Minister Orders Tertiary Institutions To Refund Post-UTME Fees

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has directed all tertiary institutions that have
conducted post-UTME examination to immediately refund money taken from candidates. The minister has also declared that post-UTME examinations already taken are null and void; threatening that any institution caught still conducting the examination under any guise would be sanctioned. 


The minister made this position known yesterday, in a press statement issued by Deputy Director Press and Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong. The strong-worded statement reiterated the Ministry’s position that post-UTME examinations have been cancelled with immediate effect and no institution should conduct such examinations. The minister warned that once the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has certified a candidate worthy of admission into any of the tertiary institutions, that candidate must be deemed
fit by the institution.

The minister went further to say that “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 calledafter 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. After this, the
candidates are qualified for matriculation. Such screening should be at no cost to the parents or students and should be done upon resumption in order to avoid unnecessary travels in search of admission”.