The Federal
Government Of Nigeria on Thursday scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations (UTME) or Pume as wildly called 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.
The 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.
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