Wednesday, February 2, 2011
JAMB lifts prohibition on 8 State varsities
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Reprieve came yesterday for the eight state universities, which were last year, delisted by the Joint Admission and Registration Board (AMOUNT) following a strike by teachers "that the institutions left closed for about six months.
The decision to lift the suspension of admission to universities followed a meeting between the board and stakeholders of the universities concerned, including their vice-chancellors, registrars, pro-rectors and the commissioners educating the owner-states. The Minister of Education was represented at the meeting. The universities affected are those that belong to the governments of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Lagos, Ogun and Rivers States. Briefing reporters at the end of the meeting, held in the meeting room of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chairman of the Board JAMB, Ukpabi Mr. Samson, said that questions along admission, the infrastructure to enable universities to catch up and schedule the program to 2011/2012 session were discussed at the parley. He said the governors, who are visitors to the university, are committed to ensuring that all necessary facilities to enable institutions to achieve the objectives. "Everything has been settled. It is expected that they will now go back to full steam, it is very great success," said Ukpabi, expressing happiness that the matter had been settled amicably.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said the essence of the meeting was to see how universities would cover the ground on the school calendar that had been lost, including the meeting with the current session as well as oncoming reverse. "All these elements have been discussed in detail, and each university has given us a timetable on how it will complete the calendar year 2009/2010, except one or two that will not be completed before February. But as soon as they finish in Febraury they will begin the 2010/2011 academic calendar, and they will finish in November 2011, "said Ojerinde.
Although Ojerinde noted that there was necessarily overlap since the 2011/2012 session will begin this June, "he said in affected universities have taken steps to cope. "In addition, different owners, namely the ministries of education, had come with their commissioners to tell us how they will fund universities and help them move forward and I must say they were very frank and sincere with us they will do, "he said.
For his part, he says, JAMB would immediately return to their website and lift the ban on universities to enable them to present candidates for admission 2011/2012 session. Ojerinde those candidates who have asked these institutions could write the Unified tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in June, 2011to be able to enter these institutions next session.
Also speaking, the Imo State Commissioner for Education, Professor Jude Njoku, said yesterday an agreement had led to the crisis that had engulfed the universities over the last six months to the end. He said that the crisis has focused attention on the need to develop a program that would ensure that school disruption does not happen again in the next decade.
The decision to lift the suspension of admission to universities followed a meeting between the board and stakeholders of the universities concerned, including their vice-chancellors, registrars, pro-rectors and the commissioners educating the owner-states. The Minister of Education was represented at the meeting. The universities affected are those that belong to the governments of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo, Lagos, Ogun and Rivers States. Briefing reporters at the end of the meeting, held in the meeting room of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chairman of the Board JAMB, Ukpabi Mr. Samson, said that questions along admission, the infrastructure to enable universities to catch up and schedule the program to 2011/2012 session were discussed at the parley. He said the governors, who are visitors to the university, are committed to ensuring that all necessary facilities to enable institutions to achieve the objectives. "Everything has been settled. It is expected that they will now go back to full steam, it is very great success," said Ukpabi, expressing happiness that the matter had been settled amicably.
JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said the essence of the meeting was to see how universities would cover the ground on the school calendar that had been lost, including the meeting with the current session as well as oncoming reverse. "All these elements have been discussed in detail, and each university has given us a timetable on how it will complete the calendar year 2009/2010, except one or two that will not be completed before February. But as soon as they finish in Febraury they will begin the 2010/2011 academic calendar, and they will finish in November 2011, "said Ojerinde.
Although Ojerinde noted that there was necessarily overlap since the 2011/2012 session will begin this June, "he said in affected universities have taken steps to cope. "In addition, different owners, namely the ministries of education, had come with their commissioners to tell us how they will fund universities and help them move forward and I must say they were very frank and sincere with us they will do, "he said.
For his part, he says, JAMB would immediately return to their website and lift the ban on universities to enable them to present candidates for admission 2011/2012 session. Ojerinde those candidates who have asked these institutions could write the Unified tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in June, 2011to be able to enter these institutions next session.
Also speaking, the Imo State Commissioner for Education, Professor Jude Njoku, said yesterday an agreement had led to the crisis that had engulfed the universities over the last six months to the end. He said that the crisis has focused attention on the need to develop a program that would ensure that school disruption does not happen again in the next decade.
