The Federal Government has barred universities in the country from compelling candidates who sat for the University Matriculation Examination to pay extra money before they could participate in the post-UME screening test.

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, disclosed this on Tuesday at the 9th Joint Consultative meeting of the Policy Committee on Admission into Degree-Awarding Institutions.

Ojerinde said that a committee set up by the Federal Ministry of Education in conjunction with the Committee of Vice Chancellors, resolved that the “post UME should be conducted at no cost to the candidates or their parents.”

The decision of the government might not be unconnected with the discovery that the universities were using the post-UME screening to rip-off candidates.

A source at the Joint Consultative meeting told our correspondent that the issue generated heated argument.

The source added that participants “finally agreed that the post-UME screening should be conducted at no cost to the candidates or their parents.”

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Why then are some schools still charging fees for the Post-UME test?

i dunno

unn is asking us to but scratch cards n do pre-reg online b4 coming to their skul for the exams proper.

how much is unn scratch card