The president of the Association of Proprietors of Innovation and Vocational Institutions (APIVI), Dr. Andrews Jegede, has faulted opponents of the new policy by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), which seeks to redistribute successful candidates in the Unified tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) whose scores are below the requirements of their universities of first choice, to other universities that meet such requirement.

Jegede, who spoke in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, explained that tertiary institutions in the country have turned post-UTME process into a money-making venture, which now constitute a part of their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) drive. Over the past two weeks, criticisms have continued to trail the new admission policy of the examination body, as students and parents protested at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) about three weeks ago.

He explained that post-UTME has made the cost of tertiary admission highly exploitative and expensive at the expense of the poor masses.

He said: “Nigeria is not the only country that has university admission regulatory body; it is all over the world. Then, why should Nigerians interfere in the affairs of the country’s tertiary admission regulatory body saddled with the responsibility to conduct entrance examination for eligible candidates and place them into the university of their choices if such candidate meets the university’s cut off mark?

Jegede praised JAMB for introducing the computer-based test (CBT), which according to him, had reduced examination malpractices in the system, and rendered Post-UTME unnecessary.

“Since the establishment of JAMB, there was never a time a decision was taken in isolation of other stakeholders in the system; the vice chancellors, registrars, rectors of polytechnics, provosts of colleges of education and heads of innovation institutions in the country are always carried along. Before this became public, we all met at a roundtable in Abuja to take a decision on this year’s admission process,” Jegede said.

He continued: “When JAMB released this year’s cut-off point for admission, every university has its in-house admission standard, and that any student whose score does not fall within a particular university pass mark, JAMB has the statutory right to send his particulars to another institution where he or she could be considered, It could be polytechnic, college of education or private institution. So, also the candidate has the right to accept it, or re-apply to another.”

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