1>>The Federal Ministry of Education and
other stakeholders
in the tertiary education sub-sector have
agreed on
N2,500 as the fee for post-Unified Tertiary
Matriculation
Examination (UTME) screening. This is
contained in a
statement issued by Prof. Michael
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,
federal
universities, polytechnics and colleges of
education. The
secretary-general said while it was agreed
that the post-
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
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.
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