Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, has been scrapped by the Federal Government, with 180 pegged as benchmark for 2016 admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.
The decision was reached at this year's Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria.
Minister of Education , Malam Adamu Adamu, while declaring open the meeting, said since the federal government and stakeholders had confidence in the examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, there was no need for other examinations to be conducted by universities after JAMB exams.
He said: "As far as I am concerned, the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing, the universities should not be holding another examinations and if the universities have any complain against JAMB, let them bring it and then we address it.
''But if JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests and they have conducted test, then there will be no need to conduct another test for students to gain admission. The Minister added.
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