We will never change our decision on post utme....federal government spits fire

With the present situation of nigeria economy now..the federal government says they are not ready and never willing to change their mind on post utme for institutions using it for admissions.

I believe the decision is right though.cool

The federal government has reiterated its
desire to place a permanent ban on the
Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (Post-UTME).
This much was disclosed by Malam
Adamu Adamu, Nigeria’s minister of
education, who confirmed that the initial
ban on the exercise, stated categorically
that it (the ban) takes immediate effect.
According to a press statement obtained
by Leadership, Adamu said he had to
emphasise the ban so as to ensure that no
stakeholder is left in doubt on
government’s position.
Ben Ben Goong, the deputy director, press
and public relations in the ministry of
Education, issued the released which
read: “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.
“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.”
The minister added that a situation where
final year students in the nation’s
secondary schools are subjected to too
many examinations in one year could be
best described as traumatic, exploitative
and absolutely unnecessary.
Recently, a report by Daily Sun detailed
how some universities have tactfully
ignored the directive of the federal
government as regards the recent
cancellation of post-UTME fees.
According to the report, the universities
have devised other means to test
applicants and charge administrative fees
in the process.
The universities were said to have invited
applicants for admission for the 2016/2017
academic session, ask them to pay certain
amount and also sit for a screening test
before being considered for admission.