The Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board, JAMB,
has fixed minimum cut off
marks for Nigeria’s tertiary
institutions.
The minimum cut off marks
for admissions into
universities in Nigeria was
set for 120, polytechnics and
colleges of education pegged
at 100, while that of
innovative enterprising
institutes was pegged at 110.
Institutions are, however, at
liberty to raise their cut off
marks for admission above
the minimum set by JAMB.
Also, admissions into public
degree awarding institutions
for the 2017 UTME
examination will end on
January 15, 2018 while for
private institutions, it ends
on January 31, 2018.
Also, decisions on first choice
candidates by universities
will end on October 15, and
second choice candidates will
end on December 15; after
which the remaining students
will be available in the
market place for other
institutions till the January
closing dates.
These decisions were taken at
the 2017 Combined Policy
Meetings on Admissions into
Tertiary Institutions in
Nigeria which ended on
Tuesday.
The Registrar of JAMB, Ishaq
Oloyede, said a Central
Admission Processing System,
CAPS, will be used to
streamline admission
processes among institutions,
as it addresses challenges
associated with the former
approach.
Mr. Oloyede also said that
Institutions could conduct
dual mode system which
involves both manual and the
newly introduced CAPS.
He advocated a dynamic educational
policy as related to admissions.
“All over the world, there is agitation for
dynamic educational policy,” he said.
“JAMB only admits for National Diploma,
not Higher National Diploma; so why
should we use the same requirement for
ND and BSC, that is unreasonable
parity.”
“We should not be sentimental in fixing
our cut off mark; we need not over-
dramatise issue of cut off mark.”
He said candidates’ applications to study
agriculture was very low while
applications to study medicine and
health sciences increased.
Speaking on illegal admissions, he said
the process is now automated because
the Registrar of JAMB must approve all
candidates.
“About 17,160 students were admitted
without JAMB across institutions in
Nigeria,” he said.
The Minister of Education, Adamu
Adamu, also formerly announced a lift
of the ban on the conduct of Post-UTME
examination as a prerequisite for
admission into tertiary institutions.
“Cancellation of Post- UTME is a
mistake,” he said.
He noted that banning of post-UTME led
to a lot of irregularities by candidates
and some institutions.
The minister explained that with the
lifting of the ban on the conduct of the
examination, institutions are now at
liberty to conduct, while adding that fee
for the examination should not exceed
N2000.
He explained that the 2016 admission
process was a huge success, while
expressing optimism that government is
working assiduously to make that of
2017 better.
Mr. Adamu noted that government is
also making efforts to expand access and
ensure equality in the education sector.
He expressed optimism that a substantial
number of candidates who sat for the
2017 UTME would gain admission into
tertiary institution.
“Over 1.6 million candidates applied for
degree courses, over 17,000 for ND as
well as NCE,” he said.
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The Optimist • 0 minutes ago
What is the essence of JAMB coming up
with its own minimum cut-off marks when
the universities are at liberty to fix theirs?
Coming back to the post UTME
examination, does JAMB have any
oversight duty over the universities? I
think the whole idea of JAMB SHOULD BE
SCRAPPED to spare prospective admission
seekers the nightmare caused by all these
mixed up absurdities. Each institution
should conduct it's own admission exam.
Joshua Kwame • 11 minutes ago
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