About 367,499 candidates utilized for the 43,717 slots obtainable in Medicine Departments in Nigerian universities for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination carried out by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, The PUNCH experiences.
Based on information obtained from JAMB by The PUNCH, the very best share of candidates for the examination selected Medication as their first selection for course of research in universities.
The PUNCH experiences that JAMB is a Nigerian entrance examination board for tertiary-level establishments. The board conducts entrance UTME for potential undergraduates into Nigerian universities.
No fewer than 1.8 million candidates sat for the 2022 UTME/Direct Entry examinations carried out by the admission physique.
Based on the 2022 statistics lately launched by the board, 367,499 candidates utilized for drugs whereas solely 43,717 slots exist.
It was additionally revealed that 231,907 utilized for social science programs regardless of that solely 93,277 slots can be found whereas 204,734 utilized for science-related programs regardless of 132,796 vacancies.
Additional breakdown additionally revealed that 81,653 utilized for Regulation-related programs regardless of 8,529 vacancies; 103,891 college students utilized for technology-related programs with 60,199 vacancies; 72,014 utilized for programs underneath Arts and Humanities regardless of 48,744 vacancies.
Nonetheless, JAMB famous that fewer candidates utilized for Agriculture and Schooling-related programs regardless of the large vacancies current within the schools.
For example, regardless of 111,601 vacancies current for Schooling programs in all Nigerian universities, solely 53,612 candidates utilized.
The board additionally famous that 21,568 utilized for Agriculture regardless of the nation’s universities having 31,217 vacancies.
Our correspondent learnt that the board’s Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, raised the difficulty when he met with the Minister of Schooling, Adamu Adamu; and heads of companies as a part of the board’s coverage assembly in Abuja final Thursday.
“Take a look at Medication for example, we had 367,499 for emptiness of 43,717 which suggests we solely have emptiness of 11.90 per cent for people who utilized.
“Identical factor with Social Science, however whenever you come to Schooling, you will have 53,000 candidates for place of over 100,000 which signifies that even should you admit all those that utilized for Schooling even when they don’t have the {qualifications}, we nonetheless have vacancies. That’s the reason for such individuals, if solely they’ve their O’degree outcomes, they get admitted.
“The UTME is an element of inadequacy in syntax of quantity. If we have now sufficient vacancies, we’ll in all probability not have UTME. Identical factor with agriculture, Agric is even worse than schooling,” Oloyede reportedly mentioned on the assembly.
Commenting on the event, the Programme Director, Reform Schooling Nigeria, Ayodamola Oluwatoyin, pressured the necessity for correct sensitisation of scholars at secondary faculty degree.
Oluwatoyin mentioned, “We stay in an age when it doesn’t matter your course of research. What issues are the required abilities. There was once a time when folks used to assume that in case you are not a health care provider or a nurse, you gained’t achieve success. This isn’t proper, as of late we have now folks venturing into tech jobs amongst others.
“One other issue is the unequal distribution of jobs throughout sectors. As of late, folks imagine that when you research Schooling, you’ll find yourself as a trainer in a single personal faculty or should you research Agriculture, you gained’t get a correct job.
“The federal government itself must set the tempo to make sure that there’s funding in each sector. While you spend money on Agriculture, Schooling and there are good jobs, you will notice that candidates will proceed to use and it’ll scale back this imbalance we’re taking a look at.”
