NACOMYO Advocates Counselling for Admission Seekers
The National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) Mushin zone has called for proper counselling and guidance of tertiary institutions admission seekers in order to eliminate problems which usually lead to frustration for students.
This was the kernel of a Seminar organised for admission seekers in Mushin/ Odi Olowo areas of Lagos State by the Council.
The coordinator of the zone, Brother Abdulghaffar Oladimeji, in his address at the seminar observed that most of the candidates are oblivious of the demands and rules governing examination and the entire admission process.
‘We observe that over the years, there have been changes in the examination and admission process in Nigeria. The changes are positive and they show advancement in our education system. The danger in it is that most of the admission seekers and school leavers are not well enlightened about the process and this affects them a lot. The ignorance limits their chances of gaining admission to tertiary institutions. Most of the time the students have made a lot of mistakes and it would have been too late by the time they tell us. They waste a lot of money and years because of those mistakes’, he said.
The Vice Principal of Anwarul Islam Girls High School, Ojokoro, Lagos, Mallam Nasirudeen Alabi identified factors responsible for failure in examination to include lack of adequate preparation on the part of the students, absence of private timetable for reading after school hour as well as wrong interpretation of questions.
He therefore advocated a more scientific approach to examination by the students and their parents.
The chairman of the Lagos State Chapter of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr Nasrudeen Malik, in his lecture attributed failure of candidates to lack of synergy between the school, the candidates and the parents.
He therefore called for the three parties to work together, saying many candidates only concentrate on the work they do in the final classes whereas they would be examined on their work from junior classes to the senior classes.
Speaking on the topic ‘Available and accessible assistance for admission seekers’, Dr Moshood Abdul Wasi of the department of Political Science, Lagos State University, implore the candidates to put Allah first and familiarise themselves with information on the institutions they intend to gain admission to.
He also warned the candidates against making payment to fraudsters who may capitalise on their desperation to secure admission.
Giving testimony on the programme, Rashid Rilwan, a student of Nawair Ud Deen Comprehensive College, Alhaji Lasisi , Idi Oro, Mushin, said. ‘The programme has enabled us to learn a lot. It has enabled us to make better choice in our pursuit of tertiary education. Personally, it has taught me how to answer questions in the SS 3 examinations in order to score high grade. It has also exposed me to how to write and pass the UTME’.
Another participant, Ariori Ibrahim of Ilupeju Secondary School, Ilupeju, had this to say: ‘I learnt a lot from the programme. It has taught us how to prepare for the admission examinations. It also exposed us to the technique for passing WAEC and NECO Examinations’.
The counselling programme sponsored by Hon Taofeeq Adeyemi Alli was designed by NACOMYO to bridge information gap which currently exists among admission seekers.
