The House of Representatives has mandated the Federal Ministry of Education and the National Universities Commission, to promptly discontinue the post-University Matriculation Examination conducted annually in Nigerian universities.
In a sweeping decision yesterday, lawmakers voted to support a resolution put forward by a member, Samson Positive, who argued that tertiary schools have abused the post- screening tests, applying it rather as a fund raiser.
“The problems of prospective candidates for university admissions have been further compounded with the introduction of this test and rather than good, our educational system has been worsened by it,” said Mr. Positive, who represents Kogi state.
The lawmakers also faulted the incoherent organization of the examinations which have had candidates placed for tests the same day at separate schools they listed as first and second choices during application.
The decision had been expected after the House Rules Committee, listed the matter for discussion earlier the week but failed short of adopting a position after repeated rescheduling.
In the days building up to Thursday sitting, many lawmakers have spoken in similar vein against the admission test which has run in the institutions for more than five years.
Cash cow
They argued yesterday that institutions in the country have converted the test, earlier introduced as a supplement to the conventional UME, to a quick source of raising funds from students and parents alike.
“This has become a very worrisome issue today- serving as an avenue for extortion and exploitation,” said three-term member Farouk Lawan, who heads the House committee on Education.
After its introduction in 2006, subscriptions for the test in universities and polytechnics across the country have been independently decided by different institutions with some charging prospective students as much as N10, 000 for the one-day aptitude.
The charges continued after the NUC directed in 2009 that such payments not exceed N1000, if they should be made.
The decision, the representatives said is to be enforced immediately, and have mandated the House Legislative Compliance Committee to ensure the education ministry and the NUC, carry out the directives without delay.
Source: Next Newspaper – www.234next.com
The post UME is not right again since student has done UTME Which is d combinations of three tertiary institution. It must be cancelled
i love the idea. no ume
i like the idea too nd hope universities will obey.
@chioma,they have no choice they must obey d government. I love dis idea
Why won’t they obey. den de craze?
Dats a gr8 idea
Dats a gr8 idea u guys got here
I cant hide my joy on dis coz it denied me admission last year. THANK GOD
I wil be gr8tful if the law makers can stick 2 their words nd order jamb 2 give admmission straight 2 students into their various choice of universities.
Dis is a wonderful idea & wish d universities wil adhere 2 dis. They should giv d students direct entry 2 dere various schools of choice according 2 dere scores. I thank d lawmakers 4 lookin in2 dis matter cos dis denied me admission 4 3 gud years! Thank u Sirs 4 dis idea cos dis shows dat u’re concerned abt d leaders of tomorrow.
Thanks to law-makers. Just wish it will stand; let admission be offered based on merit not on im
its a great idea,cos schools use it as a money making venture.Besides even after writing the postume and passing,you are still denied admission.It happened to me.SO,YES!!! NO POST UME!!!!!!!!!
By the way,what is unilag`s problem?They said no post ume and they-unilag are planning on holding postume.Why cant we obey things in this country?WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM PLS??????
By the way,what is unilag`s problem?They said no post ume and they-unilag are planning on holding postume.Why cant we obey things in this country?WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM PLS?
unilag pls,respect the decision of the house of rep.Once you hold your postume,other universities will follow suit,pls dont cause problems, I totally suport the idea of no postume,cos they`ve turned it into a money making venture.
in as much as post ume denied me adm. once nd d money involvd, i stil prefer it cos d level of malpractices n jamb is greatr dan dat of p/ume so it realy showz who deservs d admssn. think abt it!
universities have turn post ume as way of making money. thanks 4 our lawmaker 4 making it work.
O boy, do u want to spend another year at home bcos of post ume? Let them stop the nonsens post ume, after all students use to gain admission even b4 post ume. Haba, unilag respect your self o.
O boy, do u want to spend another year at home bcos of post ume? Let them stop the nonsens post ume, after all students use to gain admission even b4 post ume. Haba, unilag respect your self o..
I hope this will not delay our admission this year.Because many universities may demand for 300 and above in utme before they offer any admission…Let’s us think about it oooo.May God help us.
over d years post ume az helped to curb some of d excesses of jamb! no doubt it az also in recent times metamorphosed into a money making venture by our universities. But cancelling it won’t help! Cos dat way uni will now admit based on how high ur utme score is! Rem say pple stil dey use g.S.m 4 hall!
