Professor Peter Okebukola, former Executive Secretary, National
Universities Commission (NUC) has disclosed that Nigerian Tertiary
institutions may revert to the oral interview and written essay in place
of the scrapped post-UTME screening exams.Prof. Okebukola who stated this in Lagos while speaking with newsmen said that Nigerian tertiary institutions deviated from the initial agreement NUC had with Vice-Chancellors in 2004 when it introduced post-UTME.
He added that the 2004 model had a screening component which was agreed with all vice-chancellors to be through oral interview and essay.
According to him, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, explained during the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics, and other higher institutions in Nigeria that, ”all tertiary institutions were at liberty to conduct screening for candidates seeking admission into any school.”
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