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Putindbutt:

What does this mean?

It means that I am yet to see anyone who performed extremely well in both Maths and English. It's almost as if the brain only allows humans to know one subject better than the other.

Tried finding out why and saw this.. I hope it helps.

it is rare to find people who naturally perform exceptionally well in both mathematics and language. This rarity is due to the brain's functional specialisation and the way cognitive resources are allocated. Here’s why:

1. Cognitive Resource Limitation:
The brain, like any system, has limited cognitive resources (such as attention, time, energy, and neuroplasticity). Excelling in one domain often requires dedicated, sustained practice, leaving fewer resources for developing the other domain at the same level of expertise.


2. Neural Competition and Specialisation:
The parietal lobe (quantitative reasoning) and temporal-frontal regions (language processing) are distinct neural networks. Developing one system to a high level may lead to what is called "neural competition," where one system becomes dominant while the other receives less developmental emphasis.


3. Educational and Environmental Bias:
Educational systems and life experiences often push individuals toward one track, reinforcing strengths in either quantitative or verbal domains, but rarely both. For example, someone pursuing engineering may rarely practise creative writing, while a literature major may avoid mathematical challenges.


4. Cognitive Style Differences:
Mathematically inclined individuals often rely on abstract, logical, and structured thinking, while linguistically inclined individuals excel in narrative, emotional, and semantic richness. These are different cognitive styles, and switching between them is cognitively demanding.


5. Social and Psychological Factors:
Sometimes, societal stereotypes such as "math people aren’t good with words" or "artistic people can’t do maths" discourage balanced development, reinforcing the gap.



In summary, while the brain has the capacity to develop both, the natural tendency toward specialisation, resource limitation, and environmental reinforcement makes it rare to achieve high-level proficiency in both. However, it remains biologically possible with deliberate cross-disciplinary training.

ManOfMan:


Yes, I am. Thanks. Bless

You're welcome.

zero8zero:
You can't even cheat anymore, if you know it, you know it and if you don't know it, you don't know it. WAEC has vowed to copy the system for next year, expect mass failure in WAEC next year. But I kind of like it, these young guys will get more serious and less addicted to social media.

exactly what I said, when waec start cbt, breeze go blow and fowl y****sh go open

zero8zero:
You can't even cheat anymore, if you know it, you know it and if you don't know it, you don't know it. WAEC has vowed to copy the system for next year, expect mass failure in WAEC next year. But I kind of like it, these young guys will get more serious and less addicted to social media.

How about theory section ?
Or they’d stick to CBT mcq’s ?

omonnakoda:
What has changed why can't you cheat

cctv bro

zero8zero:
You can't even cheat anymore, if you know it, you know it and if you don't know it, you don't know it. WAEC has vowed to copy the system for next year, expect mass failure in WAEC next year. But I kind of like it, these young guys will get more serious and less addicted to social media.

Trust me they wouldn't. Growing up the only way to make money is by going to school. Now schooling is not even part of the top 5. Where I come from Kids dey go learn Yahoo as a skill...
As in your parent carry you go make them teach you.

Judolisco:
cctv bro

What happens is there a recording of every candidate?

I am more daddy than bro

papyjaypaul:

WAEC will be making a grave mistake copying it. Nigeria does not have the infrastructure nationwide yet.. It will once again show the backsides of our failed politicians who refused to fund education, they are more interested in physical structures than systemic structure. It's their failure that makes ASUU keep going on strike. I don't even want to talk about NEPA. Our leaders are not even showing good morals at the moment. Corruption is now normal, morally and financially.

if jamb can do it (although not efficient enough yet) since 2015, then waec should start, if we don't start, then politicians won't put infrastructures in place.... Let's start first.... I don't know why d jamb registrar prof hasn't been made minister of education yet

nnewsnjobs:

98 in Math, 96 in physics, that is very excellent of him. He will become a great Engr. Like me. Lol. Congratulations to him.

Hmm . Nice
But An engineer is not just In words, hope you have ever built something ?

Very brilliant child,he will graduate from University with good results just to end up been a federal government civil servant. Then he will tiktok or any social media app just to see Sarkin mota shouting this can is not for civil servants

zero8zero:


https://punchng.com/utme-16-year-old-scores-98-in-maths-336-overall/?amp

Congratulations to Olamide Aderibigbe.

My nephew, Adebola Adekoya also scored 98 in Mathematics.
2025 UTME Result:
ENG: 71, MAT: 98, PHY: 84, CHE: 92, Aggregate: 345

omonnakoda:
What happens is there a recording of every candidate?

I am more daddy than bro

Ok daddy, You know how thieves are scared of security cameras? In the same way, CCTV curbs examination malpractice or reduces it to the barest minimum

Is this a joke to you? This one never even reach 16. My boy is balling

OriOko88:

Proof or idontbeliveit.

Will you give me money or deactivate your if I my jamb result and you see 91 there for Physics?

ManOfMan:
This is beautiful.

My 15 year old son got 355 in the same exam.

