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 inAbuja.
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 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.
Source: Vanguard News.
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