The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has
remitted another N3.6 billion generated from sales of the 2017
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application forms
and other sundry business into the Federal Government treasury.
This was in addition to an earlier remittance of N5.3 billion,
bringing to total N7.8 billion this year.
Oloyede disclosed this at a meeting with executives of the
Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COESU) in Abuja,
yesterday.
He maintained that the Board will continue to run its financial
and other activities with transparency and accountability, even as
it prepares for 2018 exercise.
The JAMB boss told COESU officials who complained of low
academic-performing students in Colleges of Education that it is
not the fault of the board but the choice of the candidates.
He said: “Applicants are always allowed to choose colleges of
education as first choice institutions in admission forms.
“But, most of them prefer to choose universities because the O’
level five credits requirement for admission into higher
institutions is uniform.”
COESU National President, Nuhu Ogirima, in his remarks, stressed
that the admission system does not augur well for the teacher
education system, especially at the colleges of education
level.
He solicited the support of the board for the six-man committee
that was constituted to review admission requirements for colleges
of education.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it has
remitted another N3.6 billion generated from sales of the 2017
Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application forms
and other sundry business into the Federal Government treasury.
This was in addition to an earlier remittance of N5.3 billion,
bringing to total N7.8 billion this year.
Oloyede disclosed this at a meeting with executives of the
Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COESU) in Abuja,
yesterday.
He maintained that the Board will continue to run its financial
and other activities with transparency and accountability, even as
it prepares for 2018 exercise.
The JAMB boss told COESU officials who complained of low
academic-performing students in Colleges of Education that it is
not the fault of the board but the choice of the candidates.
He said: “Applicants are always allowed to choose colleges of
education as first choice institutions in admission forms.
“But, most of them prefer to choose universities because the O’
level five credits requirement for admission into higher
institutions is uniform.”
COESU National President, Nuhu Ogirima, in his remarks, stressed
that the admission system does not augur well for the teacher
education system, especially at the colleges of education
level.
He solicited the support of the board for the six-man committee
that was constituted to review admission requirements for colleges
of education.
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