The Registrar of the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede has said
universities asked for the declared cut-off marks to be reduced.
He said JAMB, however, refused to
grant the demand because both the main campuses and the affiliates will issue
the same certificates at the end of the students’ academic programme.
Oloyede told Punch: “Some of the
institutions do not know the implication of what we are doing. For example, if
the University of Ibadan says its cut-off mark is 200, it cannot come back and
say it wants to admit people that scored 180. But some are now coming back to
say they have what they call affiliates and that those affiliates can take less
than 200.
“I said ‘no’ because the
certificate you are going to issue to students from those affiliates will be
your school’s certificate, you are not going to write College of Education,
Osiele campus, for instance, on the certificates. So your standard must be your
standard.
“While they declared openly a
particular cut-off mark, they are now putting pressure on JAMB to allow their
affiliates, to which the certificates of their institution will be issued, to
admit below that cut-off mark. That is the problem we have now.
“Some want to use a cut-off mark
that is less than what was declared and I said no, they have to wait till next
year before they declare something else. This year, what you have declared is
your cut-off mark and it applies not only to the main campus but all your
affiliates and campuses that will be issued the certificate of that
institution.”
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When 120 was announced many oppose it. The institutns have declared their own cut-off, now want reductn @ d backdoor.
ReplyDeleteProf. Isiak never mind them, let them wait till next admissn year.
I like ur style of leadership.
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