Fresh, resonating calls are being made for the scrapping of national tertiary admissions clearing house, JAMB, over controversies generated since Education Minister, Mallam Adamu Adamu announced the scrapping of post-UTME tests by universities. Earlier in the week, after a meeting with administrators of universities and other tertiary institutions, the Joint Admissions & Matriculations Board announced yet another system by which students seeking admission into tertiary institutions can be admitted. This new system is called the Point System Option, or PSO. Stakeholders, especially university administrators and lecturers are demanding that JAMB be scrapped. They also want full autonomy restored to the universities. They argued that since the buck of the admission process ends on the table of each university, it is only prudent that they are autonomous. They maintained that the ultimate authority on academic matters, particularly with regards to admission and award of de...
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