FG Scraps CBT, Freezes POST-UTME Fee AT N2500

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.

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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.