Tertiary Institutions to refund Students as FG insists on POST UTME ban.

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.