, lawmakers, and developers in effective E-learning systems implementation to improve ongoing interests and activities of university students in a virtual E-learning atmosphere, valuable recommendations for E-learning practices are given by the research findings, and these may turn out to be as guidelines for the efficient design of E-learning systems.
Educating students from all over India, including those from the local and rural areas, and from other countries, so they become enlightened individuals, improving the living standards of their families, industry and society.
Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) campus is spread across a vast area of over 250 acres providing excellent infrastructure and ambience. The learners at VIT can find that the institute houses 14 schools which offers a variety of courses such as B.Tech., M.Tech.,M.Sc., and Ph.D., programmes in various disciplines of science, technology, engineering and humanities.
Identifying Top Perfomers in the Electrician Training Programme at FSASEC - V...IJMREMJournal
The Vaal University of Technology (VUT) has, in its faculty of Engineering and Technology a flagship
community engagement project referred to as the French South African Schneider Electric Education Center
(FSASEC) where young underprivileged students are recruited and trained to become occupational electricians.
There is a significant skills gap in South Africa for artisans in the field of Electrical Engineering and this gap
can be closed if state of the art training facilities exits where the students are prepared for landing in the
workplace useful and productive. It is of primary value to be able to identify students that perform well in order
to maximize the efficiency of the training program in Electrical Engineering. This paper presents some tools
that can be used in identifying potentially excellent performers, at risk and underperforming students. This
process ranges from when the student is admitted to the time he exits the programmed.
REDUCING SECURITY CONCERNS WHEN USING CLOUD COMPUTING IN ONLINE EXAMS CASE ST...ijcsit
The SHAMEL Exam is the second important exam in Jordan; accordingly, the preservation of confidentiality and security are the most important priorities of the exam managers. Recently, AL-Balqa Applied University (BAU) in Jordan has computerized the exam and one of the suggestions was to utilize
the cloud computing applications. However, cloud computing entails many security concerns that may have
impacts on the exam information security. This research discusses the current use the cloud computing in
many life aspects and then concentrate on online exams aspect; also, this research clarifies the tangible
and intangible risks associated with cloud computing adoption. Then, the research examined a specific
case study related to the subject matter. Finally, this research explores the level of understanding risks and
methods may be used to reduce it and help in protecting data from unauthorized persons.
The Implementation of E-learning System Governance to Deal with User Need, In...TELKOMNIKA JOURNAL
In this digital era, it has been proven that the proper of e-learning system implementation provides
various advantages and huge benefits. But to achieve the proper implementation is not an easy way since
there are many obstacles have to be addressed. Beside the benefits and advantages, such as the other IT
based system, e-learning also bring many risks that come from its environment or embedded in. Although
many methods or approaches proposed to tackle those obstacles and risks, but the study that tackle those
problems from IT Governance view is still limited. The study presents the report of the IT Governance
approach to address some of the risks of eLearning system implementation such as: miss alignment with
the enterprise goal and strategies, uncomplianceness with the government regulation, and unmatched with
the stakeholder needs. The governance of eLearning system proposed has been implemented in the
private university situated in Jakarta, Indonesia for two semesters. Based on the general observation, the
University can get some benefits such as their succeed in maintaining its institution as the university that
comply with government regulatory.
Assessment Of The Admission Criteria That Predict Students’ Academic Performa...journal ijrtem
ABSTRACT: Prior to this era, individual universities in Nigeria conducted concessional examinations for the selection of their prospective students. Other compulsory condition was the possession of five credit passes in the relevant subjects in the ordinary level certificate. The other mode of entry was the direct admission of students into the direct second year level of candidates who possessed either the national diploma certificate or the general certificate of education at the advanced level in the relevant papers. Problem arose, where students had multiple admissions in several universities and those who could not afford to write admission examinations to multiple institutions and the not too brilliant students were deprived the opportunity of admission into the very limited Universities. These reasons caused the Federal Government of Nigeria to establish the Joint admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in 1978. Today, studies showed that JAMB and WAEC alone can no more ascertain the best crop of students for admission as there are exam syndicates everywhere in the country to ensure that their candidates/customers make all their papers in one sitting consequently pass their JAMB and get admission as well. This research is therefore proffering an alternative admission paradigm that will go beyond considering only test scores for admission, but will consider aggregate academic records of the prospective students before admission is offered or denied. This alternative method can be actually using Artificial Neural Network techniques. Keywords: Admission, Artificial Neural Network, Academic Performance, Prediction, Undergraduates, decision support system, etc.
Analysis of Candidates’ Performance in Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examina...Olutosin Ademola Otekunrin
A major criterion for determining the eligibility of candidates for admission into Nigerian Universities was their performance in UTME and Post-UTME before the scrap of the Post-UTME in 2016. This study was therefore aimed at investigating the performance of students in UTME conducted by Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Post-UTME conducted by the University of Ibadan from 2012/2013 to 2015/2016 with emphasis on gender and age-group performance in the two examinations. The secondary data used for this research comprised of the records of all 100 Level students admitted into the University from 2012/2013 to 2015/2016 academic sessions through UTME and Post-UTME. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics, independent samples t test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient r. The results [(2012/13: 49.3%; 50.7%); (2013/14: 53.5%;46.5%); (2014/15: 53%;47%) and (2015/16: 53.3%;46.7%)], for male and female respectively showed that more male candidates were admitted compared to their female counterpart in each academic session except the 2012/2013 session that had higher female enrolment. More than 80% of the students were in the 16-20 age group. The independent t-test, for UTME and Post-UTME respectively, showed that the males had higher mean scores than the females and these mean scores were significant in all the sessions except in the 2015/16 session [(2012/13: P = .00; .04); (2013/14: P = .00; .03); (2014/15: P = .00; .00); (2015/16: P = .32; .29)]. The independent t-test for Post-UTME showed that the 16-20 age group had higher mean scores in the Post-UTME than the 21 & above age group in all the sessions but the only significant Post-UTME mean score for this group was in the 2012/13 session (P = .00).
