Posted on: 07:51 Thu, 02 Jun 2016



The Federal Government has
scrapped the conduct of post
Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examinations (UTME) for
candidates seeking admission into
higher institution across the
country.

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
institutions.

Minister Adamu expressed
confidence in the examination
conducted by JAMB and added 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.

The 180 benchmark, applies to all
universities and higher institutions
in the country, including
polytechnics, colleges of education,
and others.