New points system, not criteria for admission –JAMB

 

New points system, not criteria for admission –JAMB
By Fred Ezeh

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the points system as criteria for admis­sion into tertiary institutions in the country was a mere il­lustration.

This was contained in a statement by the board’s Head of Media and Informa­tion, Dr Fabian Benjamin, yesterday, in Lagos.

JAMB said the Federal Government had approved re-enforcement of admis­sion guideline as recognised by law.

According to the state­ment, admission of candi­dates into tertiary institu­tions would be based purely on three pillars namely: mer­it, catchment and education­ally less-developed states.

The statement, candidates are to present their Senior School Certificate Exami­nation (SSCE) results/Ad­vanced Level (AL) results for verification and clearing purposes.

It said West African Ex­amination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and NBTE results or its equivalent are acceptable as matriculation requirements.

The statement added that each candidate is expected to have a minimum of five credits at SSCE, including English, Mathematics and any other three relevant subjects to his or her disci­pline.

It also added that the list of qualified candidates awaiting SSCE/AL results could be kept in view, pend­ing the release of their re­sults.

The board said the points ssystem, copied from its website last week and cur­rently in circulation, was simply used for illustration by its Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde.

“Sequel to the recent workshop convened by the Minister of Education, Mal­lam Adamu Adamu on the modality for 2016 admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria, the federal gov­ernment approved the re-enforcement of admissions guideline recognised by law.

“This followed the can­cellation of the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Ex­amination (UTME).

“This is not the points sys­tem as widely circulated. It was meant to demonstrate how few institutions were using the points system to select candidates while some were subjecting candi­dates to written tests.

In a related development, JAMB disclosed a statement posted on its website that the Computer Base Test (CBT) for the conduct of ex­ams for candidates seeking admission into universities has not been scrapped.

Few weeks ago, Educa­tion minister affirmed that JAMB is the only statutory body to conduct admission exams into higher institu­tions and any other one in that regard is contrary to the country’s Constitution and should be stopped.




source: Sun News