NNPC CLAIMS IT RECORDED MASS FAILURE IN RECENT RECRUITMENT TEST

In what I hope is not another propaganda to aid someone's nepotism, the nnpc has declared that over 80% of the 1st class and 2nd class upper candidates who sat for their 2011 recruitment exercise failed the test, this is what the Group Managing Director Mr Austen Oniwon, disclosed on Monaday while declaring open the 9th NNPC National Quiz Competition in Abuja



Oniwon, who disclosed that the NNPC was currently carrying out a recruitment exercise, stated that the result of the recruitment examination was not as good as expected as 80 per cent of the so-called first class and second class upper graduates scored less than 20 per cent.



Represented by the Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Dr Levi Ajuonuma, the NNPC boss disclosed that this abysmal record did not only heighten the NNPC management's apprehension about the lack of functionality of our education format but goes a long way to underscore the need to shift focus away from mere paper qualification.



Disclosing that it would no longer be business as usual in the NNPC, the Group Managing Director said reliance on people to secure employment in the organisation was now a thing of the past stressing that the NNPC now placed emphasis on brilliance.



Apart from the NNPC examination, the GMD said the recently recorded nationwide mass failure of candidates in WAEC and NECO exams made the call for the urgent review of our school system more pertinent.



He said only a functional education that is skilled-based, that adds value to the nation's economy and takes into consideration the skill-gap that exists in our nation today is ideal for Nigeria of today.



Source: Tribune



Well I was present at one of the centres of the exam in lagos, and I wrote the test which wasn't so difficult so I don't see why I should score less than 20% smh.