FG SCRAP CBT, PEGS 2,500 AS SCREENING FEES

The Federal Ministry of Education and other stakeholders

in the tertiary education sub-sector have agreed on N2,500

as the fee for post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation

Examination (UTME) screening. This is contained in a

statement made by Prof. Michael Faborode, the Secretary-

General, Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian

Universities (AVCNU) on Wednesday in Abuja.

Faborode said the agreement was reached after a

deliberation of officials of the ministry, federal universities,

polytechnics and colleges of education. The secretary-

general said while it was agreed that the post-UTME

screening should be sustained following the scrapping of

the Computer Based Test (CBT).

``From the statement made by the Permanent Secretary, Dr

Folashade Yemi-Esan at the meeting, there is no objection

to screening by universities as long as it is not another

CBT. ``She agreed that universities should advertise and

the maximum fee that should be charged for the screening

should be N2,500 - bank charges inclusive.’’

According to the statement, the association will formally

relay its stance to the Minister of Education, Malam

Adamu Adamu.

NAN reports that Adamu’s recent announcement of the

ban on post-UTME had raised a lot anxiety among

stakeholders.