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Post-UTME is not cancelled – Education Minister
-The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has urged higher institutions and members of the public to disregard Post-UTME cancellation report.
-He orders institutions to carry on with the Post-UTME exercise.
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Wednesday dismissed reports that the ministry has cancelled the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME), calling on members of the public to disregard the fake reports.
A statement released by the Federal Ministry of Education, signed by Mrs Priscilla Ihuoma, Director, Press and Public Relations in Abuja, directed institutions to carry on with the Post-UTME exercise.
According to the statement, the report was false, also warning that institutions charging above the stipulated sum of N2000 for the exercise would be sanctioned.
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“The attention of the Minister of Education has been drawn to a news report in the media claiming that the minister had issued a directive to universities to cancel the Post-UTME examinations already scheduled.
“The statement, according to the report, was issued by Mr. Ben Goong, Deputy Director of Press.
“The Ministry would like to assert emphatically that the report is completely false and without foundation; Minister therefore urges universities to go ahead with their Post-UTME arrangements as earlier planned.
“Mr. Goong, who purportedly issued the statement, ceased to be a staff of the Ministry since November, 2016.
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“The attention of the minister has also been drawn to some of the institutions who are charging more than the stipulated ₦2, 000.’’
According to her, the minister directed such institutions to refund to the students immediately as Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) had been directed to compile list of violators for appropriate disciplinary action.
“The ministry also urges the media to always endeavour to crosscheck facts with the relevant officials of the ministry before publication, particularly when such sensitive matters of national importance are involved,” she added.