Also, the independent t-test for UTME showed that the 21 & above age group had higher mean scores in the UTME than the 16-20 age group in all the sessions except the 2015/16 session but the only significant UTME mean score for this group was in the 2013/14 session (P = .03). The Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient r was 0.306, -0.351, 0.456 and 0.641 for 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 respectively. All the r values were positively significant at 5% level except the value of r which was negatively significant for 2013/2014 session.
The progressive and significant positive increase in the value of r in all the sessions except the 2013/2014 academic session suggested tacit support for the scrapping of the Post-UTME in the Nigerian University system.
This entails the process by which candidates begin tertiary education. It can also be seen as the process by which a student/candidate gain a suitable position for study in the Tertiary institutions.
Curbing Candidates Desperate Desires for University Education against Other T...inventionjournals
This paper discussed curbing candidate’s desperate desire for university education against other tertiary educational institutions. The paper began with a presentation of the general requirements for various types of tertiary education institution – Polytechnics, Colleges of education, Monotechnics and University. It delved into factors responsible for candidates desperate desire which include status disparity, high social rating of university degrees, excessive emphasis on university education, disparity in organizational ranking of graduates from universities and other tertiary institutions, poor funding of other tertiary institutions compared to universities and ineffective implementation of policies and programmes. In order to curb candidates desperate desire for university education, the paper recommended amongst others that: organizations (employers) should eliminate disparity in ranking and undue emphasis placed on university graduates against those from other tertiary educational institutions, other tertiary institutions should be adequately funded, government should provide and maintain equipment and facilities that encourage hands-on activities at college level in order to develop students interest in vocational and technical education offered in polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges of education (Technical), the government should institute a policy that will enable students in polytechnics and colleges of education get scholarship and also give automatic employment to graduates with technical background especially from polytechnics and monotechnics, priority should be given to vocational and technical subjects and be made compulsory at the secondary school level, campaign to sensitize and enlighten parents to desist from discouraging their children and wards from choosing higher education institutions other than universities should be on-going
This paper empirically investigates the influence of functional clues as a strategy
of customer experience management on
context of higher education in Nigeria. The basic purpose of
examine if the application of marketing strategies can be applied by higher institutions
in order to satisfy their student and turn them to advocate of their brands/service. To
achieve this objective, a total of 215 copies of the question
engineering student of a private university adjudged to be the best in
stage sampling techniques were employed in this study.
Regression CATREG analysis, the study found that functional clues
influence on engineering student
study therefore recommended among other things that the university management
should adopt customer experience management as a strategy to build studen
and also concentrate their efforts on the improvement of functional clues by focusing
more on the development of the competences of their lecturers and implement the
strategy in order to gain repeat patronage of their students
The study aims to determine differences in the achievement of students who pass the National Selection of State Universities (SNMPTN), the Selection of Joint Entrance State University (SBMPTN), and the Joint Entrance examination (UMB) at the Faculty of Teachers Training and Education (FKIP) at the University of Syiah Kuala. The study used descriptive method with a quantitative approach. The population in this study were all FKIP Unsyiah students entering university in 2013 that passed the SNMPTN, SBMPTN, and UMB. The population pool was as many as 1,038 students, with 289 students selected for the sample using the Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling technique. The One Way Anova Test was used for data analysis followed by a Least Significance Difference (LSD) test. Hypothesis in this research is there are differences in the achievement of FKIP Unsyiah students passed through SNMPTN, SBMPTN, and UMB. The results showed that the achievement of FKIP Unsyiah students who passed through the SBMPTN had average GPAs of 3.46, 3.32 for the SNMPTN and 3.36 for the UMB. Based on the results, it can be concluded that students who pass the SBMPTN had greater achievement than student who pass the SNMPTN and UMB.
Industrial Attachment challenges: Lessons drawn from Gweru Polytechnic Colleg...inventionjournals
The study sought to establish challenges attachees face during industrial attachment. The examination of this topic was prompted by criticism of polytechnic graduates by employers for being improperly trained. The students on the other hand, lay the blame on industrial training environment. Solutions to the problems shall be used to improve industrial training so as to achieve human capital development. The researcher used open ended questionnaires, focus groups and interviews as data collection methods. Purposive sampling was used to select participants of the study in line with quantitative and qualitative research approaches used in data analysis. The participants were lecturers, students and workplace supervisors in Gweru city. The results of the study were thematically analysed. It emerged from the empirical findings of the study that shortage of attachment places, financial problems, inadequate training, inappropriate areadeployment and issues of student sexual harassment were challenges noted. This study recommended that adequate resources be mobilised towards student attachment and the colleges to have project establishments to help in relieving attachment places. There is also need to develop partnership with industry to easy placement of students, and to deploy attachees under supervision of qualified and experienced mentors. Furthermore, there is need for support from the government, private sector and other stakeholders
AGENT-BASED SIMULATION FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ADMISSION: MEDICAL COLLEGES IN...CSEIJJournal
Medical colleges are considered one of the most competitive schools compared to other university
departments. Most countries adopted the particular application process to ensure maximum fairness
between students. For example, in UK students apply through the UCAS system, and most of USA
universities use either Coalition App or Common App, on the other hand, some universities use their own
websites. In fact, a Unified Admission Application process is adopted in Jordan for allocating the students
to the public universities. However, the universities and colleges in Jordan are evaluating the applicants by
using merely the centralized system without considering the socioeconomics factor, as the high school GPA
is the essential player their selection mechanism. In this paper, the authors will use an Agent Based model
(ABM) to simulate different scenarios by using Netlogo software (v. 6.3). The authors used different
parameters such as the family-income and the high school GPA in order to maximize the utilities of the
fairness and equalities of universities admission. The model is simulated into different scenarios. For
instance, students with low family income and high GPA given them the priority in studying medicine
comparing with same high school GPA and higher family-income, as a results, after several rotations of
the simulation the reputation of medical schools are identified based on students’ preferences and seats’
allocated as it shows that high ranking universities are mainly allocated with have high cut-off GPA score.
