Gowon Varsity Explains Post-UTME Grading System Amid Parents’ Concerns

The University of Abuja (now Yakubu Gowon University) has clarified concerns raised by parents and candidates implicit perceived discrepancies betwixt students’ Unified Tertiary Examination Board (UTME) results and their post-UTME scores.

Some parents successful an interrogation with LEADERSHIP Friday person raised concerns implicit the gradings allocated to their wards.

Mr. Francis Moji, whose lad applied to survey Public Administration astatine the university, said helium was unsettled by what helium described arsenic a “low post-UTME score” contempt his son’s comparatively just show successful JAMB.

“My lad scored 200 successful JAMB, yet helium was allocated lone 20 retired of 50 marks successful the post-UTME. I don’t recognize wherefore helium got specified a score. I americium acrophobic whether helium would inactive beryllium fixed admission.”

However, successful a connection issued by the university’s Admissions Office, which was shared connected the University’s authoritative Facebook Page connected Thursday, the instauration maintained that portion specified concerns are understandable, the strategy was designed to guarantee that candidates are placed successful courses wherever their world strengths align, thereby improving their chances of occurrence erstwhile admitted.

The instauration explained that its post-UTME grading process is not a nonstop oregon azygous appraisal of results but alternatively a method strategy designed to measure candidates based connected the relevance of subjects to their chosen people of study.

“We person received enquiries from parents and candidates regarding perceived differences betwixt their results and post-UTME scores.

“The post-UTME grading strategy is method and does not simply measure results blindly. Each candidate’s show is evaluated successful narration to the people applied for.”

It besides cited examples to exemplify the system, noting that a campaigner applying for Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), for instance, would person Biology and different halfway subject subjects fixed greater weight, portion a taxable specified arsenic Economics would transportation nary relevance. Conversely, a campaigner applying to survey Economics would person their show successful Economics prioritized implicit Biology.

“This means that adjacent erstwhile 2 candidates contiguous identical grades, the saltation successful taxable relevance people leads to antithetic post-UTME scores,” the connection added.

The Admissions Office assured parents that the grading process remains transparent, credible, and aligned with established world standards.

It urged stakeholders to spot the system, emphasizing the university’s committedness to fairness and accuracy successful its admittance process.