Rights group wants post-UTME abolished

The move by the federal government to abolish the post-UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) organised by universities is a step in the right direction, a rights group, Stand Up Nigeria (SUN), has said.  The Secretary General of SUN, Sunday Attah, while calling for an end to the post-UMTE, alleged that universities used it to extort […]

The move by the federal government to abolish the post-UTME (Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination) organised by universities is a step in the right direction, a rights group, Stand Up Nigeria (SUN), has said.
 The Secretary General of SUN, Sunday Attah, while calling for an end to the post-UMTE, alleged that universities used it to extort money from admission seekers under the guise of screening them for competence.
"We, therefore, see the scrapping of this controversial examination as a boost to the anti-corruption fight in the education sector as it will end the generation of revenue that does not get to the government coffers," he said.
 He commended the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, and members of his team for highlighting the shortcomings of the post-UTME examination.