The Federal Government has lifted the ban on the controversial post-UTME examinations usually organised by universities in Nigeria for admission seekers after the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME).

Speaking with The Guardian in Abuja, Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said universities could now organise post-UTME as a pre-condition to gaining admission into universities in the country. He however urged the universities to make the screenings affordable so as not to place financial burdens on the parents of the admission seekers.

He said: “We are going to allow universities to organise post-UTME if they want.

“We have asked them not to impose huge financial burden on the parents. The burden should not be more than what they can bear.”Adamu said that the Federal Government had stopped the scrapping of the examination to fully understand what was going on in universities, adding: “We are now wiser.”

Adamu expressed confidence in JAMB, noting that the management of the examination body remitted N5 billion to the Federal Government coffers, which happens to be the highest so far in the last 40 years of the board’s existence.

He said: “Since JAMB was established more than 40 years ago, the total amount it has given government was N200 million, but in one year, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has remitted N5 billion to government.

“The new JAMB registrar has been correcting many anomalies in the board. Within a year, he has been able to stop all the untold things that were happening there.

Inconsistencies of the Govt on education policy is the bane of our educational system.
I remember that when Yar-adua govt came on board the first action he carried out was to stop all the ongoing processes of the previous govt. notably the education reform started by Oby Ezekwesili, after two years they now wanted to continue what they have stalled.
Now the viscious circle is getting repeated with this govt.
To quote the education minister “We are now wiser.” I wondered if these people are in this country at all or dont they research into what ministry or portfolio they are getting before accepting to serve the country?
the repeated policy somersult is something that should call for concern