The National Universities Commission (NUC) has suspended admissions into Medical laboratory science courses for the 2015/2016 academic session in order to enable the commission take stock of the programme.
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The NUC Director of Academic Standards, Dr Gidado kumo, who made the announcement, said that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) removed the course from its website for 2015/2016 session admission in compliance with an NUC directive.
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According to him, the NUC has numerous unresolved problems with the Medical Laboratory Science and the Medical Laboratory Council.
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He described as illegal the directive from the council for the establishment of Medical Laboratory Science faculties.