Federal Government Reassures On UTME, NECO
INDICATIONS emerged, yesterday, that the Federal Government may have
soft-pedaled on the scrapping of the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, JAMB, examination, UTME; and the National
Examinations Council, NECO, as recommended by the Mr. Steve
Oransoye-led committee, which had generated mixed reactions.
This came as apprehension gripped over 2,000 workers of JAMB, who may
lose their jobs if the recommendations by the committee on the
restructuring of the Federal Government agencies and parastatals are
implemented.
In Ado Ekiti, yesterday, Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to President
Goodluck Jonathan on Youth and Student Matters, Jude Imagwe, said
Federal Government was not considering scrapping UTME and NECO.
The SSA, who spoke at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, during a
workshop on teaching/learning method, said the bodies were set up by
laws for specific purposes.
Imagwe noted that the recommendations of the Oronsanye committee may
not be unconnected with the fact that a lot of government agencies
were performing similar roles and functions, saying "at the end of the
day, we will keep our own. NECO will be strengthened."
Mean while, organised labour in JAMB, Non-Academic Staff Union of
Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and Association of
Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, have vowed to challenge the
report in court should the Federal Government implement it.
In an address by Mr. Samuel Azaba and Mr. Isaiah Adeigbe, branch
Chairmen of NASU and ASCSN, respectively, and Mr. Stephen Ignatius,
NASU Secretary and his counterpart from ASCSN,Mr. Adederin Adegoke,
the unions said instead of scrapping the institutions, government
should establish more to accommodate the about 1.7 million students
seeking admission in about 400 institutions in the country.
SOURCE:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/fg-reassures-on-utme-neco/
soft-pedaled on the scrapping of the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board, JAMB, examination, UTME; and the National
Examinations Council, NECO, as recommended by the Mr. Steve
Oransoye-led committee, which had generated mixed reactions.
This came as apprehension gripped over 2,000 workers of JAMB, who may
lose their jobs if the recommendations by the committee on the
restructuring of the Federal Government agencies and parastatals are
implemented.
In Ado Ekiti, yesterday, Senior Special Assistant, SSA, to President
Goodluck Jonathan on Youth and Student Matters, Jude Imagwe, said
Federal Government was not considering scrapping UTME and NECO.
The SSA, who spoke at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, during a
workshop on teaching/learning method, said the bodies were set up by
laws for specific purposes.
Imagwe noted that the recommendations of the Oronsanye committee may
not be unconnected with the fact that a lot of government agencies
were performing similar roles and functions, saying "at the end of the
day, we will keep our own. NECO will be strengthened."
Mean while, organised labour in JAMB, Non-Academic Staff Union of
Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and Association of
Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, have vowed to challenge the
report in court should the Federal Government implement it.
In an address by Mr. Samuel Azaba and Mr. Isaiah Adeigbe, branch
Chairmen of NASU and ASCSN, respectively, and Mr. Stephen Ignatius,
NASU Secretary and his counterpart from ASCSN,Mr. Adederin Adegoke,
the unions said instead of scrapping the institutions, government
should establish more to accommodate the about 1.7 million students
seeking admission in about 400 institutions in the country.
SOURCE:
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/04/fg-reassures-on-utme-neco/
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