FG scraps out Post Ume Exams, approves 180 as official score for admissions (READ)
The Federal Government has scrapped
post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, as a pre-condition to
gaining admission into universities in the country.
The government and
stakeholders in education sector also pegged 180 as benchmark for 2016
admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to improve
quality of education in Nigeria. These decisions were reached at the 2016
Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other
higher institutions in Nigeria. The Minister of Education , Malam Adamu Adamu,
while declaring
open the meeting, said since the federal government and
stakeholders had confidence in the examinations conducted by the Joint
Admissions and Matriulation Board, JAMB, there was no need for other
examinations to be conducted by universities after JAMB exams. He said: “As far
as I am concerned, the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing, the
universities should not be holding another examinations and if the universities
have any complain against JAMB, let them bring it and then we address it. ”But
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.
More Details Source: vanguard
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