When the Federal Government,precisely the ministry of education decided to place a ban on the post-UTME process,the general populace received it with mixed feelings as it generated a lot of controversies around the time. On the 1st of June 2016,the Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu came and said he was confident in the ability of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to conduct exams.The post-UTME,he said was a repetition of the UTME.
Many schools were caught off-guard with so many irregularities in the modality of the admission process.They were unsure on the best method to conducting a fair examination for the aspirants without sentiments. A lot of water has passed under the bridge with the majority of schools adopting the O level/UTME average which if you asked me was not transparent enough.
In spite of the numerous defects, a substitute method of quality assurance for intake of students is yet to be perfected.Thus the post-UTME remains the only viable option in conducting a fair exam for university aspirants which is why perhaps the federal government in their benevolence and sagacity decided to lift the ban considering a lot of factors.
This has favored a lot of tutorial centers as they are back in business picking up from where they stopped.Many will smile to the bank in no time.In my perspective, I feel that the post-UTME remain the fairest way to admit students and I hope it has come to stay.