Federal Government Denies Scrapping UTME

The Federal Government has dismissed reports claiming thatbit has scrapped the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), insisting that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) remains the lone legally authorised assemblage for tertiary admissions successful Nigeria.

This was contained successful a connection issued by the spokesperson of the Federal Ministry of Education, Boriowo Folasade, connected Thursday.

She described the reports circulating connected societal media arsenic mendacious and misleading, stressing that neither the Ministry of Education nor immoderate of its agencies issued oregon authorised specified an announcement.

“For the avoidance of doubt, JAMB remains the statutory and legally empowered assemblage liable for conducting entranceway examinations and coordinating admissions into each tertiary institutions successful Nigeria,” the connection read.

“The established admittance processes done JAMB stay afloat operational, and immoderate contrary accusation should beryllium disregarded successful its entirety,” it added.

Folasade further stated that the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, reaffirmed the Federal Government’s unwavering concern with JAMB and different applicable acquisition bodies to guarantee transparency, fairness, and merit successful the admittance process.

According to her, the Minister emphasised that the integrity of the tertiary acquisition admittance strategy remains a apical precedence for the administration.

“The Federal Government is committed to maintaining the credibility of the process and ensuring that each qualified campaigner has a just chance,” she quoted the Minister arsenic saying.

The clarification followed rumours that began circulating online aft the authorities announced a reappraisal of admittance criteria that allows candidates without a recognition walk successful Mathematics successful their Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) to summation admittance into programmes successful the Faculty of Arts.

The reform, according to the Ministry, was introduced to grow entree to tertiary acquisition and align admittance policies with planetary champion practices.

The Federal Ministry of Education besides shared the authoritative clarification via its verified X (formerly Twitter) handle, reaffirming that the UTME has not been scrapped and that JAMB remains cardinal to Nigeria’s admittance process for tertiary institutions.