The Minister of Education has poured cold water on the rumour
that NECO and UTME are to be scrapped by the Federal Government of Nigeria...
No White Paper Yet On Scrap Of NECO, UTME – Minister Of Education
Minister
of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa’i yesterday in Abuja said she was
yet to be briefed of any moves by Federal Government to scrap the National
Examination Council and the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations (UTME)
conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The media was rife with reports
that the Steve Oronsaye led Presidential Committee on the Rationalisation and
Restructuring of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies had
recommended the scraping of NECO and UTME among others.
However, Professor Ruqayyatu
who made the comments at a meeting she held with the executives of the Academic
Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), said the whitepaper based on the
committee’s findings had not yet been officially communicated to her.
“As far
as I am concerned, it is a whitepaper based on the Orosonye committee but the
whitepaper has not been officially communicated to me so I am not in a position
to take any decision or pass any comment on that. For now we are not in a
position to say anything.”
Meanwhile, ASUP has issued a 21
day ultimatum to go on warning strike starting March 25 if their demands are
not met by Federal Government.
Source: Information Nigeria
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