Yesterday, the Federal Government 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.
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.
He expressed his 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 also advised JAMB to stop extra charges on various services they offer, such as change of institution and course.
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. The institutions exempted from this are University of Ibadan, University of Lagos and University of Ilorin.
The JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde said, “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.”
This announcement has brought a lot of joy to admission seekers as they see this as an open opportunity to finally get into the University or polytechnic of their choice without having to go through tasking examination after making the initial JAMB cut-off.
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