ASUU, VCs reject 120 cut-off mark for varsity admission, say FG planning to destroy public varsities’

The recent decision by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) to peg admission cut-off mark at 120 for universities and 100 for polytechnics, monotechnics and colleges of education has received backlash from some Vice-Chancellors and the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU).

ASUU said the action is a sad policy decision by  present government to destroy public universities in the country.

Most of the vice-chancellors who spoke on the the issue maintained that they would not lower admission standards in their respective varsities.

The vice-chancellors stated that the decision would add no value to the nation’s university system.

In a statement issued by the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, on the issue and released by his Media Assistant stated that it would never admit any candidate that scored 120 in the UTME.

Speaking on the issue, the Vice-Chancellor, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun State, Prof. Oluyemisi Obilade, said that the onus would ultimately fall on parents and employers of labour to decide “between a first-class graduate of a university which takes 120 as its cut-off mark or one that takes 180 as its cut-off mark.’’

The Chairman of ASUU at the University of Ibadan, Dr. Deji Omole, said it was the dream of the present government to destroy education in the country.

Culled from ThePunch