The Federal Government has overruled the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board on its new
admission policy that recently sparked off
protests in parts of the country.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education,
Mr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, disclosed this to State
House correspondents on Tuesday, after briefing
President Muhammadu Buhari of his ministry’s
activities and challenges at the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.

JAMB had, at its 2015 Combined Policy Meeting,
adopted a policy whereby candidates of
universities with surplus applicants for the
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations are
reassigned to other universities with lower
number of applicants than their capacities.

Protest started at the University of Lagos when
the institution’s authorities announced that only
candidates whose names were officially
forwarded by JAMB are eligible to participate in
this year’s UNILAG Post-UTME.

Nwaobiala told reporters that the decision was
jointly taken at a stakeholders’ meeting that had
parents and others in attendance.

He said because of the dust raised by the
development, the Federal Government had
commenced consultation with the aim of
identifying where adjustments could be made.

He however said students that made the cut-off
marks have been directed to go and write post-
UME examinations in their schools of first choice
since that was the bone of contention.

Nwaobiala said, “This JAMB thing has been
there. As the policy making body, when these
issues were raised, they raised in a stakeholders
meeting. We normally have what we call the
policy meeting. Everything about admission are
discussed with parents and other stakeholders at
the meeting.

“These are decisions that we collectively took.
However, we have a listening hear. We have
taken a lot of the issues raised into
consideration and we are consulting to see the
adjustments we can make here and there.

“The directive has been given. All the students
that made the cut-off marks have been told to
go and write post-UME examinations in their
schools of first choice. After, they can go to
their schools of second choice. That has been
the bone of contention.”

On the threat by the West African Examinations
Council to withhold the results of candidates in
19 states, who wrote the May/June 2015
WASSCE following unpaid examination fees by
the state governments, Nwaobiala appealed to
states to fulfil their promises.

source: www.punchng.com/news/fg-overrules-jamb-on-new-admission-policy/

Okay na... E don dey happen.

Good one FG

Pls I pray this works for my sister's sake

I just the watch how d tori go later unfold cos me no understand that new policy at all!