Key takeaways
- In a significant policy shift aimed at expanding access to tertiary education, the Federal Ministry of Education has announced the abolition of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) as an entry requirement for specific programmes.
- Effective from the 2026/2027 academic session, candidates seeking admission into Nigerian Certificate in Education (NCE) programmes in Colleges of Education and National Diploma (ND) Non-Technology Agriculture and Agriculture-related programmes in Polytechnics and Colleges of Agriculture will no longer need to sit for the UTME.
- This move, announced via a press release on 12th May 2026, is part of broader efforts to address restrictive admission proc...
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