Post UTME would not be Scrapped – Education Minister
The federal Government has said that it would not scrap the Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME).
Minister of Education, Prof Ruquayyatu
Ahmed Rufa’I, spoke on Tuesday in Abuja when the National Association of
Nigerian Students (NANS) visited her.
She said with the introduction of
e-testing, the Federal Ministry of Education is making effort to
strengthen Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) as well as
making it the most competent examination body in the country.
The minister said: “JAMB is still a
competent examination body, the Post- UTME was introduced to help
checkmate malpractice and get quality students.
“For now, Post-UTME will still go on
until we achieve our aim which is total sanitization and eradication of
all forms of examination malpractice from the system.”
She said though Nigerians are yet to grasp the effectiveness of JAMB electronic testing, but with time it would be accepted.
On the crisis rocking the University of
Abuja, the minister said: “It is sad as the institution, which is
supposed to be a premier university, given its location, is turning to
be the worst in the country.”
She, however, assured that in the next
few months, the Engineering Department of the university would get the
required accreditation, but on the interim and with the full support of
the students, they would be distributed to other institutions.
Earlier, NANS urged full implementation
of the 2013 education budget, even as the students’ body asked the
Federal Government to cancel the Post- UME, which it described as means
of defrauding Nigerian students by school management.
The students’ body, led by its National
President, Hon Yinka Gbedebo, commended the Federal Government for
surmounting the numerous challenges bedevilling the nation’s education
sector.
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