Senate endorses Post- UTME

The Senate on Thursday endorsed the Post-Universities and other Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) despite the controversy that has trailed its introduction by the nation’s tertiary institutions.

The Senate also advocated the complete ban of all Special Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Examination Centres popularly called ‘Miracle centres’
The upper legislative chamber also noted that JAMB is currently faced with a lot of challenges in the conduct of “fool-proof” matriculation examinations but noted that the agency has not failed.

These followed the consideration of the report of the Senate Committee on Education, on the investigation of illegality of Post UTME and the failure of JAMB to conduct examinations acceptable to universities during plenary in Abuja.

The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Uche Chukwumerije while presenting the report, noted that the “Post-UTME is not illegal.”
“No stakeholder during the public hearing challenged its legality. Rather, some (especially JAMB) queried the propriety and legality of the written part of Post-UTME’s screening exercise,” Chukwumerije said.
He said the committee considered Post UTME “both legal and legitimate” because the Act setting up JAMB allows it, while the Statue of each university gives its Senate power of admission and discipline of students.
He added that the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2003 has not been abrogated.