The Secretary General Of Association of Vice-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities has asked the federal government to allow the senates of their institutions prescribe the methods for admission.
He stated this at the 4th Biennial
Conference on the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities in Nigeria held at the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State.
The Minister of Education, Adamu
Adamu, recently announced the
scrapping of the Unified Tertiary
Matriculation Examinations (UMTE).
Mr. Faborede argued that since
education was on the concurrent list in the 1999 Constitution, the federal
government should be careful in making pronouncements on educational matters that would affect the states and private
universities.
“The issue of post UTME is also very hot now. We have emphasised to the
minister, the right of each university
senate to prescribe the modality for
admissions.
The secretary-general called on pro-
chancellors to support vice-chancellors in this effort in the interest of a credible university system.
Mr. Faborede said the association would in October hold a higher education summit to enable it chart a way forward for the nation’s higher education system.
He said the outcome of the biennial
conference would be important in the effort to bring all view points on board.
Mr. Faborede called on all state
governors to use the Nigeria Governors Forum to ensure the maintenance of standard of state universities and how the could benefit maximally from the Tertiary Education Tax Fund.
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