Accotding to Premium Times, these decisions were taken after the 2017 Combined Policy Meetings on Admissions into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria which ended on Tuesday, August 22.
The minimum cut-off marks for tertiary institutions are as follows:
Universities 120
Polytechnics and colleges of education 100
Innovative enterprising institutes 110
Institutions were however allowed to raise their cut-off marks above JAMB’s stipulation but it should not be outrageous.
It was also agreed that admissions into public degree awarding institutions for the 2017 UTME examination will end on January 15, 2018 while private institutions will end theirs on January 31, 2018.
It was also revealed that decisions on first choice candidates by universities will be expected to be complete October 15 and second choice candidates will end on December 15.
The rest of the students seeking admission will be available for other institutions till the January closing dates.
Ishaq Oloyede the registrar of JAMB said a Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) will be used to streamline admission processes among institutions based on challenges associated with the former approach.
He said: “CAPS will not replace admission processes of institutions. It will enable institutions to simply communicate with JAMB in a more dynamic and timely manner.
Institutions were however allowed to raise their cut-off marks above JAMB’s stipulation but it should not be outrageous.
It was also agreed that admissions into public degree awarding institutions for the 2017 UTME examination will end on January 15, 2018 while private institutions will end theirs on January 31, 2018.
It was also revealed that decisions on first choice candidates by universities will be expected to be complete October 15 and second choice candidates will end on December 15.
The rest of the students seeking admission will be available for other institutions till the January closing dates.
Ishaq Oloyede the registrar of JAMB said a Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) will be used to streamline admission processes among institutions based on challenges associated with the former approach.
He said: “CAPS will not replace admission processes of institutions. It will enable institutions to simply communicate with JAMB in a more dynamic and timely manner.
It will also allow for flexible cut-off marks and candidates are allowed to make their choice of institution and course.
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.”
Oloyede also said 569,395 of the 1.7 million candidates that wrote this year’s UTME scored over 200 marks.
He said 23.8 per cent of the total number of the candidates scored below 160 marks.
Oloyede urged the heads of the various tertiary institutions to set their modalities for admissions exercises as it was not the board’s responsibility.
He said that no candidate without O’ Level prerequisite would be offered admission.
We should not be sentimental in fixing our cut off mark; we need not over-dramatise issue of cut off mark.”
Oloyede also said 569,395 of the 1.7 million candidates that wrote this year’s UTME scored over 200 marks.
He said 23.8 per cent of the total number of the candidates scored below 160 marks.
Oloyede urged the heads of the various tertiary institutions to set their modalities for admissions exercises as it was not the board’s responsibility.
He said that no candidate without O’ Level prerequisite would be offered admission.
He noted that the number of those seeking admission to study agriculture had dropped while those for medicine and health science rose.
The registrar also lifted the ban on POST-UTME but appealed to the various institutions not to charge above N2,000 for the screening exercise.
The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, commended the board for conducting the UTME.
According to him, the stakeholders have worked together to create synergy for advancement of education in the country.
“We restate our commitment to ensure expansion of access to students in our institutions,” he said.
To ensure equity in regard to rural and urban areas; we are committed to refocusing our curricula to meet our development need.”
Adamu, however, advised heads of institutions to accommodate qualified candidates in the most transparent and flexible manner.
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Our education system is dead in this country. This will further dampen the enthusiasm of aspirants into tertiary institutions.
ReplyDeleteBut trust me, this years Jamb was extremely stressful and difficult compared to the previous ones so I think its a kind of compensation mechanism for the candidates.
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