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Unity Schools Indeed! The evidence that the Nigerian authorities have a way to bastardise every concept came early in the week when the cut-off marks for admission into the Federal Government Colleges nation-wide were released. According to a statement by the federal Ministry of Education, pupils that scored above the following cut-off marks (in the recent common entrance examination) based on their state of origin are eligible for admission into the so-called Unity Schools: Abia– Male(130) Female(130); Adamawa:– Male(62) Female(62); Akwa-Ibom:– Male(123) Female(123); Anambra:–Male(139) Female(139); Bauchi:– Male(35) Female(35); Bayelsa:– Male(72) Female(72); Benue:–Male(111) Female(111); Borno:– Male(45) Female(45); Cross-Rivers:– Male(97) Female(97); Delta:– Male(131) Female(131); Ebonyi:– Male(112) Female(112); Edo:– Male(127) Female(127); Ekiti:– Male(119) Female(119); Enugu:– Male(134) Female(134); Gombe:– Male(58) Female(58); Imo:– Male(138) Female(138); Jigawa:–Male(44) Female(44); Kaduna:– Male(91) Female (91); Kano:– Male(67) Female(67); Kastina:– Male(60) Female(60); Kebbi:– Male(9) Female(20); Kogi:– Male(119) Female(119); Kwara:– Male(123) Female(123); Lagos – Male(133) Female(133); Nassarawa:–Male(58) Female(58); Niger:– Male(93) Female(93); Ogun:– Male(131) Female(131); Ondo:– Male(126) Female(126); Osun:– Male(127) Female(127); Oyo:– Male(127) Female(127); Plateau:– Male(97) Female(97); Rivers:– Male(118) Female(118); Sokoto:– Male(9) Female(13); Taraba:– Male(3) Female(11); Yobe:– Male(2) Female(27); Zamfara:– Male(4) Female(2) and FCT Abuja:– Male(90) Female(90). That a score of less than ten out of 200 total marks would secure admission for candidates from Sokoto, Yobe, Taraba, Kebbi and Zamfara States whereas even a score as high as 130 is not enough for candidates from Anambra, Enugu, Delta, Ogun, Imo and Lagos states is beyond the ridiculous. Even when I have for long concluded that the federal government has no business running secondary schools, I fail to understand this sort of absurdity in which a mark of two (as in 2!) will secure admission for a boy from Yobe while his counterpart from Anambra would need a score of 139 to gain entrance into the same school.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:59:22 +0000

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