The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) under the leadership of Comrade Chinonso Obasi has condemned the recent backwards review of the cut off marks for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The cut off mark for universities has been reduced from 180 to 120 while the one for the polytechnic which was put at 165 has been reduced to 100.
NANS described the exercise as a gross misplacement of priority and exercise in futility.
According to the NANS president knowledge acquisition was a function of determination and hard work and so if over the years, students were able to work hard to meet cut off points, it didn’t make any logical sense to lower the standard.
It insisted that the inability of any student to meet the cut off points was a function of outright indolence that should not be encouraged.
Obasi insisted that Nigerian youth were intelligent and willing to learn.
He argued that because of the enabling environment provided by tertiary institutions abroad, Nigerian students who went to school abroad were known to study and come out with exemplary performance.
Obasi stated that the 21st century was driven by innovation and competitiveness and so lowering the entering level into tertiary institution would only further contribute to reducing the productivity and peak performance of young people seeking admission into the country’s higher institutions of learning.
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