EDUCATION!! FG Scraps POST-UTME and Pegs cut-off at 180

 


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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