Agent-based Simulation for University Students Admission: Medical Colleges in...CSEIJJournal
Medical colleges are considered one of the most competitive schools compared to other university
departments. Most countries adopted the particular application process to ensure maximum fairness
between students. For example, in UK students apply through the UCAS system, and most of USA
universities use either Coalition App or Common App, on the other hand, some universities use their own
websites. In fact, a Unified Admission Application process is adopted in Jordan for allocating the students
to the public universities. However, the universities and colleges in Jordan are evaluating the applicants by
using merely the centralized system without considering the socioeconomics factor, as the high school GPA
is the essential player their selection mechanism
This study examined strategies for enhancing student’s enrollment into Home Economics Education in tertiary institutions in Edo state. The study was a descriptive survey. A total of 21 lecturers participated in the study. No sampling technique was adopted as all the 21 lecturers in the 4 tertiary institutions who lectures Home Economics Education in Edo State were used for the study. Three research questions were raised and answered in the study. A validated questionnaire was used for data collection while the weighted average mean was adopted for data analysis. Findings from the study revealed that there has been dwindling enrollment into Home Economics Education in tertiary institutions in Edo State. Some of the factors responsible for the state of enrolment are negative attitude of parents, poor institutional funding and low awareness of the relevance of Home Economics Education to the students. Strategies if adopted is capable of enhancing the enrolment were; increased funding of tertiary institutions by the government, provision of well equipped laboratories and libraries, creating awareness among parents and students, giving of loans to graduates of Home Economics to aid their business and students should spent longer period in industrial attachment. One of the recommendations proffered was that the existing tertiary institutions offering Home Economics Education should be properly funded by the government.
Efforts made in many countries to stop the COVID-19 pandemic include vaccinations. However,
public skepticism about vaccines is a pressing issue for health authorities. With the COVID-19 vaccine
available,
SARS-CoV-2, as the causative agent of COVID-19, has spread throughout the world after becoming
a pandemic in March 2020. In the midst of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we are also faced with another
serious health problem
This paper discusses the construction and implementation of a system for the measurement of
electrical power parameters; amperage and voltage of the hybrid system photovoltaic solar-wind, to evaluate
the system parameters and performance. The basis of the development of the measuring apparatus is the use of
an Arduino Mega 2560 to provide the interface between the electrical circuits of the sensors and the dynamics
of the voltage-amperage as well as collect data in an analog format as well as development of functional
dependence relationships. The collected data is converted into digital format and stored it in an Excel format
through the "PLX-DAQ Spreadsheet" that connects the Arduino and the PC for display and analysis of the
system parameters. The proposed technique for power measurements of AC and DC proved to be reliable and
can predict the power amperage and voltage within relative error of 1.63 % for AC and 4.16% for DC,
respectively.
The optimum speed required for mass-size reduction of shells to produce most sizes that are small
comparable with kernel sizes; coupled with retention of kernel wholeness in cracked palm nut mixture under
repeated impact was investigated. This is to enhance whole kernel separation by dry method, reduce maintenance
and production cost of palm kernel oil (PK0); and lower the risk of oil rancidity associated with split kernel
production and wet method of separation. A static nut cracker and centrifugal nut cracker were used in this study as
Test Rigs while sieves were used to grade cracked shells and whole kernels. The data generated were evaluated. A
model was developed for energy via speed required to retain kernels wholeness following repeated impact in the
crackers. Technical analysis revealed that the maximum allowable speed to retain kernel wholeness is 27.93 m/s;
the minimum allowable average speed to fragment cracked shells is 24.95 m/s. Further analysis showed that the
optimum speed and energy required for cracked nut mixture under repeated impact to have kernel wholeness
retention and production of small sizes of cracked shells relative to kernel sizes are 25.71 m/s and 0.4 J,
respectively.
This review was written to provide a comprehensive summary of the suggested etiologies of Chronic Kidney
Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka. In this review, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is explained
in detail and its known etiologies are discussed. CKDu is defined and its epidemiology is discussed, with the
compilation of statistic from over 15 research papers through the years 2000 to present.
This work contributes to the monitoring of water pollution of some selected Dams in Katsina
State, North western Nigeria by assessing the degree of heavy metal pollution in the Dams sediment samples.