Dear ........ , Reg Number: 2025......... Your 2025 UTME Result: ENG: 72, MAT: 98, PHY: 96, CHE: 89, Aggregate: 355

no evidence to proof this

Judolisco:
if jamb can do it (although not efficient enough yet) since 2015, then waec should start, if we don't start, then politicians won't put infrastructures in place.... Let's start first.... I don't know why d jamb registrar prof hasn't been made minister of education yet

The nature of the exam is different. JAMB is one off, WAEC is a process. We should not throw writing to the dustbin yet. Yes you can type, but write first. Some top universities still use pen and paper for their exams even though Nigerians always think they are the best. Let them learn the foundation for life.

zero8zero:
You can't even cheat anymore, if you know it, you know it and if you don't know it, you don't know it. WAEC has vowed to copy the system for next year, expect mass failure in WAEC next year. But I kind of like it, these young guys will get more serious and less addicted to social media.

This is what every right thinking person should welcome and .

He derseves a full scholarship to study his desired course in any university of his choice in Nigeria or even abroad if he secures an ission in a foreign school.

I just hope his WAEC or NECO results, the prerequisite for ission into Nigerian universities will also be good enough not to prevent him from securing ission.

Congratations to him!

Obaofaba:
Yoruba amaka!!!

Silent achievements is their core values.

Nigeria is blessed to have them.

You are already blowing the trumpet, yet saying "silent achievers" what an Irony.
A people who constantly claim to be "the most educated" and scream same from rooftops are claiming to be "silent" at same time.
Maybe "silent" has a different meaning in Yoruba language from the English meaning.
Yoruba and silence are two words that can never meet.

You obviously didn't read to post, that's why you're asking another JAMB question on top Jamb result.

Jeezuzpick:


What does he wanna study with Maths, Physics and ECONOMICS?!?!

Judolisco:
Ok daddy, You know how thieves are scared of security cameras? In the same way, CCTV curbs examination malpractice or reduces it to the barest minimum

Are thieves scared of CCTV ? That is news to me . I would imagine thieves are more scared of broken glass on top of a fence .Either way they find a workaround

I was hoping to hear of HOW CCTV being there is impregnable and there is no workaround

Even before lockdown . I was familiar with the concept of doing exams remotely even from home with video monitoring, professional bodies do that these days. That is not new but how is the system tamper proof for an exam like JAMB in a country like Nigeria

I imagine that it is only when there a suspicion of malpractice perhaps from unusual results that footage is monitored in detail

Monitoring video footage takes time to examine when you consider the number of candidates involved. So whilst this may help I do not see it as a revolutionary gamechanger especially if there is collusion with officials as is often the case in Nigeria

zero8zero:


https://punchng.com/utme-16-year-old-scores-98-in-maths-336-overall/?amp

Yoruba lagba…..west side, the best side

Putindbutt:
Trust naija, with time they will game it. I doff my hat to jamb registrar, he is one step ahead of cheaters. If the next registrar is not as proactive as the current registrar, naija will game the system and return jamb centers to miracle centers.

that man is a disciplinarian, he doesn’t condone indiscipline

I could when he was the DVC of unilorin, i was a fresher then I didn’t go for matriculation ceremony which I didn’t really take seriously, but almost cost me my ission and we were asked to call our parents for a meeting and we were fined 25k and we had just a week to make payment or forfeit your ission.

So I’m not surprised with the way he has been able to reform jamb and had some credibility in the system

He did

Physics, maths, english, economic, what a combination

What course will that bring university

ProudlyLagos:
that man is a disciplinarian, he doesn’t condone indiscipline

I could when he was the DVC of unilorin, i was a fresher then I didn’t go for matriculation ceremony which I didn’t really take seriously, but almost cost me my ission and we were asked to call our parents for a meeting and we were fined 25k and we had just a week to make payment or forfeit your ission.

So I’m not surprised with the way he has been able to reform jamb and had some credibility in the system

Which year is that? Who was vc

Putindbutt:
Trust naija, with time they will game it. I doff my hat to jamb registrar, he is one step ahead of cheaters. If the next registrar is not as proactive as the current registrar, naija will game the system and return jamb centers to miracle centers.

please enlightened us we old school abeg .what really happened on this year jamb that made it difficult for cheaters .

Judolisco:
if jamb can do it (although not efficient enough yet) since 2015, then waec should start, if we don't start, then politicians won't put infrastructures in place.... Let's start first.... I don't know why d jamb registrar prof hasn't been made minister of education yet

They should start on a faulty foundation

Weak power, poor internet, ridiculous computers etc

Students exam fees should just burn in the name of testing

Ridiculous thinking nigerians

LegendHero:


Will you give me money or deactivate your if I my jamb result and you see 91 there for Physics?

I won't do none

Judolisco:
if jamb can do it (although not efficient enough yet) since 2015, then waec should start, if we don't start, then politicians won't put infrastructures in place.... Let's start first.... I don't know why d jamb registrar prof hasn't been made minister of education yet

They should start on a faulty foundation

Weak power, poor internet, ridiculous computers etc

Students exam fees should just burn in the name of testing

Ridiculous thinking nigerians.

Yoruba Amaka.😁😁

MightySparrow:
I don't understand it, in the 80s, we would be targeting to answer 35 questions in Mathematics. Only very few ones attempted 40 to 45. They even told us there were negative marks.
Is JAMB getting simpler these days?

Yeah negative marks..lolzz.. meaning u rather leave the questions if you are not sure and it was time bound..was telling someone that in the 90s it was impossicant to score 300...where on earth are this kids getting their over 400 from ?he was arguing.. untill I had to dig deep into the internet before I could get him an answer.

SMEpromote:
You obviously didn't read to post, that's why you're asking another JAMB question on top Jamb result.

I obviously read the post. That's why I knew the subjects he took in the exam.