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. Innovative enterprising institutes was pegged
at 110.
However, institutions can 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.
Meanwhile, 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.
Oloyede also said that
Institutions could conduct dual mode system which involves both manual and the
newly introduced CAPS.
“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.
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