liveschoolnews.com.ng
grapevine gathered that candidates in their hundreds alongside their
parents wildly jubilated yesterday afternoon on Lagos streets over what
they referred to as their victory against the examination body and University
of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka.
The
reversal however has nullified the early policy barring universities like
UNILAG, University of Ibadan, University of Ilorin and Imo State University,
from conducting the post-UTME for candidates other than those recommended to
them by the board.
It would
be recalled that the new policy had generated controversy from the public and
was greeted by protests from candidates and their parents who not only
protested the decision but also challenged JAMB and UNILAG in court.
Public
Relations Officer of JAMB, Benjamin Fabian, said the board shifted its ground
as a response to the demands by candidates asking for opportunity to fight
for the available slots in their first choice schools.
Insisting
that redistribution of the candidates to other needy universities would not
stop, he added that those redistributed would still be allowed to write the
post-UTME in their universities of first choice and at the same time proceed
to where they are redistributed to take part in their screening tests.
Fabian
noted that JAMB is a responsible and responsive body and would therefore not
have closed its ears against the cries of its candidates. He added that the
redistribution would still hold to give double opportunities to candidates.
He said
JAMB was only interested in ensuring that the candidates are offered admission
rather than waste their high scores concentrating their efforts on a single institution.
Reacting,
National President of the Association of Tutorial School Operators, Oludotun
Sodunke, who had led the students to challenge the new policy in court, said
the victory belongs to Nigerians and the responsiveness of a new government
and support by the media.
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