The Federal
Government has scrapped post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME,
as a pre-condition to picking up entrance into colleges in the nation. The
legislature and partners in instruction division likewise pegged 180 as the
benchmark for 2016 induction into colleges, polytechnics and schools of
training to enhance the nature of instruction in Nigeria. These choices were
come to at the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities,
Polytechnics and other higher foundations in Nigeria.
The Minister of Education
, Malam Adamu Adamu,while proclaiming open the meeting, said subsequent to the
government and partners had trust in the examinations directed by the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, there was no requirement for different
examinations to be led by colleges after JAMB exams.
He said: "Similarly
as I am concerned, the country has trust in what JAMB is doing, the colleges
ought not hold another examinations and if the colleges have any whine against
JAMB, let them bring it and after that we address it. ''However, in the event
that JAMB is sufficiently qualified to lead tests and they have directed test,
then there will be no compelling reason to lead another test for understudies
to pick up confirmation. "The service expects that all competitors given confirmation
must be from JAMB. in any case, JAMB must quit issuing confirmation letters,
JAMB ought to contact foundations before offering admission to understudies.
''The end date is November 30th and no college ought to surpass its
confirmation limit and any tertiary establishment that doesn't take after the
principle, the service would begin endorsing them. ''Organizations ought to
quit conceding understudies into un-certify courses in their foundations.
The
establishments ought to quit composing JAMB to expand their shares since JAMB
can't do that." The minister additionally said organizations ought to quit
composing JAMB to build their standards as there were applicable offices to do
as such. Adamu likewise reminded the partners that the criteria for confirmation
was still in power, and requested that the foundations hold fast to it.
"Legitimacy is 45%, catchment territory 35% and instructive advancement in
less created states 20%, this is for elected colleges and for states colleges,
merit 40%, catchment 40 % and less created nearby governments get 20%,'' he
said.
The Minister likewise asked the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board to
stop additional charges on a few classes of changes on confirmations, for
example, the change obviously, change of school and others. The Registrar of
JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, while conversing with columnists after the
meeting, said organizations were allowed to go over the 180 benchmark.
"180 benchmark is even, nobody will go underneath it this year. Colleges
can go above it.
This year, we have all that could possibly be needed
competitors in light of the fact that more than 1.2 million applicants scored
above 180, so we have enough hopefuls this year. "There won't be any
composed post-UTME however they would screen the competitors. It is a vital
thing to screen the hopefuls. ''We concur and the Minister of Education
additionally concurs however the issue of taking another examination is no more
going to happen," he said.
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