Parents and candidates of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, set to be stopped from sitting the forthcoming post-UTME, University of Lagos, by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, are dragging the board to the court today (Friday).

They will be praying the court to stop further sale of post-UTME form in public universities. Hundreds of UTME candidates had on Wednesday stormed UNILAG toprotest against the decision by the institution to stop them from sitting for the post-UTME.

The candidates alleged that the authorities of the university, in liaison with the JAMB, had rolled out a new admission procedure that prevented them from taking the examination to secure admission into the ivory tower.

UNILAG and JAMB had defended their different involvements in theexercise.While the Head of Public Relations, JAMB, Dr. Benjamin Fabian, said the board did not intentionally exclude any candidate, the Registrar, UNILAG, Dr. Taiwo Ipaye, said the university was only working with the post-UTME screening list sent by JAMB, adding that only candidates whose names were forwarded to UNILAG by JAMB were eligible for the 2015/2016 post-UTME screening.

The President, Association of Tutorial School Operators of Nigeria, Mr. Sodunke Oludotun, who led the Wednesday protest to UNILAG premises, told our correspondent in an interview that the affected parents and students had agreed to seek redress in court on the matter. He said their lawyer would file the suit against JAMB at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi today (Friday). Oludotun said,

“We have decided to go to court. We will be in court on Friday. Mr. Femi Falana is aware. Our lawyer too is going to file the court process on Friday.

On Friday, all the students and their parents are following us to the court in Ikoyi. We are going to protest there. On our way to the court, we are going to block the Third Mainland Bridge before getting to the court. Our lawyer said all the people that heard of the case in the court were very angry when he went there today (Wednesday). It is annoying. That is one step we are going to take.”

He added that the protesters would also involve Falana, a human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria on the matter. The protesters had on Wednesday alleged that the university raised its cut-off to 250 marks against the recommended 180 marks by JAMB.

JAMB had, on July 14, after its sixth consultative meeting with stakeholders in Abuja, pegged the cut-off mark to 180 for candidates seeking university admission and 150 marks for those seeking places in polytechnics and colleges of education.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/cut-off-mark-candidates-parents-head-for-court/

ftc ok....all the best...jst hope unilorin does not try dat wit me if not i go lck d schl...

I heard from d right source that ds year's post utme 'll be d last in Nigeria! But d cut off mark might be increased.

Seated and waiting patiently

momentum85: I heard from d right source that ds year's post utme 'll be d last in Nigeria! But d cut off mark might be increased.

Same story all this year

Sanmi405:
ok

So after the meaningful long sentences, you only respond with "ok".....very irking.

They have my support people should not be denied their right because of silly policy

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So Tutoral teachers is now an associated body now.

Very soon they will be a chartered institute.

elego1:
So after the meaningful long sentences, you only respond with "ok".....very irking.

and what meaningful comment did you conbritue?

trying to victimized others while what you are doing is unanimous

Ok

Universities not cooperating with jamb since the emanation of post UME

Jamb jambing youths since 1900....
They must demand free admission

The cut off mark has not been raised to 250.

This is becoming something else ooo........who should we blame it on now? GEJ or PMB??

you hardly see any nigeria university adhering to the 180 cut off mark stipulated by the Jamb...most of them place their cut off marks at 200 but if this case of unilag placing theirs at 250 is true,then that is barbaric and outrageous and they must be stopped and sanctioned

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The cut off mark has not been raised to 250.
Their info is wrong.

Why don't they subject all to post UME test because there are many ways high scores could be obtained in JAMB in Niger.

But y

The drama continues...

good move....

Regrettable

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why?

both jamb and unilag confused

Nigeria jaga jaga everything scatter scatter!! What do u expect In a country that the President doesn't even have a common SSCE, Governors embezzles recklessly without remorse, senate president use magu magu enter sit, no ministers, everything is just plain rubbish. I don't blame JAMB jareey I blame the system

To be candid, this is not right at all.
A candidate may be able to peform much more better in the postutme screening therefore giving him a chance of gaining admission into his preferred choice of institution but this is no longer possible with the new jamb stipulations whereas some candidate might have gotten their high jamb score through different means of malpractice.......mtcheeeeeew it's really a pity

It's high time we stood to stop this admission rubbish.....

ghen ghen!!!!

.. I still dnt get wahs happenin.. ..

Let d institution bring down their curt-off point 2 180 or 200 dat iz bn approv by JAMB!