August 31, (THEWILL) – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has adopted the minimum cut-off marks sent by tertiary institutions for 2021 admissions.
This means that there will be no uniform cut-off marks for 2021/2022 admissions.
JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, who displayed the minimum cut off marks adopted by tertiary institutions at the Stakeholders’ Meeting on the 2021 Policy on Admission, on Tuesday in Abuja.
He revealed that specific universities such as University of Maiduguri proposed 150, Usman Dan Fodio University Sokoto proposed 140, Pan-Atlantic University 210, University of Lagos 200, Lagos State University 190, Covenant University 190, Bayero University Kano, 180.
According to the new arrangement, universities are not allowed to go below 120 and polytechnics and colleges of education, 100 for admission.
The meeting agreed that the total fee for Post–Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (PuTME) fee should not be more than N2,000.
Oloyede warned the institutions not to go beyond the pegged fee stipulated during the meeting.
He said: “Nobody should charge more than N2,000. The total gross is N2,000. It is not allowed by institutions to allow candidates to procure administrative charges.
“No institution is allowed to capture or demand any result upload. It is the one that we upload on caps that we will send to all of you. The biometrics supplied by JAMB should be used for the exercise,” Oloyede said.
The JAMB Registrar hinted that JAMB has included Computer Studies and Physical and Health studies to its Test subjects for 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations.
He said; “We are adding Computer Studies and Physical Health to our subjects, JAMB will now have 25 subjects that it tests candidates on.”
Oloyede noted that the 2020 admission could not be concluded on time due to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike.
The meeting agreed that another meeting would hold in October 2021, to determine when admissions into both public and private institutions will end.
The stakeholders also agreed to exempt prison inmates, the visually impaired as well as foreign students from sitting for post-UTME in any tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The Minister, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Sunday Echono, commended the partnership between the National Identity Management Commission, NIMC and JAMB, saying it birthed successful deployment of National Identification Number for candidates registration.
“I am enthused that the last examination recorded the lowest cases of examination irregularities in the history of the board because those who will normally have exploited the weak links through biometrics infractions had been effectively checkmated within the introduction of NIN by JAMB,” Adamu disclosed, adding that WAEC has decided to also use NIN to curb examination malpractices.
Adamu emphasized that this will guarantee authenticity of candidates identity.
The Minister further reiterated that consequence of admissions conductors outside of CAPs is grave as it subjects candidates to nemesis of illegal admission.
“I consider such act as direct affront on the system and appropriate sanctions shall be Applied on those found involved in such disruptive act,” he said.
Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education, Hon. Aminu Suleiman, said that issues addressed by JAMB were those being raised by members of the public.
He expressed satisfaction over the boards’ capacity to engage directly with institutions on the admission of candidates.
Adamu further stated that the collaboration between JAMB and institutions to stamp out malpractices was what the sector needed.
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