UTME: NGO blames dismal performance on poor digital literacy
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu
The Regalo Hope Foundation (RHF), a non-profit organisation, had blamed poor performance of candidates in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on poor digital literacy.
The Founder of RHF, Dr Chinenye Onuorah, made the blame in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday.
Recall that more than 1.5 million out of 1.9 million candidates for the UTME organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) scored below 200.
A breakdown of the results released by JAMB showed that 983,187 candidates (50.29 per cent) scored between 160 and 199, while 488,197 candidates (24.97 per cent) scored between 120 and 139.
Onuorah, who expressed displeasure at the performance, said that there was an urgent need to exposure students adequately to tools for digital literacy.
“What this report reveals is not just a failure of preparation, it is also a failure of responsibility.
“It is what happens when young people are left to figure out digital literacy without the tools, exposure or training they need to succeed,” she said.
She called for public/private collaborations to empower students with digital literacy to improve their performances.
The RHF founder said it was important to create an enabling environment to get students prepared for such an examination to increase their success chances.
“We need to stop talking about the youth and start building with them,” she added.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
Edited by Ijeoma Popoola
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