{"id":118399,"date":"2025-05-06T15:25:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=118399"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:25:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:25:58","slug":"2027-jamb-result-underpins-level-of-underinvestment-in-education-obi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/2027-jamb-result-underpins-level-of-underinvestment-in-education-obi\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 JAMB result underpins level of underinvestment in education \u2013 Obi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi has described the poor result of candidates that sat for the 2027 Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Examination as a consequence of deep-rooted decay and underinvestment in the educational sector.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>JAMB, the body saddled with conducting examinations into tertiary institutions across the country recently released the 2027 result, announcing that while 1,955,069 candidates sat for the exam only about 420,000 candidates scored above 200, while over 1.5 million scored below 200.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Commenting on the development Obi via his verified X handle said that \u201cthe data implies that over 78% of the total candidates failed to meet the 200-mark threshold \u2014 a reflection of the deep-rooted challenges in our educational system.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe latest JAMB results once again highlight the consequences of decades of underinvestment in education, a sector that should be central to our national development strategy\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Obi who is noted for churning out comparative figures compared Nigerians educational situation with Bangladesh and some countries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cCurrently, Nigeria&#8217;s total university enrollment stands at approximately 2 million students. By comparison, the National University of Bangladesh \u2014 a single university \u2014 has over 3.4 million students enrolled, despite the country having only about 75% of Nigeria\u2019s population. One university in Bangladesh surpasses the entire university enrollment in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cBangladesh, which once lagged behind Nigeria in virtually every measurable development index, now surpasses us in all key areas of development and in the Human Development Index (HDI).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSimilarly, Turkey, with a population of about 87.7 million people, has over 7 million university students \u2014 more than three times Nigeria\u2019s total university enrollment\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The former governor of Anambra state harped on the need for government to invest more in education insisting that \u201ceducation is not just a social service; it is a strategic investment. It is the most critical driver of national development and the most powerful tool for lifting people out of poverty.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe must now invest aggressively in education \u2014 at all levels \u2014 if we are serious about building a prosperous, secure, and equitable Nigeria\u201d.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general election, Mr. Peter Obi has described the poor result of candidates that sat for the 2027&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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