or
candidates seeking admission into higher
institution.
The government explained that all tertiary
institutions were at liberty to conduct screening
for candidates seeking admission into any
school.
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu,
said this on Thursday in Abuja after declaring
open the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on
Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and
other higher institutions in Nigeria.
Adamu, expressed confidence in the
examination conducted by the Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB),
adding that there was no need for other
examination to be conducted by universities
after JAMB.
He said: “As far as I am concerned the nation
has confidence in what JAMB is doing. The
universities should not be holding another
examination and if the universities have any
complain against JAMB let them bring it and
then we address it.
“If JAMB is qualified enough to conduct tests
and they have conducted test then there will be
no need to conduct another test for students to
gain admission.”
The Minister also asked the JAMB to stop extra
charges on several categories of changes on
admissions such as the change of course,
change of school and others.
Meanwhile, the JAMB has pegged the cut – off
mark for admission for 2016 at 180.
The 180 benchmark, applies to all universities
and higher institutions in the country, including
polytechnics, colleges of education, and others.
JAMB’s Registrar and Chief Executive Officer,
Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, after a long debate with
delegates from various institutions, told
journalists that no institution would go below
the 180 cut-off set by the board.
He said: “180 is given, no institution will go
below 180 this year, And some universities can
go above it, I know University of Ife will not go
below 200 and University of Lagos will not go
below 200 and also UI. All these ones stand but
180 as bench mark for others.
“This year we have more than enough
candidates, we have over 1.5
million candidates so we will get enough
candidates to take in all the schools if they are
serious. Re-distribution is already ongoing,
because it is embedded in the registration
procedure.”
