JAMB holds 2nd Technical Committee Meeting on 2016 admissions into tertiary institutions

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is holding its second Technical Committee Meeting to consider admissions into all the tertiary institutions in the country.

The institutions are: Universities (federal and state) Polytechnics (federal, state and private), Monotechnics and Colleges of Education (COEs). The meeting with the theme, ‘JAMB Technical Committee Meeting on 2016 Admissions into Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria’, is holding at the Alvan Ikoku College of Education (AIFCE), Owerri, Imo State, which began on November 14, and would end on Friday, 18 November.

In attendance at the highlevel technical meeting are the JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Olarewaju Oloyede, a professor, representatives of all higher institutions in the country (both public and private), management team of JAMB, including the Director of Admissions, JAMB, Noble Onwukwe, and also the Provost of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, Blessing Ijioma (PhD). JAMB Registrar, Oloyede, in his address noted that the minimum cut-off mark required for candidates to be qualified for admission is 180; though that notwithstanding, he said the Board was aware that some institutions still admit candidates who scored below the cut-off mark of 180 through the back door; to which he warned that the Board had spelt out measures and punishment for offenders under its new policy.

He informed that admissions for the 2016/2017 academic session elapses on November 30; warning the Board would sanction any tertiary institution found to be admitting after November 30, this year.

The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere was also in attendance, representing Governor Rochas Okorocha. The provost of Alvan, in her keynote address, said that, in the last 10 years, Imo State had produced the highest number of tertiary candidates in JAMB examinations each session; which she said, indicates that Imo people take Education very seriously.

Meanwhile, according to M.N. Obasi, the Director of Admissions, AIFCE, Owerri, the meeting was being held between the JAMB and representatives of all the tertiary institutions in Nigeria, to screen results of candidates presented by each institution, in affirmation of its (JAMB’s) points policy introduced as a requirement to gaining admission into any higher institution in the country – University, Polytechnic, Monotechnic and College of Education.

She said that it is the second of such meeting being held this year, with the first having held in Kano on August 22 to 26, 2016. BusinessDay reliably gathered that there are 30 technical groups from the JAMB in attendance; and they would hold the screening exercise of all results (points) obtained by candidates at this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organized by JAMB