I love d idea. Thank 2 House of rep.
the post ume is just a medium schools use in extorting money from students, regardless of their background. Not minding if the guardian of the student could afford it. The decision taken by ”The house of Reps” is one the Nigerian child would never seize to appreciate..GOD BLESS NIGERIA…
God bless d house of rep tankz
Why is everybody talkin about money here? No troubles, i agrees to d fact that it had turned 2 a money makin venture, but, i urge the House to think twice. Jamb is also extorting money from candidate: the same one day exam, their collected #5000. Post utme sure helps to checkin jamb’s excesses; for cryin out loud, their are student who made 301 n above in their jamb score dat r ignoramus; (i mean 100% olodo in their various subject). I suggest, instead of cancellin post utme entirely, their should fixe a definite price at which student should buy post utme form: if it should be bought with money. Thanks.
Unilag as pested date 4 postume i want to know if it will still hold or not, i like d idal of lawmaker as discontinew postume God bless nigeria God bless our nation.
Now dat lawmakers as cancel d post ume what wil appul to schools dat as posted date 4ume like babcoke & unilag what we dey do 2dis,plz obey.
God bless nigeria and D law makers. if any umiv. disobey d law makers dat means dis country could be lawless remba wot d bble says in d buk of Rom.13:7-8. Disobedience is like a sin of witchcraft. we’nd God 2 inervain in our country. OBEY D WORD OFGOD. cming of christ is imminent.God give us d grace 2 obey. God bless nig. as we obey Amen.
Cancelln p-utme is a bad idea. so many av cheated in dis utme n made it up to 300 n abv whereas dose who read earnestly has notn 2 shw forth. I thnk putme shld be brut bak lets knw ur strngth,ability n intellectual knwldg. Pls house cancelln putme is nt d best now but it shld sold at affordable prices. Cheatn durn putme is nt dat easy cmpr 2 jamb. Pls Nigerians lts pt an end 2 examtn malpractices. U can imagine wat d future of dis grt country wuld be if we cont 2 cheat,manipulate tns.
God bless the lawmakers of this country, infact this is the most important agenda at hand to tackle on. NO MORE POST-UME at least poor people’ll hav the chance of going to school.
thank God 4 gving lawmakers such a wonderful idea.
I no know d tin wey dey worry dis universities.If dem no agree with ease,dem go agree by force.NO MORE POST-UTME OOO!!!!
Hi guys Post ume is somehow good an abit bad but we have to pray 4d best option let God show us d way out of dis mess some of us didnot read 4dis exam but we scored higher. some of us scored 330 less luck for d way out. wether their is post ume or not pls less read had. remember O.Bj said that there is no feature leadership in our countr.let us proove them rong,GOD BLESS our PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONNATAN AN D HOUSE OF REP.BLESS US D FEATURE LEADERS OF TOMMOROW
Obj is a crazy old chipmunk.who think there is no future in this country.did he read up to master level not to talk of phD.no post utme this year,thanks to house of rep. for this gesture,we appreciate it.GOD bless nija.
I am in love with this idea. The universities must obey the govt (by fire & thunder). The post ume have denied me (admission) twice. They can’t stop me this time.
Even though their wont be p.u.m.e,those dat wont gain admission still wouldnt gain cos without u having connection with a lecturer or so,ur admission wont be sure.let them just do what they like
Left to me, i will not want dis post ume to hold at all Despite my score cos i know God will grant me my admission dis year in Jesus Name Amen….
now that the post UTME has been canceled, what is the way forward?
In as much as post ume is used a money making source by schools, i still prefare it to utme due to the level of malpractise which is by far greater than that of post ume, and with this new policy the level of utme malpractise is bound to increase.I think government shuld look more into examination malpractise, and the granting of admission shuld be thoroughly supervised.
It’s a very welcome Idea if the Post UME issue has been dissolve by the law makers.
As a matter,the post UME stuff is now a means where the various institution raises fund in order to satisfy there selfish desires.
Of a true saying,how would this be interpreted,that a student who obtain about 69 percent of his/her post UME result is not given admission.
Thanks to the National house of representatives and I hope this Idea will stand the test of time.
Morealso,I will be glad if given hint on the cut off marks of the University of Abuja on Accounting courses.
