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 in
Abuja.
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 while 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.
