Good news to candidate as The Federal Ministry of Education and other stakeholder
in the tertiary education sub-sector have agreed onN2,500 as the fee for post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening. This is contained in a statement issued by
prof.Micheal faborode , the Secretary-General, Association of Vice-Chancellors of
Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) on Wednesday in Abuja.Faborode said the agreement was reached after a deliberation of officials of the ministry universities, polytechnics and colleges of education
The universities, polytechnics and colleges of education. UTME screening should be sustained
following the scrapping of the Computer Based Test (CBT).“From the statement made by the Permanent Secretary, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan at the meeting, there is no objection to screening by
universities as long as it is not objection to screening by universities as long as it is not another CBT
“She agreed that universities should advertise and the maximum fee that should be charged
for the screening should be N2,500 – bank charges inclusive.’’ According to the statement, the
association will formally convey its stance to the minister of education, malam Adamu Adamu
.
NAN reports that Adamu's recent announcement of the ban on post-UTME had raised a lot anxiety among stakeholders.
more to follow in time to come.