- A former Kaduna senator Shehu Sani has told those who score high in the just concluded UTME exercise not to over-celebrate their successes, adding that it was a step to many steps
- Sani, an activist, said the JAMB exercise was not a measure to measure any child's intelligence, adding that successful professionals are not always the best UTME candidates
- According to Sani, the parents of candidates should warn their wards of the challenges ahead, and those whose children performed poorly should encourage their wards to do better next time
Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna Central in the eighth senate, has called on candidates of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) who scored higher in the just-concluded exercise not to over-celebrate their successes.
The former lawmaker maintained that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam was not a measure of academic success because the UTME was not an end but a means to an end.
The activist called on the parents of those who scored higher marks in the UTME exercise to remind their wards that their success was just one step in a long journey, while the parents of those who scored lower should encourage their wards to do betting in other tests.
Shehu Sani advises UTME best candidates
Sani maintained that most of the best doctors, lawyers, engineers and other professionals were not the best in the JAMB examination, calling on the students to double up.
The tweet reads:
"It should be noted that the UTME result is not a measure of a child's intelligence. It's a good start and a key to the academic realm.
"The parents of those who scored higher marks should not fail to remind their wards that their success is a step to other steps; the parents of those who scored lower should encourage their wards to do better in subsequent tests.
"Most of today’s best Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers and other Business Professionals were not the highest scorers of UTME. So, UTME is not an end but a means to an end."
See his tweet here:
