Post UTME scrapped
The Federal Government on Thursday ordered that the controversial examinations usually organised by universities in Nigeria for admission seekers after the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (JAMB) should be scrapped.
The government argued that if there was absolute confidence in the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, there should be no need for Universities to conduct internal examinations to determine the fate of candidates seeking admissions.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, gave the order at the National Universities Commission in Abuja, while declaring open the 2016 combined policy meeting on admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria.
The combined policy meeting is an annual forum where admission officers and stakeholders from universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions converge to debate on common cut-off points for admissions.
Adamu said, “Our universities shouldn’t be conducting another examination; if they have any complaint against JAMB, they should come to the Ministry of Education and we will look into it.
“If JAMB is qualified to conduct the computer-based test and they are conducting the test, then there should be no need for students to sit another examination to get admission
“As far as I am concerned JAMB has built a level of confidence in terms of conducting the UTME. A situation where universities go and conduct other examinations is unnecessary.”
The minister spoke in reaction to a protest by a group of students numbering about 20 at the venue of the meeting.
The protesters who blocked the entrance of the NUC office called on the government, National Assembly and other major stakeholders to put an end to the conduct of Post-UTME.
Adamu also ordered JAMB to stop extra charges for change of course, change of school, among others.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr. Folashade Yemi Esan, also reechoed Adamu’s position saying the decision to scrap Post-UTME was unanimously agreed by stakeholders at the meeting.
The meeting, however, agreed that 180 be adopted as general minimum cut-off points for admissions to Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and other Diploma awarding institutions respectively.
The meeting which was moderated by the Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde, also emphasised that preferences for degree-awarding institutions was still on the high side.
According to him, first choice preference for degree-awarding institutions stood at 97.78 per cent as against 1.1 per cent for National Certificate in Education and National Diploma courses.
As FG scraps Post-UTME screening for 2016/2017 admission and on, the Cut-off mark for admission for the 2016/2017 admission was also announced.
Source: PUNCH
In our own opinion, One would have thought that the pronouncement by the Minister of Education earlier today about FG’s decision to scrap Post-UTME answered the question to writing post ume. This is however not so as some institutions have started selling their post utme forms before now
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if POST UTME was scrapped what of other schools like uniben and others that there cutoff mark are still 200
Some schools will not adhere to this.
Please after submitting all your documents to jamb office for those seeking admission through ijmb direct entering to unilorin, will u just wait for ur name to come out in the admission list or u will still be screened by the school?
You will be screened by the school.
I applied direct entry into futminna 300L, now post-utme/ computer based test is scrapped by the federal government, will I just wait to see my name on the admission list? and how sure am I that I would get the admission? Note; I possess all the requirements necessary to gain admission, thanks a lot. pls reply