LAGOS, Nigeria – Hukumar Shigar da Dalibai ta Kasa (JAMB) ta gabatar da wani sabon tsari na jarabawar gwaji (mock UTME) don ‘yan takara ‘yan kasa da shekaru 16. Mai gudanarwa na JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, ya bayyana cewa wannan jarabawar ba ta nufin shiga jami’o’i ba, amma don ‘yan kasa da shekaru 16 su gwada iyawarsu. Oloyede ya yi magana a ranar Lahadi yayin taron da ya yi da shugabannin kafofin watsa labarai a Legas, inda ya kuma sanar da cewa jarabawar UTME ta 2025 za a gudanar a ranar 8 ga Maris, 2025.
“Za mu fara sayar da takardun neman shiga a ranar 31 ga Janairu har zuwa 5 ga Maris. Za a yi gwajin mock a ranar 23 ga Fabrairu, sannan a ranar 8 ga Maris za a yi jarabawar UTME,” in ji Oloyede.
Oloyede ya bayyana cewa wannan gwajin mock na gwaji ne kawai a wannan shekara. Ya kara da cewa gwajin mock na gwaji ne don mutanen da ba za su cancanci shiga jami’o’i, polytechnics ko kwalejojin ilimi ba saboda suna kasa da shekaru 16. Ya kara da cewa don cancanta don yin jarabawar UTME da samun shiga jami’o’i, polytechnics ko kwalejojin ilimi, dole ne ‘yan takara su kasance sun cika shekaru 16 a ranar 30 ga Satumba.
Ya kara da cewa ‘yan takara da ba sa neman shiga a shekarar 2025 amma suna son samun kwarewar CBT za su iya yin rajista don gwajin mock kawai. Ya kuma bayyana cewa sayar da takardun neman shiga ta Direct Entry da e-PIN za a fara a ranar 10 ga Maris da 7 ga Afrilu.
Oloyede ya bayyana cewa waÉ—anda ke son yin jarabawar UTME tare da mock za su biya N8,200, UTME kawai (ba tare da mock ba) N7,200, gwajin mock kawai (don ‘yan kasa da shekaru 16 ko gwaji kawai) da ‘yan takarar Direct Entry N5,700. Mai gudanarwa na JAMB ya kara da cewa hukumar za ta aiwatar da Æ™ayyadaddun shekaru 16 don rajistar UTME na wannan shekara, inda ya bayyana cewa ‘yan takara masu hazaka ‘yan kasa da shekaru 15 kawai za a ba su damar yin rajista. Ya kara da cewa don cancanta don samun shiga a matsayin ‘yan kasa da shekaru, dole ne ‘yan takara su sami maki 280 a cikin UTME kuma su yi nasara a jarabawar sakandare da kuma jarabawar post-UTME.
“Taron manufofin shiga ya amince da shekaru 16 a matsayin mafi Æ™arancin shekaru don shiga a shekarar 2024. JAMB ta yi Æ™oÆ™ari ta taimaka ta hanyar tsawaita kwanakin don ba da dama ga Æ™arin ‘yan takara, amma an kai mu kotu don mu mayar da tsawaitawar zuwa shekaru 16,” in ji Oloyede.
Tsohon Ministan Ilimi, Prof. Tahir Mamman, ya sanar a bara cewa ‘yan takara masu shekaru 18 zuwa sama kawai za a ba su damar shiga jami’o’i a Æ™asar. Wannan sanarwar ta jawo suka daga ‘yan Najeriya, wanda ya tilasta wa Gwamnatin Tarayya ta soke shawarar. Magajin Mamman, Dr Tunji Alausa, ya dakatar da Æ™ayyadaddun shekaru 18 don shiga jami’o’i a Æ™asar a watan Nuwamba 2024.
A halin yanzu, Oloyede ya bayyana cewa an tantance cibiyoyin gwajin kwamfuta 870 kuma an jera su don gudanar da jarabawar UTME na 2025, idan aka kwatanta da cibiyoyi 747 da aka amince da su a bara.