The study was conducted in the year 2017 within some selected Dams in the State (Ajiwa, Zobe,
Sabke/Dannakola) that are beehives of fishing and Agricultural activities in Katsina State. Analysis for the
concentration of these heavy metals; Cr, Cd, Fe, Ni, Mn, Pb and Zn was conducted by the use of AAS (by
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry) method. Several indices were used to assess the metal contamination
levels in the sediment samples, namely; Geo-accumulation Index (Igeo), Enrichment Factor (EF),
Contamination Factor (CF), Degree of Contamination (Cd), Pollution Load Index (PLI) and Potential
Ecological Risk Index (PERI). The result of this study has shown that generally among the heavy metals
evaluated, the highest concentration was observed for Fe (range: 2.6718-4.2830 ppm), followed by Zn (range:
0.4265-0.7376 ppm), Cr (range: 0.1106-0.1836 ppm), Cd (range: 0.1333-0.1273 ppm) and Mn (range: 0.1136-
0.1271 ppm). While Pb has the lowest concentration (range: 0.0472-0.0598 ppm). For all the site sampled the
heavy metal Ni was below detection level (BDL). From the results of heavy metals I-geo values, according to
Muller’s classification, all the sediment samples from the selected dams were unpolluted (class 0). The result for
the enrichment factor has shown that for all the selected dam sediment samples the heavy metals show
deficiency to minimal enrichment. Also based on the contamination factors for all sediment samples the heavy
metal Cd has a CF values range of 0.5430-0.6665 (~1), indicating that the sediment samples are moderately
contaminated with Cd. In contrast, the rest of the heavy metals exhibit low contamination in general. The value
of PLI ranges from 0.2408 to 0.4935, indicating unpolluted to moderate pollution. The Eri values for all
samples are all < 40, presenting low ecological risk. The results suggest that the sediment samples from the
selected dams in Katsina state has low contamination by the heavy metals evaluated.
Using QR Decomposition to calculate the sum of squares of a model has a limitation that the number of rows,
which is also the number of observations or responses, has to be greater than the total number of parameters used in the
model. The main goal in the experimental design model, as a part of the Linear Model, is to analyze the estimable function
of the parameters used in the model. In order not to deal with generalized invers, partitioned design matrix may be used
instead. This partitioned design matrix method may be used to calculate the sum of squares of the models whenever the total
number of parameters is greater than the number of observations. It can also be used to find the degrees of freedom of each
source of variation components. This method is discussed in a Balanced Nested-Factorial Experimental Design.
Introduction:It has been proven twice that the Hambantota District has the highest life expectancy in male
population. This study focused to find and identify reasons for Hambantota District people to have high life
expectancy at birth.
Methodology: Research was carried out in both qualitative and quantitative phases in five MOH (Medical
Health Officer) divisions in HambantotaDistrict. Study focused on 3 age categories, 55-65 Years, 66-75 Years,
and above 76 Years. Main objectives and key information areas are Life Style and Social Behaviors, Food
Consumption and Diet, Familial Trait and Physical and Mental Health.
Findings: Majority of the male population have educated up to grade 5and most are engaged in the agriculture
while others engaged in fishery and self-employment etc. Almost everyone reachestheir workplaces by foot or by
bicycle. Many of them work less than six hours. They spend their free time with their family members and watch
TV. Most of them do not consume alcohol and smoke. Almost everyone take part in social activities. Majority eat
red rice for all three meals. Almost everyone eats fish every day. They have a high salt intake. Their parents and
ancestors have also have had a high life expectancy. Only a minority suffer from chronic illnesses. They all have
a good physical and mental health condition. They spend happy and relaxed lifestyle.
Conclusion: Healthy diet, low alcohols consumption and smoking, high iodine intake, physical activeness and
their social wellbeing effect for high life expectancy within the male population of selected five MOH divisions
in Hambantota District. They have a free and happy life. Genetics of these people also may contribute for high
life expectancy. Abundance of neem trees in this area also may effect on their high life expectancy.
A clay deposit in Chavakali of western Kenya was evaluated for its potential as refractory raw
material. The collected clay sample was crushed, sieved and the chemical composition determined in
percentage weight (wt %) of (SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, etc) using Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS). The
samples were moulded into rectangular shaped bricks of 40mm height, 40mm width and 80mm length, allowed
to dry and later fired up to a temperature of 10000C. Refractory properties like Compressive strength,
Hardness, Linear shrinkage on firing, Apparent porosity and Density were determined using standard
techniques. The result of chemical analysis indicated that the clay was composed of Silica (SiO2), 67.3%;
Alumina (Al2O3), 16.67%; Iron Oxide (Fe2O3), 3.87%; Calcium Oxide (CaO), 0.37%; Potassium Oxide (K2O),
2.30%; Sodium Oxide (Na2O), 1.39%; and other traces. The physical and mechanical tests show that the clay
has Cold Crushing Strength of 10.36MPa, Hardness of 40.080 GPa, Linear shrinkage of 6.17%, Apparent
Porosity of 32.71% and Bulk Density of 2.77g/cm3
. Chavakali clay can make better local refractory
Nihon University challenged world record of the human-powered aircraft flight based on the
regulation of Fédération Aérionautique Internationale in Kasumigaura Lake, Japan, 2014. The wing fell off in
midair immediately after take-off, the pilot landed to the lake for safety. So, the challenge failed. It guessed the
operational errors were correlated with the wing falling in midair, which had not happened in our experience.
The flight recording camera and the salvaged airplane were investigated. The fault tree analysis was conducted
for cause investigation. The wing falling was the result as the chain destruction starting from the coupling parts
being damaged in take-off. The defective take-off was caused by composite factors on only operational errors.
The risk that the ultralight airplane might disintegrate in midair by only operational error became apparent.
Due to the large-scale exploitation of mineral resources and the unreasonable human activities, the
geological disasters in Jiaozuo City have become increasingly prominent and the degree of harm increased. This
leds to a tremendous threat to human life and property safety. Jiaozuo City, the main types of geological
disasters, landslides, ground subsidence, debris flow and ground fissures. It has great significance to the
development of the city and the protection of people's life and property to explore the hidden dangers of
geological disasters and actively take preventive and control measures. The establishment of geological
hazard group measurement system of prevention and control to achieve the timely detection of geological
disasters, rapid early warning and effective avoidance.
Dangerous gas explosion accidents result in considerable amount of casualties and property damage.
Hence, an investigation on the generation of poisonous gases in gas explosions exerts important implications
for accident prevention and control and in the decision-making processes of fire rescue. Therefore, a gas
explosion piping test system is established in this paper. Experimental research on gas explosion is conducted by
selecting methane/air premixed gases with concentrations of 7%, 9%, 11%, 13%, and 15% in the gas explosive
range. This research aims to reveal the regularity of CO generation after gas explosion in pipelines.
Experimental results showed that when the gas concentration is small (< 9%), 1500–3000 ppm CO will be
produced. When the gas concentration is large (> 9%), the CO amount will reach 3000–40000 ppm. The
variation trend in CO concentration and the quantity of explosive gas are also obtained.
To evaluate the influence of the entry speed to flow field above the water surface on an object
high-speed entering into water, the flow field was measured experimentally by using an optical visualization
method. The entry speed was ranging from 0.2 to 1.5 km/s. In case that the entry speed was higher than the
sound speed of gas above the water surface, the vertical velocity of the tip of a water splash was linear to the
vertical location of the tip. The ratio between the initial vertical velocity of a water splash and the entry speed
was independent from the entry speed and was constant.A shock wave was driven above the water surface by the
entry even thoughthe entry speed was lower than the sound speed of gas above the water surface.A scaling law
for the propagation of a shock wave driven by explosion of an explosive was applicable to the propagation of
the shock wave driven by the water entry by using the kinetic energy of the entry object instead of the explosive
energy.
Pingdingshan Coal Mine district is one of the six mining areas of Henan Province, which is a
large coal base in China. After 60 years of exploitation, it has brought great benefits, at the same time,
serious geological disasters have been occurred. It has seriously damaged the normal production of the
masses, life, restricting the development of Pingdingshan coal mine economy. In this paper, the
geological disasters such as ground collapse, ground fissures and ground subsidence in Pingdingshan coal
mine are analyzed, and the degree of geological disasters in the mining area is analyzed in combination
with the severely affected mining area. Finally, reasonable and feasible countermeasures have been put
forward.
Kelud volcano is located in East Java Province, Indonesia. According to Geochemical study of
Kelud Volcano, it could be divided into 3 periods which are Kelud I (older than 100 ky BP), Kelud II (40 – 100
ky BP), and Kelud III (younger than 40 ky BP). A specific petrogenesis of Kelud are dominatad by magma
mixing and fractional crystalization. New petrological data from Kelud volcano was taken through products of
the eruption in 1990 (Vulkanian type), 2007 (Lava plug forming) and 2014 (Plinian type). Petrographic study
on these rocks showed that reverse and oscilatory zoning on plagioclases, Shieve-like and corroded textures on
plagioclases and pyroxenes are common. However, normal zoning textures were also found on plagioclases and
pyroxenes. Whole rock study on these rocks showed all rocks were classified into Basalt to Andesite in
composition with calc-alkaline group. The study indicated that their magma origin derrived from slab with
fractional crystallization during in the magma reservoir, and magma mixing processes are dominant expecially
in magma pockets. Concequently, the magma origin and petrogenesis of Kelud magma after the 1966 eruption
are still the same as those of old magma of Kelud.
Black cotton soils are among a group of soils termed as problematic soils. These soils have
undesirable characteristics in relation to construction works and therefore need some form of improvement
when encountered in construction projects. Techniques for improvement of black cotton soils include
replacement, moisture control or adding a stabilizer. Cement and/or lime has been commonly used in soil
stabilization for ages. However, due to the associated cost, required quality control and the need to utilize waste
materials in construction, new stabilizing materials are emerging. This paper presents a study on application of
quarry dust for improving properties of black cotton soil in Mbeya region, Tanzania. The targeted improvement
was to achieve minimum acceptable characteristics for road subgrade as per Tanzania standards. It was
determined that 40% by weight of quarry dust added to the black cotton soil was able to improve the
characteristics by increasing CBR value from 3.8 to 15.7 and reducing PI from 32% to 15%. It will be worthy
studying the cost implication of the suggested improvement in relation to other techniques before application of
the study findings.
High intensity rain and morphometri in Padang city cause at Arau. Morphometri
geomorphologi that is related to wide of, river network, stream pattern and gradien of river. The form wide
of DAS will be by stream pattern and level.This will influence to the number of rain. Make an index to
closeness of stream depict closeness of river stream at one particular DAS. Speed of river stream influenced
by storey, level steepness of river. Steepness storey, level is comparison of difference height of river
downstream and upstream. Ever greater of steepness of river stream, excelsior speed of river stream that
way on the contrary. High to lower speed of river stream influence occurence of floods, more than anything
else if when influenced by debit big. By using rainfall from year 2005 to year 2015, and use Thiessen method
got a rainfall. Use the DEM IFSAR, analysed sofware ARGIS, and with from earth map, the result got DAS
in at condition of floods gristle and sedimentation. There are band evakuasi for resident which data in
floods area.
