JAMB: 1.2m may not gain admission – Minister

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Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqqayatu Ahmed Rufa’I, yesterday said out of 1.7 million students that sat for the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), 1.2 million may not be able to gain admission to universities of their choice.

The minister who stated this during an inspection of students that sat for the examination in Abuja said the space that is available is barely 520,000 for federal, states and private institutions in the entire nation

Ruqqayatu, who wondered what would happen to the 1.2 million students that might not gain admission this year said, Her words: “I watched them taking the exam with all seriousness; I feel the pain that most of them could not gain admission in the long run.

18 Lecturers Apprehended By SSS For Admission Racketeering

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Officials of the State Security Service, Niger State command, has apprehended 18 lecturers of the Niger State College of Education for alleged admission racketeering.

The provost of the institution, Professor Faruk Lawal who declined to speak on camera, told Channels Television that the syndicate was discovered when the school authority on suspicion of a foul play in the admission process decided to change the institution’s admission process.