Tunji Alausa, minister of education, says the unified tertiary matriculation examination exemptions granted to candidates seeking admission into colleges of education and national diploma (ND) agriculture programmes will increase the number of Nigerians admitted into tertiary institutions by 1.5 million.
On Monday, Alausa announced at the 2026 admission policy meeting that the federal government has exempted candidates seeking admission into colleges of education from writing the UTME.