FG Directed All Tertiary Institutions That Have Conduct POST UTME Exam To Refund Money Taken From Candidate's And Any Institution Caught Conducting Exam Will Be Sanctioned

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has directed all tertiary institutions that have
conducted post-UTME examination to refund money taken from candidates immediately.

The minister has also declared that post-UTME examinations already taken are null and void;any institution caught still conducting the examination under any guise would be sanctioned.

The minister made this position known in a press statement issued by Deputy Director Press and
Public Relations, Ben Bem Goong. The strong-worded statement reiterated the Ministry’s position that post-UTME examinations have been cancelled with immediate effect and no institution should conduct such examinations.

The minister said that once the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has certified a candidate worthy of admission into any of the
tertiary institutions, that candidate must be deemed fit by the institution.

According to the statement,students who have already been offered admission by JAMB may be
screened by the institutions but this must not involve the conduct of any other entry examination.

The candidates can be screened by
verifying their certificates but not through the conduct of examinations.

The minister stated that it is unnecessary to subject students to further examinations when
they have been offered examinations by JAMB since they will still have to go through between
eight or 12-semester examinations throughout their four to six years study in the institutions.

The minister, therefore, directed the National Universities Commission (NUC) and appropriate departments in the Ministry to communicate the
directive to relevant agencies and institutions to ensure strict compliance.