Thursday 2 June 2016

Post UTME just got scraped by Federal Government


Post unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME), which is normally conducted by Nigeria Universities after candidate must have passed JAMB, was cancelled yesterday. This announcement was made by the minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. The federal Government made it clear that no need conducting another exams after candidate must have passed the examination conducted by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The minister said...

“As far as I am concerned the nation has confidence in what JAMB (Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board) is doing. The universities should not be holding another examination and if the universities have any complain against JAMB let them bring it and then we address it.
If JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests and they have conducted test then there will be no need to conduct another test for students to gain admission,”

The minister also asked JAMB to stop extra charges on several categories of changes on admission  such as change of course, change of school and others.

Also,the registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, after a long debate from different universities, told journalist that no university will go below 180 as bench mark.

He said  180 is given and no institution will go below 180 this year, And some universities can go above it, I know Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife will not go below 200 and University of Lagos will not go below 200 and also University of Ibadan. All these ones stand. But 180 is  a bench mark for others.”

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