The chemical (extractives and lignin) content and histological property (microscopic structure)
of tissues of Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill, Pierre ex Pax), an angiosperm, were investigated for its potential
as a fibrous raw material for pulp and paper production. Bolts of about 70 cm were cut from the felled trees at
three different merchantable height levels of 10%, 50%, and 90% to obtain: corewood, middlewood and
outerwood samples. The fiber characteristics of the selected trees viz: the fiber length, fibre diameter and lumen
diameter were measured while the cell wall thickness was derived from the measured fibre dimensions. The
average fiber length, cell wall thickness, and lumen width, were 1.40 mm, 4.6 µm, and 32.3 µm, respectively.
The extractive and lignin contents were determined. Klason lignin content was about 30%. Extractive content of
R. heudelotii ranged from 0.41 to 0.5%. Based on these findings R. heudelotii is suitable for pulp and paper
production.
The prolific Niger Delta Basin is a mature petroleum province. Therefore, further prospectivity in
the basin lies within deeper plays which are high pressure and high temperature (HPHT) targets. One of the
main characteristics of the Niger Delta is its unique diachronous tripartite stratigraphy. Its gross onshore and
shallow offshore lithostratigraphy consists of the deep-seated Akata Formation and is virtually exclusively
shale, the petroliferous paralic Agbada Formation in which sand/shale proportion systematically increases
upward, and at the top the Benin Formation composed almost exclusively of sand. This stratigraphic pattern is
not exactly replicated in the deep offshore part of the delta.
A low-carbon steel wire of AISI 1022 is used to easily fabricate into self-drilling tapping screws,
which are widely used for construction works. The majority of carbonitriding activity is performed to improve
the wear resistance without affecting the soft, tough interior of the screws in self-drilling operation. In this
study, Taguchi technique is used to obtain optimum carbonitriding conditions to improve the mechanical
properties of AISI 1022 self-drilling tapping screws. The carbonitriding qualities of self-drilling tapping screws
are affected by various factors, such as quenching temperature, carbonitriding time, atmosphere composition
(carbon potential and ammonia level), tempering temperature and tempering time. The quality characteristics of
carbonitrided tapping screws, such as case hardness and core hardness, are investigated, and so are their
process capabilities. It is experimentally revealed that the factors of carbonitriding time and tempering
temperature are significant for case hardness. The optimum mean case hardness is 649.2HV. For the case
hardness, the optimum process-capability ratio increases by about 200% compared to the original result. The
new carbonitriding parameter settings evidently improve the performance measures over their values at the
original settings. The strength of the carbonitrided AISI 1022 self-drilling tapping screws is effectively improved.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
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Post-ume/utme screening in Nigerian Universities, merits and attributed problems
1. International journal of scientific and technical research in engineering (IJSTRE)
www.ijstre.com Volume 2 Issue 8 ǁ August 2017.
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Post-ume/utme screening in Nigerian Universities, merits and
attributed problems
Danjuma Munkaila
Department of statistics, Kano University of Science and Tech. Wudil, Nigeria
Abstract : Post-UME/UTME is a screening / examination that each candidate seeking for admission into any
tertiary institution in Nigeria has to undergo in order to test candidate’s ability due to various forms of
examination malpractices persisting in Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), National
Examination Council (NECO) and West African Examination Council (WAEC). It has been revealed several
times as pos-ume/utme exposed candidates who must have cheated in Jamb, Waec or Neco examinations. The
study highlighted some of the problems associated wit post-UME/UTME as pointed out by some individuals
opposing the adoption of post-UME/UTME, contributions of some individuals supporting the exercise were also
narrated. Some comparisons on the performance of 870 candidates revealed that their performance in post-
ume/utme examination was relatively very poor. A sample of size 45 was drawn from a population of 870
candidates and arithmetic and weighted arithmetic means of utme and post-utme scores were obtained in order
to highlights on the unsuitability of arithmetic mean as it being used in assessing candidates by most of the
Nigerian Universities. With arbitrary weights of 0.4 and 0.6 on utme and post-ume/utme scores the values of
arithmetic mean are higher than that of weighted arithmetic mean.
Key words: utme-score, post-utme score, sample, candidates, arithmetic mean, weighted arithmetic mean,
arbitrary values.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) was established in 1978 to conduct entrance
examination known as Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates seeking for
admission into Nigerian tertiary institutions. Before the screening examination (post-UME) was introduced by
the Federal Government of Nigeria, candidate who obtained the required number of “O” level credits and got
the JAMB cut-off marks may be automatically be shortlisted for admission by his/her university of choice. Later
this procedure of admission was found to be inadequate as a result of poor performance of students in their
respective institutions of learning due to persistent malpractice in JAMB, West African Examination Council
(WAEC) and National Examination Council (NECO). Therefore, with hope to sanitize the system of admission
especially into Nigerian universities and put an end to the problem of admitting wrong students, the Federal
Government of Nigeria introduced post-UME examination. The research highlights on the significant
contributions of post-UME later known as post-UTME examination towards admission and some problems
attributed to it.