Now dis piece from d lawmakers leaves confused about d unilag matter, cos they,ve announced dat there’ll be post-ume. and not hearin any other information is makin me crazy !
pls,that’s very good of u people cos it is what u people told us earlier before the exam and had it been it was not move,The board would’ve been liars.
great decission. post ume has made many nigerians grow white bears at home.i really like dis decision tanks 2 our law makers.
GOOD IDEA,LAW MAKERS TANK U VERY MUSH NO POST UTME, NO POST,NO POST……. SOLYSOLY
LAUTECH U HERE NO POST UTME MAKE U NA HERE NOW HOOOO, NO POST UTME, BECAUSE U 2 NOW U LIKE WALA 222 MUSH ABEG SOLY SOLY
Most of u studnts r in suport of d lawmakas idea.y? Cos u cheatd n got abov 300 in ur jamb.we shld b talkn on how 2 reduce d post ume billins considerin d less previledged.
i like the ideal, is really good the institution have been using the opportunity to exploit the student.
So shall it be. We say NO 2 POST UME!
pls can someboby tell me the cut-off mark of unizik,i scored 224 on utme,apply 4 guardiance and councilin,can unizik consider me admission,
Debreg what is ur promble about 300above, say smtin good d idea is good if u dont like it go to eer. Do u what pstume as done to 228 in jmb 47 in pst 251 again 50.1 and u sayed wil are happy with d idea why wouth we.
Debreg what is ur promble about 300above, say smtin good d idea is good if u dont like it go to eer. Do u what pstume as done to 228 in jmb 47 in pst 251 again 50.1 no admition and u sayed wil are happy with d idea why wouth we.
gud idea,hop it works out.
I like dat, hope it wil work
Hop post utme wil be abolished so as to encourage people to further their education and achieve their goal.
Dats nice my people i love that idea by stopping Post ume in our country. It will even reduce most of stark illitrates in Nigeria if people are able to get Admmission easily without no stress coz it is even risking for someone to travel far distance to each universities for post ume. Despite apart from the JAMB fee u’ve the universities will now collect a huge amount of 10, 000 and 500 for conducting the post ume test whish is not suppose to be dat. I will plead to the House Of Rep. to simply cancel the Post UME in this country just to allow most people to be educated in our country.
i hope that suggestion will really work oh
I want the cancellation of the post ume examination to really hold
Is the University Commission going to accept to stop Post UTME exams? What are the sanction on the University that refuse to stop post UTME? Who is going to issue admission letter to the candidates who has got the required point? Indeed, what the Honourable members said regard to the post UTME is true, what is expected of them[Honourable Members] now is to compel the University through Minister of Education to issue the Admission letter without delay. Please Honourable Members you should not allow this your good Bill to die like that. Long Live our Honourable Members, Long Live Nigeria.
I wish pume will abolish cuz they raise big fund from it.im Ambrose
In fact, I love that idea, dat is d best way of getin admission.
In oda Country, notin like UME or P/UME all they need to get admission is SSCE exam, I don’t know y Our own (Nigeria) will be diffrents. At least we are still triying our best to write jamb wat is the meaning of post Jamb again. They r just using only admission process to make money which is not ok.
U all say post utme shld b cancelled, bt reason enof, wt wil b d yardstick 2 measure d competence and qualificatn of d studnts enterin d university? It will only increase corruptn & make d isue of admissn get worsend cos anyau students with scores dey did nt burn d candle 2 get, with results dat are fake will b d students in school. Why dnt u guys study hard and reap d fruit of ur labour 4 d exam. With prayer all is well. Let postjamb contine
it a good idea.I love the idea of seun but even with post ims there are still corruption in the university system.
pls i want to no weather fut minna an abu zaria are going to hold p/ume pls any information contact me on 07030814375 or email me [email protected]
D idea of post ume is not a gud idea like unad dey just used p/ume 2 b chopin money, first time i did their p/jam deydid not record my english&second time i did their p/ume again dey did not record math.D idea of p/jam is not &is corruption pls let us hold p/jam is not agenic.For more equire pls visit me at my email [email protected] call me on dis no.08035510227
Really,i think the post ume should’nt be cancelled. As you all know dat most canditates(jamb) do escape the exam either through one malpractice or the other. If these unqualified canditates are now pushed into d university, they may end up …. Since they have the idea of malpractice now, who knows what they will do when they get into the university. So the post ume should continue.
