The Public Relations officer of the Nigerian Universities Commission,
Ibrahim Yakasai, has announced that the new directive scrapping
Post-UTME does not hinder universities from screening students sent to
them for admission by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB.
The
Federal Government in the past week ordered that the examinations
usually organised by universities in Nigeria for admission seekers after
the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations should be scrapped.
According
to the government, “If there was absolute confidence in the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board, there should be no need for
Universities to conduct internal examinations to determine the fate of
candidates seeking admissions.”
While addressing newsmen, Yakasai
said the new directive does not restrict any university from screening
students sent to them by the exams board.
The usual practice was
that during admission, universities and other schools are allowed to do
elementary screening. The screening include actual verification of Jamb
slip, crosschecking of documents for admission, medical test, age check
and a host of other prerequisite for securing of admission.