Post UTME scrapped in nigerian universities

The Federal Government Thursday
scrapped the conduct of post Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME)
for candidates seeking admission into
higher institution.
The government explained that all tertiary
institutions were at liberty to conduct
screening for candidates seeking admission
into any school.
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu
Adamu, said this on Thursday in Abuja
after declaring open the 2016 Combined
Policy Meeting on Admissions to
Universities, Polytechnics and other higher
institutions in Nigeria.
Adamu, expressed confidence in the
examination conducted by the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
, adding that there was no need for other
examination to be conducted by
universities after JAMB.
He said: “As far as I am concerned the
nation has confidence in what JAMB 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 the JAMB to stop
extra charges on several categories of
changes on admissions such as the change
of course, change of school and others.
Meanwhile, the JAMB has pegged the cut –
off mark for admission for 2016 at 180.
The 180 benchmark, applies to all
universities and higher institutions in the
country, including polytechnics, colleges of
education, and others.
JAMB’s Registrar and Chief Executive
Officer, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, after a long
debate with delegates from various
institutions, told journalists that no
institution would go below the 180 cut-off
set by the board.
He said: “180 is given, no institution will go
below 180 this year, And some universities
can go above it, I know University of Ife
will not go below 200 and University of
Lagos will not go below 200 and also UI. All
these ones stand but 180 as bench mark
for others.
“This year we have more than enough
candidates, we have over 1.5 million
candidates so we will get enough
candidates to take in all the schools if they
are serious. Re-distribution is already
ongoing, because it is embedded in the
registration procedure.”
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