To mine own understanding,if at all among d admited student an un qualified student was found he should be dismis, if his performances are not up to d expectation of d choosen institution.
is a good idea,post ume is for money making but i can support it if it is free or lesser than 500 thank u house hope it will work
I luv dat idea.pls let us hav d hp dat Nigeria is going 2 b a beta country,cos dis postume’s stuff is just a buiz for d uni.pls house of rep try and do something to dis.gud luck.
I hereby apply and be well about jamb cutoff mark for this year 2010
some say is 180 for university but i don’t know and am not sure pls who can help me out?
what is the cutoff mark for this year jamb and which day is post utme be started?
pls send details to my mail box.
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pls this year jamb is some how bad because no information from jamb board is a poor method from other country
nigeria be wise for once.
Post utme or not i tnk d lawmakers n NUC shld stick 2 a point.wel am nt against p utme i dnt knw why others wnt it cancelled, let’s knw if u really study 2 pass jamb. Luk its a fallacy dat any university wil demand 10,000 4 post ume.i tnk dey shld sum up proper a strategy dat wil yield gud result.
Gudday to d house of rep.if is truely that when a std pass d post utme examination,the admission letter will b giving to such std.pls i will apeal that u shld let d exam to continue.by doiny that,i think admission will be giving to d right student and it will encourage reading to every std.
Well,people are saying that different malpractises are done while writing jamb.but i think dat post ume of a thing be put to a stop cos it is still d same students who reached the jamb cutoff with their malpractises sit for it and are admitted and the good ones are not admitted maybe they could’nt meet up with the demand financially or they don’t know any prof or lecturer to help them.we should pursue 1GOAL and that is EDUCATION FOR ALL and Nigeria can only achieve dat by making things easier for the poor.
The cancellation of post ume is d best for Nigeria. many of us [students] have suffered 4rm the hands of universities
is a very gud idea stopping de putme, hp it’ll wrk coz dis putme of a thing has pissed of life out evry student of dis country.u find out dat so many peple after writing putme dey wil still not gain de admission due to lack of finances but sm who can acquire it u found out dey don’t even sit 4 de exam.all dey need do is contact whoever will run it 4 dem but during de former days when jamb gives admission things weren’t like dis at least we have standard graduates who can defend deir result anytime call to. but now putme spoilt everything becos all dey need is money. if we can stp dis and sit 4 jamb alone but standardly after all most country do it wit ssce alone y must our own alwaz be differ.. and education is 4 all not 4 de rich alone pls NUC do smthing strictly about this so dat some of us i’ll ve de urge 2 further our education.
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Hello,good day! Am Master. Ken and i choose delta state polytechnics ogwashi-uku as a first choice of school and i really would like to know the school cut off mark for delta state polytechnic and if the school have start there post ume exam,i would also like to know how much is for the form and where to get the form. Thanks and i would appreciate it if you would have my questions answered,i please to know more details and keep me updated on my E-mail: [email protected] or you can contact me on my private No. Have a nice,blissful day.
Hello,good day! Am Master. Ken and i choose delta state polytechnics ogwashi-uku as a first choice of school and i really would like to know the school cut off mark for delta state polytechnic and the school site. I would like to know if the school have start there post ume exam and please how much is for the form and where do i get the form. Thanks and i would appreciate it if you would have my questions answered,i please to know more details and keep me updated on my E-mail: [email protected] or you can contact me on my private No. Have a nice,blissful day.
Hello,good day! Am Master. Ken and i choose delta state polytechnics ogwashi-uku as a first choice of school and i really would like to know the school cut off mark for delta state polytechnic and the school site. I would like to know if the school have start there post ume exam and please how much is for the form and where do i get the form. Thanks and i would appreciate it if you would have my questions answered,i please to know more details and keep me updated on my E-mail: [email protected] or you can contact me on my private No 08068777935. Have a nice,blissful day.
i love the idea. Thanks to lawmakers..they re using this post ume of a thing to send some student back to their home.which’s too fucking bad..anyway thank God for the new idea.
its great opportunity for we candidates to bring our opinion i agree with the motion the legislative council made it is the right descision
I love the idea,I support it also
Es una gran oportunidad para que nosotros, los candidatos, compartamos nuestra opinión. Estoy de acuerdo con la moción que hizo el Consejo Legislativo de que es la decisión correcta.