The Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) has stated that the Minister of Education's pronouncement did not take away a university's right to select its students as the law empowers its Senate to screen applicants before admission.

It would be recalled that the Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu, during the JAMB policy meeting with stakeholders, announced the scrapping of the post-UTME screening exercise organized by tertiary institution.

The Secretary-General of the Vice-Chancellors association, Prof Michael Faborode, who was the guest speaker at the 11th convocation lecture of Covenant University last Thursday, said the minister did not consult with stakeholders before banning the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

He said: "AVCNU does not feel that we should make a public pronouncement on the issue. Remember, when the minister made that, he also said there would be clarification on how the screening would be done.

"But for us, the issue is very clear. Remember, Post-UTME came out of necessity because at the time, the level of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) exam was seriously questioned. It is true that things have improved to some extent; but I feel the minister's pronouncement should have been more consultative and we would have conducted studies to verify the present situation like we did when we started post-UTME.

"But why we feel there was no need for outcry is that the fundamental right of universities to conduct screening cannot be taken away. The Senate of every university must screen whoever comes into the university and must guarantee the quality of certificate they are awarding. These are fundamental tasks that still remain and have not been threatened", he said.



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In otherwords U still want d PostUme thing so u can kip ripping students off abi in d name of screening. No to PostUme, whether screening or no screening there'll eventually b first class, 2nd class, third class and pass students at d end of the day. Afterall d so-called PostUme is jus anoda glorified Jamb exam

Our universities want to continue with their exploitation of students. What is so difficult in Adamu's statement that these professors cannot understand? He didn't say schools should not screen candidates, but such screening must be at no cost to the applicants. Faborode is notorious for his avarice, so I am not in anyway surprised by his statement.

I think if post-utme is to be conducted in any way, there should be no fees attach to it. The importance of post-utme cannot be over-empasis. Let's come to think of it: in a situation whereby a student perform brillantly in jamb, how do you expect the instituition to select candidate without further screening. But I don't support any fee levied against student and moreover, admission into higher instituition must be treated with fairness. "Enough is Enough, let the child of the common man have access to education"

michaelhonest44:
I think if post-utme is to be conducted in any way, there should be no fees attach to it. The importance of post-utme cannot be over-empasis. Let's come to think of it: in a situation whereby a student perform brillantly in jamb, how do you expect the instituition to select candidate without further screening. But I don't support any fee levied against student and moreover, admission into higher instituition must be treated with fairness. "Enough is Enough, let the child of the common man have access to education"

Between 1978-2004, there was no jamb.
Did admission still get awarded or not?

Don't they even say the the quality of graduates have dropped in the 21st century?
So what's all these nonsense about post utme producing better students?...

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Read until u understand...
Hint: Replace "U" wherever u come across it in d comment with the VCs.