Minister orders refund of post- UTME fees

Minister orders refund of post-
UTME fees
Minister of Education, Malam
Adamu Adamu

Minister of Education, Malam
Adamu Adamu has directed all
tertiary institutions that have
conducted post-UTME
examination to immediately
refund money taken from
candidates.
The minister has also declared
that post-UTME examinations
already taken are null and void;
threatening that any institution
caught still conducting the
examination under any guise
would be sanctioned.
The minister made this position
known yesterday, in a press
statement issued by Deputy
Director Press and Public
Relations, Ben Bem Goong. The
strong-worded statement
reiterated the Ministry’s position
that post-UTME examinations
have been cancelled with
immediate effect and no
institution should conduct such
examinations. The minister
warned that once the Joint
Admission and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) has certified a
candidate worthy of admission
into any of the tertiary
institutions, that candidate must
be deemed fit by the institution.
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According to the statement,
students who have already been
offered admission by JAMB may
be screened by the institutions
but this must not involve the
conduct of any other entry
examination. The candidates can
be screened by verifying their
certificates but not through the
conduct of examinations.