FG scraps post-UTME, pegs cut-off mark at 180

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.