The Federal Government has overruled the
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on its new admission policy
that recently sparked off protests in parts of the country.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Education, Mr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, disclosed the information on Tuesday, after
briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of his ministry’s activities and challenges
at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
JAMB, had at its 2015 Combined Policy
Meeting, adopted a policy whereby candidates of universities with surplus
applicants for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, are reassigned
to other universities with lower number of applicants than their capacities.
Protest started at the University of
Lagos when the institution’s authorities announced that only candidates whose
names were officially forwarded by JAMB, are eligible to participate in this
year’s UNILAG Post-UTME.
MacJohn, said that the decision was
jointly taken at a stakeholders’ meeting that had parents and others in
attendance.
He said because of the dust raised by the
development, the Federal Government had commenced consultation with the aim of
identifying where adjustments could be made.
He however said students that made the
cut-off marks have been directed to go and write post-UME examinations in their
schools of first choice, since that was the bone of contention.
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