FG Scraps CBT For Post-UTME Screening, Pegs Fee At N2,500

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.