The
Federal Government has overruled the Joint Admissions and Matriculation
Board on its new admission policy that recently sparked off protests in
parts of the country.
SOURCE: PUNCH.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Education, Mr. MacJohn Nwaobiala, disclosed this to State House
correspondents on Tuesday, after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of
his ministry’s activities and challenges at the Presidential Villa,
Abuja.
Registrar/Chief Executive Officer of JAMB, Prof. ‘Dibu Ojerinde
Nwaobiala said, “This JAMB thing has been
there. As the policy making body, when these issues were raised, they
raised in a stakeholders meeting. We normally have what we call the
policy meeting. Everything about admission are discussed with parents
and other stakeholders at the meeting.
“These are decisions that we collectively
took. However, we have a listening hear. We have taken a lot of the
issues raised into consideration and we are consulting to see the
adjustments we can make here and there.
“The directive has been given. All the
students that made the cut-off marks have been told to go and write
post-UME examinations in their schools of first choice. After, they can
go to their schools of second choice. That has been the bone of
contention.”
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