The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Thursday 18th July, 2024 for the Policy Meeting
on Admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
JAMB Spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin announced this on Monday, June 24, 2024.
Benjamin stated that the meeting, which is to be chaired by the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, would have other critical stakeholders in the education sector in attendance.
These critical stakeholders include Heads of regulatory agencies such as the National University Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), National Council for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Heads of tertiary institutions in the country, and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), among others.
The policy meeting on Admissions sets the tone for any particular year’s admission exercise, formulation of admission guidelines.
It also presents application statistics, candidates’ performance evaluation, as well as setting the acceptable minimum
admissions standards for all tertiary institutions across Nigeria for the
given year.
He stated that, during the exercise, the Registrar would present reports on the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the ongoing Direct Entry (DE) applications while also analysing key performance indicators that could shape the policy directions of the government in the area of admission.
He further said, “the meeting would apprise stakeholders of the salient issues that cropped up in the course of the previous year’s admission exercise.
“In addition, the policy meeting would
look at the performance of candidates in the current year’s UTME in order to determine the year’s minimum admissible score.
“It would be recalled that
stakeholders had in the previous
year agreed on the minimum
admission requirement for admission
into universities, polytechnics and
colleges of education.
Furthermore, the meeting would
determine the year’s admission
requirements while kick-starting the
admission process for the current
year; discuss unresolved issues
emanating from the previous
academic year; and, at the same
time, appraise the compliance of
stakeholders with extant advisories
and suggesting further amendments where necessary”.
