FG Scraps Post UTME
Mr Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education[/caption]
The Federal Government, on Thursday, scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), an exam written by candidates seeking admission into tertiary institutions in the country.
The Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu, who made the announcement at the 2016 Policy Meeting of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), said universities are free to screen candidates admitted by JAMB.
According to him, the federal government has confidence in the examinations conducted by JAMB, and there will be no need for other examinations to be conducted by universities after JAMB exams.
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“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”, he said.
Meanwhile, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde announced 180 as minimum cut off mark for all tertiary institutions in the country.
“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.”
He restated Adamu‘s pronouncement saying, “for post UTME, no more writing of post UTME anymore but institutions will screen their candidates.”
