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FG Overrule JAMB And Unilag Policy by cooldave234(m): 7:43pm On Jul 28, 2015 |
The Federal Government has overruled the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board on its new
admission policy that recently sparked protests
in parts of the country.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education,
Mr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, disclosed this to State
House correspondents 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 the
institution’s Post-UTME.
Nwaobiala told reporters 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 had been directed to go and write post-
UTME examinations in their schools of first choice
since that was the bone of contention.
Nwaobiala said, “This JAMB thing has been there.
As the policy making body, when these issues
were raised, they raised in a stakeholders
meeting. We normally have what we call the
policy meeting. Everything about admission are
discussed with parents and other stakeholders at
the meeting.
“These are decisions that we collectively took.
However, we have a listening ear. We have taken
a lot of the issues raised into consideration and
we are consulting to see the adjustments we can
make here and there.
“The directive has been given. All the students
that made the cut off marks have been told to go
and write post-UTME examinations in their schools
of first choice. After, they can go to their schools
of second choice. That has been the bone of
contention.”
On the threat by the West African Examinations
Council to withhold the results of candidates in 19
states who wrote the May/June 2015 WASSCE
following unpaid examination fees by the state
governments, Nwaobiala appealed to states to
fulfill their promises.
“The Head of WAEC has briefed me about it. It is
so sad. States pledged to pay on behalf of these
students and WAEC took them on based on the
pledge.
“Now when it comes to the time to pay, it
becomes a challenge.
“We will appeal to the states to see this as very
important. A promise to a child is very important
and it must be implemented,” he said.
Nwaobiala also said that at the meeting with
Buhari, the President frowned on some state
governments who had failed to pay teachers
salaries for months.
He said the President observed that the situation
was not good for the nation’s education sector.
“The President raised the issue of non-payment of
teachers’ salaries in some states. He felt it is
something that is very unfair. Do you prefer your
people to be ignorant?
“Some teachers have not been paid for six
months in some states, some have not been paid
for one year. The President felt very concerned
about that,” he added.
Nwaobiala also told reporters that Buhari also
expressed concern over the poor rating of
Nigerian universities among their peers around
the world.
He however said his team explained to the
President that some of the ratings were
misinterpreted as the rating of Nigerian
universities had actually improved.
The Permanent Secretary identified one of the
major challenges of the ministry to include the
return of school children displaced by terrorist
activities in the country, while getting more
children into school. |
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Re: FG Overrule JAMB And Unilag Policy by seunlayi(m): 10:00pm On Jul 28, 2015 |
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Re: FG Overrule JAMB And Unilag Policy by Nobody: 10:13pm On Jul 28, 2015 |
This post is not true at all. I also watched the news. Please read this: https://www.nairaland.com/2485387/fake-news-high-court-ruling |
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