AT the Senate, on
Wednesday, both the
Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board
(JAMB) and the initiator
of post-Unified Tertiary
Matriculation
Examinations could not
agree on the reason
behind the special
examination.
The appearance of the
Registrar, JAMB,
Professor Dibu Ojerinde
and the initiator of
post-UTME
examination, former
Minister of Education,
Professor Chinwe Obaji,
before the Senate
Committee on Education
was against the
backdrop of fierce
criticism of the post-
UTME by the public.
While Professor Ojerinde
believed that the
conduct of the post-
UTME was another
matriculation
examination and
contrary to the law
establishing JAMB and
creating additional
financial burden on
students, Professor
Obaji noted that woeful
performance in the
JAMB necessitated the
post-UTME.

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