Admission for 2013/2014 session into Nigerian universities should end October 31- JAMB

JAMB organised a meeting for university
admission officers across Nigeria.
The Registrar, Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB), Dibu
Ojerinde, has urged admission officers in
the universities to adhere strictly to the
Federal Government guidelines. He also
said the admission into Nigeria
universities for the 2013/2014 session
should end before October 31.
Mr. Ojerinde said this at the 1st Technical
Committee Meeting on 2013/2014
Admissions to Most Preferred Degree
Awarding Institutions in Uyo on Tuesday.
The meeting was organised for university
admission officers across the country.
He said that the admission officers should
be transparent in whatever actions and
decisions they make during the admission
process.
“You are reminded to strictly follow the
guidelines as outlined by the proprietors
of your institutions and the (60:40)
Science/Arts ratio for universities and
other degree awarding institutions.
“The Federal Government’s approved
criteria of merit (is) 45 per cent;
catchments 35 per cent and
educationally-less developed states, 20
per cent.
:All stakeholders are to ensure strict
compliance to these criteria as the
Federal Government is desirous of giving
all Nigerians equal opportunity to mix and
educate freely in every part of the
country,” he said.
The registrar reminded the university
administrators that all admissions for
2013/2014 session would come to an end
on Oct. 31.
He said the board expected that the quota
for each course and the criteria used for
admitting the candidates should be on the
right print-outs issued to them by the
JAMB.
Despite the ongoing strike by university
lecturers, ASUU, which is in its seventh
week, many universities have continued
their admission process and conducted
the post-UTME examination with the
lecturers threatening to invalidate the
exercise.
In his remarks, the Akwa Ibom
Commissioner for Education, Atim Antai,
who declared the meeting open, said that
education was an agent for sustainable
development and should not be left to
chance
Mr. Atim emphasised that education
policies should be deliberately planned
and rationally executed for good results.
She said that the state government gave
prompt attention to complaints and
reports concerning education with a view
to reducing possible adverse
consequences on the academic
performance of students.
The commissioner called on JAMB to
carry out intensive sensitisation and
enlightenment of the public and students
on the computer-based testing.
“Let me reiterate the determination of my
ministry to cooperate with JAMB in the
task of conducting a credible UTME in
Akwa Ibom.
“The ministry has already put in place an
Examination Watch Group to monitor all
examinations conducted by the board and
other examining bodies with a view to
making such examinations credible and
examination ethics-compliant,” she said.
(NAN)