II. Problems persisting in post-UME/UTME
The post-UME screening was introduced in 2005 by the former Minister of education, Mrs. Chinwe
Nora Obaji following the Universities outcry against the credibility of the examination conducted by JAMB.
(Owoade, 2010). Since its inception, it has been facing accusations by some concerned citizens. These might be
due to the following reasons: Exorbitant charges by the universities higher than what has been approved by the
federal government, inviting candidates more than the universities carrying capacity among other reasons.
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the federal ministry of education has directed that no university
should charge more than one thousand naira per candidate for the post-ume/utme examination, but it is clear that
this directive has become just a mere statement. ( Makinde, 2009)
Mr. Samson Positive a former member of house of representative from Bayelsa West had raised
a motion titled “Illegal subjection of subjection of candidates to examination by universities after JAMB”. The
rationale behind this motion is to eliminate alleged exploitation of candidates seeking for admission into
universities who are compelled to pay prohibitive charges for post-ume/utme examination. In 2009 the
university of jos charged each candidate two thousand three hundred naura as against one thousand naira where
at least 30,000 candidates were invited while the university has the capacity to admit 4,000 candidates. In
2016/2017 post-utme screening, Kwara State University (KWASU) invited 12,225 candidates while the
university has the capacity to admit not more than 25% of the invited candidates. In related issue, in 2015/2016
2. Post-ume/utme screening in Nigerian Universities, merits and attributed problems
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post-utme examination, Bayero University, Kano (BUK) invited over 60,000 candidates for the exercise while
the university admission capacity is not more than 5,000. In line with this the Vice Chancellor of the university
Prof. Yahuza Bello said “there was no point of raising the hope of students by inviting an outrageous number to
write post-utme knowing fully the admission carrying capacity of the institution”. In a similar reaction, Prof.
Fidellis Ogah a former Vice chancellor of Ebonyi State University (EBSU) said he has refused to bow pressure
to conduct post-ume because most universities have turnedit to goldmine. (Busayo, 2010). Charging candidates
higher than the approved one thousand naira to write post-utme examination is a common practice to most
Nigerian universities because in 2016/2017 most of the universities charged each candidate between two
thousand to five thousand naira.
Another critical issue is the mode of assessment. Most of the Nigerian Universities used arithmetic mean of
utme and post-ume/utme score in assessing candidates and this may not provide the right candidates into the
system. According to Munkaila and Sikiru, (2017) the use of arithmetic mean in assessing candidates means we
have attached equal importance to utme and post-ume/utme scores.
III. Why Universities and other Institutions adopt post-UME/UTME
Examination malpractice and other fraudulent attitudes in WAEC, NECO and JAMB examinations are
not something strange in Nigeria. Many cases of examination malpractices have been reported almost every
year. Being a phenomenon that could not be arrested or inability of the stake holders to restore decency in the
school leaving certificate examinations mostly conducted by WAEC and NECO and in the Unified Tertiary
Examination (UTME), the Nigerian Universities adopt a screening examination for candidates who have scored
at least 180 points in the UME, this is post-UME. Meanwhile other higher institutions of learning also find it
necessary to adopt the screening exercise as JAMB result becomes one of the entry requirements into all
institutions of learning in Nigeria and the screening exercise is termed as post- Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (post-UTME).
To mention some few instances about the incredibility of JAMB, The University of Education, Ikere-Ekiti
conducted its first post-UME in 2008 essay examinations, it was discovered that the results of the post-UME test
especially the essay examination has helped exposed the inadequacies of some candidates. Most of the
candidates who scored 200 marks and above in JAMB performed below expectation in the essay test. It is
discovered that 87 out of the sampled 200 candidates scored 40% and above representing 43.5% while the
remaining 113 representing 56.5% scored below 40%. (Busayo,2010). According to (Owoade, 2010), Dr. Isac
Nwaogwugwu, a lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of Lagos in one of his lectures to the
distance learning students said “Post-UME screening shows the true knowledge of candidates which UME has
failed to show, he added that the second best student in UME some years ago was admitted into University of
Lagos but was later rusticated because of his educational imbalance. Prof. Aize Obayan, Vice Chancellor,
Covenant University said in 2005, candidates who scored 300 points and above in JAMB were admitted but
most of them were asked to withdraw later because they could not cope. (Edukugho,2011).
In some cases, Invigilators and Supervisors contribute immensely in examination malpractice during WAEC,
NECO and JAMB examinations which makes it easier for the candidates to score high marks and these turned
out to be incredible and justifies their involvement in examination malpractice when those candidates were call
upon for post-UME examination by their universities of choice. According to (Omoeihe,2013) students these
days go into the examination halls full of confidence not because they have prepared for the examination but
they know the evil invigilators will take token amount to give them the answers to the questions. In July, 2012,
the Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA) Mrs. Mike Omeri announced that Nigeria had been
ranked number one on the World’s examination malpractice index. In the May/June 2012 School Certificate
Examination conducted by NECO, a total of 615,010 cases of examination malpractice were recorded and this
was high compared to 439,529 cases of malpractice in 2011. (Omeihhe, 2013). It is believed that many of the
examination centres have turned into market centres, where candidates who can afford bargain for grades.
According to Terseer, (2010) in some examination centres during JAMB examination unauthorized materials
are allowed into the examination halls through collaboration with some examiners. Sometimes some examiners
worked out problems for the candidates.
IV. Research questions
The research is limited to Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil, and intends to find out
the solutions to the following:
Should the University continue to adopt post-UTME examination as measure of admitting credible candidates?
