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FG scraps post UTME, PEGS CUTT-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.”

(C) THE NATION