Abuja, August 23, 2016 – The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, has said it will not interfere with the list of candidates forwarded to it by institutions of higher learning for the 2016 admissions, either by addition or removing of names.
JAMB also ruled out Post-UTME test for admission into institutions of higher learning.
“As usual, the 2016 admissions, will be as smooth as ever. The only difference between this year’s admissions process and what has always been the practice, is the policy that there should be no written post UTME test”.
The organisation which said it was committed to ensuring that admissions are concluded before or by the approved deadline of November 30, 2016 because “to whom much is given, a lot is expected”, warned that no name of candidate must emanate from any other source outside the list prepared and recommended by the tertiary institutions.
The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said these in his speech delivered during the ongoing technical meeting on 2016 admissions to first choice institutions at the Bayero University Kano, but e-mailed to Journalists on Tuesday in Abuja.
According to him, each year the Board convenes the meeting for the placement of suitably qualified candidates into tertiary institutions taking into consideration vacancies available in the institutions; guidelines approved for each institution by their respective proprietors; preference expressed for the institutions and courses by the candidates.
“As usual, the 2016 admissions, will be as smooth as ever. The only difference between this year’s admissions process and what has always been the practice, is the policy that there should be no written post UTME test.
“ All other processes should and will be as they have always been. The Senate or Academic Board of each institution has the prerogative of admitting candidates to their respective institutions subject of course only to National Policies which includes guidelines stipulated by the proprietors of the institutions, 60:40 (Science/Art) ratio for Conventional Universities, 80:20 (Science/Art) ratio for Non-Conventional Universities, 70:30 (Technology/Non-Technology) ratio for National Diploma Awarding Institutions, Use of 2016 JAMB UTME results printouts for all candidates who scored 180 and above, adherence to subject combinations of various courses as specified by the Senate/Academic Board and included in the 2016 UTME Brochure, adherence to the 2016 Admissions Quota as prescribed by the Regulatory Bodies (NUC/NBTE/NCCE) and for Federal Universities, the criteria stipulated by the Federal Executive Council concerning Merit, Catchment and Educationally Less Developed States should be complied with”, he said.
He charged institutions of higher learning to focus on what is important and beneficial to the largest number of Nigerians.
“We must avoid adding to the burden of the masses of our people who rightly yearn for higher education as a veritable means of active participation in public life.
“Consequently, no candidate must emanate from any other source (JAMB inclusive) outside the list prepared and recommended by the institutions. JAMB has the right to reject candidates for non-compliance with extant rules and regulations but will not be allowed to substitute or originate any names without the prior concurrence of the institutions. We should ensure that the admissions exercise is concluded before or by the approved deadline of 30th November, 2016”, he said.
