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Buk Defies FG Conducts Post Utme Test by iaamxavier(m): 5:12pm On Sep 11, 2016 |
By Yusha”u A. Ibrahim & Misbahu Bashir |
Despite ban on post-UTME (Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examination) by the Minister of
Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, the Bayero
University Kano (BUK) on Friday conducted test
for candidates seeking admission into the
university.
Daily Trust on Sunday gathered that about
64,000 candidates applied for admission into the
university, but the institution can only admit
6,500 applicants. A source within the university
told our correspondent that after the first
screening exercise, the number of applicants
reduced to 21, 000 and that when the second
screening was conducted the candidates came
down to 16,000. He said although the post–
UTME test was abolished by the federal
government, a similar test was held on Friday in
the name of screening.
“Nothing changed from the previous method.
The candidates sat for an objective test on
Friday and that was how it was with the post-
UTME,” he said.
The minister had banned the conduct of
examination for applicants by universities, saying
the responsibility for admission into public
tertiary institutions lied solely with the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and
under no circumstance whatsoever should
anybody or institution take over that
responsibility by proxy.
The minister said: “For the avoidance of doubt,
any educational institution after secondary
education is regarded as a tertiary institution.
“Therefore, all tertiary institutions, polytechnics,
colleges of education, universities or by
whatever name it is called after secondary
education must be subjected to admission
through the JAMB. At the end of probationary
admission by JAMB, the candidates can be
cleared (screened) for final admission. For any
institution with a shortfall in admission, such
institution can revert to JAMB for supplementary
admission.
“Clearing in this case (screening) entails only the
verification of certificates of the candidates,
JAMB scores and any other physical examination
to ensure that such candidates are not cultists”.
A candidate, who sat for the test at BUK,
Hamida Lawal Adam, told Daily Trust on Sunday
that they were directed to go into an
examination hall, after which they were given
sheets for the test.
“Of course there was no written examination.
We were only given sheet for an objective test.
You would show your examination card, after
which you are allowed entry into the examination
hall,” she said. Another candidate, Aliyu Ibrahim,
said, “I thought there will be no test in whatever
form following the federal government’s
directive, but in the end we did it.”
However, the Director Public Affairs of the
university, Alhaji Ahmad Shehu, said the
institution had not violated the directives of the
federal government regarding the post-UTME. He
pointed out that the federal government
abolished written test and that BUK had not
violated that directive. “Before the scrap, the
test had three components including written
exam and analytical method of exam, but
following the directives we have suspended all
these. “So the test we conducted on Friday, did
not in any way violate the directive,” he said.
When contacted yesterday, the Deputy Director,
Press and Public Relations, in the Federal
Ministry of Education, Mr. Ben Bem Goong said
“any institution that violates the earlier
directives on post-UTME, will be sanctioned.” He
said the NUC had been directed to monitor
adherence to and take appropriate actions. cc. lalasticlala fynestboi www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/buk-defies-fg-conducts-post-utme/162202.html |
Re: Buk Defies FG Conducts Post Utme Test by cyberguy72(m): 4:59pm On Sep 12, 2016 |
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