Does the arithmetic mean of UTME score and post-UTME score provide a good measure of assessing
candidates?
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V. Data and Methods
Data
The result of 870 candidates comprising of jamb aggregate score and post-utme score is obtained from
Management Information System of Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil. The average of jamb
aggregate score i.e utme score and post-utme score of each candidate is obtained. Each candidate being
described by 3 variables: UTME score (X) which is out of 400 points, post-UTME score (Y) which is also out
of 400 points and average of post-UTME and UTME score (Z). After the data imputation, a sample of size 45 is
drawn by simple random sampling without replacement drawn using computer random number generator of
Minitab version 14 as follows:
The item calculator is selected followed by item random data, then sample from column, where the sample size
is specified and the two storage columns were specified and sampling without replacement is selected after the
command the sample of size 45 were automatically provided. This are labeled as X and Y respectively.
Following same procedures another sample of size 45 is drawn from the variables X and Z.
Methods
Descriptive statistics: comparisons of scores for the variables X, Y and Z.
In the interface calculator, at the first stage the number of applicants belonging to each of the following ranges
180<=X<=190, 190<X<=200 and X>200 are obtained by specifying the storage columns one after the other for
the operations sum (180<=X And X<=190), sum (190<X And X<=200) and sum(X>200). Other comparisons
with 3 mentioned ranges of X are made simultaneously with some ranges of Y. Some of these operations
include sum (180<=X And X<=190 And Y<50), sum (180<=X And X<=190 And 50< Y And Y<100) e.t.c.
Weighted arithmetic mean
With the same statistical software, the weighted arithmetic mean for 45 paired samples of X and Y are obtain as
follows
An arbitrary weights of 1w 0.4 and 2w 0.6 is assign to the values of x and y respectively. Each pair of
values of x and y is multiplied by 1w and 2w respectively and the sums ii ywxw 21 for each of the 45 pairs
is obtained. The weighted arithmetic mean for each of the 45 pairs, W.A=
21
21
ww
ywxw ii
are executed.
VI. Results
Table1: Results for the comparisons of ranges of X and Y values .
Ranges Number of observations
180<=X<=190 306
190<X<=200 190
X>200 374
180<=X<=190 and Y<50 10
180<=X<=190 and 50<=Y<100 172
180<=X<=190 and 100<=Y<180 95
180<=X<=190 and Y=180 0
180<=X<=190 and Y>180 29
190<X<=200 and Y<50 13
190<X<=200 and 50<=Y<100 115
190<X<=200 and 100<=Y<180 39
190<X<=200 and Y=180 0
190<X<=200 and Y>180 23
X>200 and Y<50 35
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Table 2: Values of weighted arithmetic mean and Arithmetic mean
Sn 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
W.A 96.8 183.6 165.2 124.4 170.4 136.4 214.8 122.0 113.6
A.R 111.0 191.5 178.5 139.5 181.0 148.5 214.5 132.5 126.0
Sn 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
W.A 134.8 106.4 174.0 134.8 170.0 228.8 155.6 202.8 138.4
A.R 144.5 123.0 183.5 144.5 174.5 224.0 162.5 199.5 147.0
Sn 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
W.A 112.4 133.2 211.2 132.8 135.6 172.0 108.4 112.8 114.4
A.R 126.5 148.5 212.0 148.0 143.5 177.0 123.5 125.0 127.0
Sn 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
W.A 135.2 125.6 208.4 115.6 135.6 126.4 109.2 121.6 127.6
A.R 147.0 137.0 206.5 126.5 147.5 140 122.5 132.0 137.5
Sn 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45
W.A 146.8 124.8 135.6 132.0 165.2 132.0 139.2 180 143.6
From the result of table 1, 306 candidates scored between 180 to 190 points inclusive in utme examination. But
10 of them scored less than 50 points, out of which 172 scored 50 to less than 100 points, 95 of them obtained
100 to less than 180 points and only 29 out of the 306 candidates scored above 180 points in post-utme
examination. It is discovered that 190 candidates scored higher than 190 and exactly 200 points in utme
examination. Out of this population 13 scored less than 50 points, 115 of them scored exactly 50 to less than 100
points, 39 got exactly 100 to less than 180 points while 23 of them scored higher than 180 points in post-utme
examination. Out of the 374 candidates who scored more than 200 points in utme examination, 35 of them
scored less than 50 points, but 205 of them obtained exactly 50 tot less than 100 points, 96 scored exactly 100 to
less than 180 points, and 38 scored above 180 points in post-utme examination.
In general out of the 306 candidates who scored between 180 to 190 points inclusive in utme examination
59.47% scored less 50 to less than 100 points in post-utme. Among the 190 candidates who scored more than
190 to exactly 200 points in utme examination 120 of them scored less than 50 to less than 100 points in post –
utme exams representing 67.37%. 374 candidates obtained higher than 200 points in utme exams but 240 of
them scored less than 50 to less than 100 points in post-utme examination representing 64.17%.
From the result of table 2 the values of arithmetic mean are higher than that of weighted arithmetic mean. Based
on descriptive techniques the arithmetic mean does not provide a good measure of average because with higher
score utme exams but have low marks in post-utme may be selected by his/her university of choice which might
be a wrong selection.
In conclusion it is revealed by this study that post-utme is the only known available measure of admitting right
candidates into the university. Since the university adopts post-utme care should be taken in using arithmetic
mean which is commonly used by most of the Nigerian universities since there is point to assign equal weight to
what we have doubt about its credibility..
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