The Federal Government of Nigeria has
annulled all Post-UTME screening exercises that have been conducted by
schools for 2016/2017 admission and has ordered fees paid by candidates
to be refunded. The FG had earlier announced the scrapping of the Post-UTME exercise
starting from 2016/17 admission. However, a number of schools have
changed the name to several ones as “admission screening”, “Admissions
Intelligence Quotient Screening” and the likes.
FG Cancels All Conducted Post-UTME Screening Exercises For 2016/2017 Admission
The
minister of education, Mr. Adamu Adamu in a swift reaction has reminded
all tertiary institutions of Goverment’s resolve to see Post-UTME
screening becoming a thing of the past. He said, “Those who have already
advertised for the conduct of the post-UTME under any guise should stop
the exercise immediately as any university caught conducting it will
face appropriate sanctions.
“If
any tertiary institution has conducted the post-UTME, such an exercise
stands annulled and money taken from candidates must be returned
immediately,” Adamu said in a statement.
The
Minister added, “For the avoidance of doubt, any educational
institution after secondary education is regarded as a tertiary
institution. Therefore, all tertiary institutions, polytechnics,
colleges of education, universities or by whatever name it is called
after secondary education must be subjected to admission through the
JAMB.
“At the end of probationary
admission by JAMB, the candidates can be cleared (screened) for final
admission. For any institution with a shortfall in admission, such
institution can revert to JAMB for supplementary admission. Clearing in
this case (screening) entails only the verification of certificates of
the candidates, JAMB scores, and any other physical examination to
ensure that such candidates are not cultists.
“After
this, the candidates are qualified for matriculation. Such screening
should be at no cost to the parents or students and should be done upon
resumption in order to avoid unnecessary travels in search of
admission.”
Education Minister Summons VCs, Rectors, Other For Meeting on Post-UTME Screening
The
minister has also summoned all vice-chancellors and rectors to an
emergency meeting over the post-UTME, findings by our correspondents
have revealed.
A lot of Universities,
Polytechnics and Colleges want to continue conducting Post-UTME
screening but the Minister said, “the responsibility for admission to
tertiary institutions lied with JAMB, insisted that “under no
circumstance should anybody or institution take over that responsibility
by proxy.”
