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.
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