In her reaction to the UTME 2025 ‘Statistical Analysis of Result’ released by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), former Minister of Education, Obiageli ‘Oby’ Ezekwesili, quoted ‘Stephen Hawkins’, “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.”
“The Ministry of Education and JAMB were embarrassingly anecdotal in their pejorative non-evidence based explanation of the significantly unusual results of candidates in the 5 South East States predominantly”, Ezekwesili said.
In JAMB’s ‘Statistical Analysis of Result’ of the UTME 2025, “only 0.24% scored 320-above”.
In her reaction, Ezekwesili (X/@obyezeks) wrote: “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.— Stephen Hawking
“The latest JAMB fiasco is a classic example.
“How could the authorities not have immediately acted with humility and done an unbiased and swift system check once unusual trends emerged instead of immediately impugning citizens who expressed concern?
“The Ministry of Education and JAMB were embarrassingly anecdotal in their pejorative non-evidence based explanation of the significantly unusual results of candidates in the 5 South East States predominantly.
“Technical matters must always be examined with professionalism and that has sadly disappeared in the toxic atmosphere created by incompetent and dishonest politicians and intellectuals who should know better.”
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