NECO Result: Ekiti State Came First Nationwide Because we Stopped Payment of Registration Fees for Students – Commissioner

Ekiti State Government has declared that its emergence the state with the best performance in the National Examination Council (NECO) result released on Saturday was earned.

Addressing a news conference in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday shortly after the release of the result by NECO, the Commissioner for Education, Jide Egunjobi, said that the feat resulted from some radical measures taken by the government.

He said that the steps, though painful but meant to change the face of education in the state, included the cancellation of free WAEC and NECO registration fees for students.

Besides, Egunjobi said that the introduction of moderate tuition fees in schools for students also played important roll.

He recalled that the emergency Education Summit convened by the present administration in the state shortly after inauguration revealed that payment of examination fees by past administrations was part of the indulgences responsible for past failures.

“Those who were paying for free registration in public exams without first inculcating discipline and hard work in the students did more harm than good for them.

An unserious student whose parents never suffered to pay either school fees or WAEC and NECO money may not see reason in being serious and dedicated to his studies

We found that it was the belief of such students that neither they nor their parents will lose anything after all, if they failed those exams since it was the government that would eventually bear the brunch.

We backed all these up by fortifying the schools with the right type of books, instructional materials and accorded priority attention to teachers’ welfare.

We also cancelled manual work such as grass cutting during school hours while our inspectorate division was strengthened to fish out lazy and complacent tutors,” he said.

The commissioner said that the current performance would be celebrated “in grand style’’ by the government to serve as impetus to teachers and students, and would be maintained for a long time.

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In the result released by the new Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of NECO,Prof. Charles Uwake, Ekiti was declared the best performing state with over 96.36% of the candidates that sat for the examination coming out victorious.

Edo came second with 96.31%, while Abia and Kogi had joint third position.

JAMB Lists 8 Conditions All Universities Must Stick To In Admitting Students

Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Ishaq Oloyede on Friday said the agency will ensure candidates are not mistreated by their preferred universities. He also listed eight conditions that tertiary institutions must follow when admitting students. Mr. Oloyede spoke at Baze University, Jabi, Abuja at the first Extraordinary Technical Committee meeting on 2016 Admissions to First Choice Institutions.


He said the only difference in this year’s admission process is the policy that there should be no written post-UTME test. Mr. Oloyede insisted that as a referee, his agency would not allow arbitrariness by institutions in the admission process. “JAMB will resist such arbitrariness and illegal introduction of extraneous factors which were not contained in the published advertisement made available to the candidates.
 “We should be able to explain to every Nigerian child who had applied for admission, why s/he was not admitted into his/her institution of choice,” he said. According to him, the right of Senate or Academic Board of each institution on admissions of candidates is subject to the following conditions:

 1. Guidelines stipulated by proprietors of the institutions 

 2. 60:40 (Science/Art) ratio for conventional universities  

3. 80:20 (Science/Art) ratio for non-conventional universities

 4. 70:30 (Technology/Non-technology) ratio for National Diploma Awarding Institutions 

 5. Use of 2016 JAMB, UTME results’ print-out for all candidates 

 6. Adherence to published subject combinations of various courses as specified by the Senate/Academic Board and included in the 2016 JAMB brochure 

 7. Adherence to the 2016 Admissions quota as prescribed by the Regulatory Bodies (NUC, NBTE, NCCE) 

 8. (For Federal universities) The quota stipulated by the Federal Executive Council concerning Merit, Catchment and Educationally less developed states, should be complied with.
Mr. Oloyede stated that the deadline for approved institutions’ admission panels was still November 30, 2016. He also said the second Technical Committee Meeting would take place at Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Imo state on November 14, 2016

Federal Government Accepts Senate Resolution On UTME (JAMB)

The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution reducing the registration fee of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to N2, 500 from N5,650 that was paid this year by students. The resolution was taken following the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund on the inquiry into the new admission policy of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The Senators also recommended for the extension of the validity period of the UTME to three academic year. They also resolved to amend the Act establishing JAMB to reflect the extension of the validity period which is at the moment a year to a period of 3 years. In reaction to the board outcome, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said, “As far as I am concerned , the nation has confidence in what JAMB is doing. The universities should not be holding another examination and if the universities have any complained against JAMB let them bring it and then we address it.” “If JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests and they have conducted test then there will be no need to conduct another test for students to gain admission.” The Senate also adopted the recommendation of the Committee chaired by Senator Binta Masi Garba (APC, Adamawa North) that the change of institution, course form and other incidental activities around the exam should be free. Contributing to the debate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso (APC, Kano Central) said stressed the need for government to look into the revenue being generated by JAMB. Also yesterday, the Senate condemned the non- payment of allowances of Nigerian students studying abroad who are beneficiaries of the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) and other scholarships of the federal government. The condemnation was sequel to a motion sponsored by Senator David Umaru (APC, Niger East) and seven others. The Senators also urged the Federal government to take immediate steps to ensure prompt payment of all outstanding allowances of students who under its scholarship scheme abroad.