FG says no basis for post-UTME, stops scratch card fee for JAMB results
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, yesterday said it was counter-productive for university applicants to take post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) after sitting for the initial UTME organized by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). He said government would take stiff measures against any university that admits students beyond its approved carrying capacity. Adamu said yesterday at a JAMB stakeholders’ meeting in Abuja that it was not appropriate for universities to coerce applicants to sit for post-UTME as a condition for admission. The minister also instructed JAMB to stop charging N1, 000 per student for scratch cards to access their examination results online. A group of students carrying placards protested against post-UTMEs near the entrance of headquarters of the National Universities Commission (NUC), venue of the meeting. The minister asked representatives of uni...