The chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Sampson Akpabi, has said that out of 1.5 million candidates who sat for the examination this year, only 350,000 would be admitted.

He made this clarification on the occasion of the 2011 combined technical committee meeting for the Unified Tertiary Institution Matriculation Examinations (UTME) admission exercise holding in Owerri, Imo State, on Monday.

According to him, this was as result of limited accommodation and facilities in the universities.

He, however, noted that the number would increase by next year when the Federal Government would have established federal universities in the seven states that are presently without federal universities.

In his address on the occasion, Imo State governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha,  said the effort of the state was not reciprocated as the multitude of Imo candidates had lost the opportunity of being admitted into federal universities in the country.

The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Sir Jude Agbaso, said for the five years under consideration, a total of 451,196 Imo candidates took the examination while only 54,091 of them were offered admissions, representing 11.99 per cent.

buzugee:

great. the rest can go and learn a trade. naija aint no white collar country. mahfuggaz get to welding and brick layering

Johnpaul2k2:

stooooopid

buzugee:

great. the rest can go and learn a trade. naija aint no white collar country. mahfuggaz get to welding and brick layering

Boyoorisha:


Why don't you lead by example? If they had wanted, they would not have written JAMB

buzugee:

great. the rest can go and learn a trade. naija aint no white collar country. mahfuggaz get to welding and brick layering

buzugee:

great. the rest can go and learn a trade. naija aint no white collar country. mahfuggaz get to welding and brick layering

ochi-aha:

@ buzugee, I think you are only trying to be sarcastic, but in countries like Norway, where income is evenly distributed, I read that a Bar Tender can earn as much as a Medical Doctor per month.

You are right, we all ,definitely, cannot be University-Educated (White Collared Workers), as some due to intellectual disabilities or lack of financial resources will turnout to be blue collared workers or Artisans.

Given the above reasons, it is left for the society to ensure equitable distribution of wealth among it's citizens so that all can say, 'There is dignity of Labout'.

ochi-aha:

@ buzugee, I think you are only trying to be sarcastic, but in countries like Norway, where income is evenly distributed, I read that a Bar Tender can earn as much as a Medical Doctor per month.

You are right, we all ,definitely, cannot be University-Educated (White Collared Workers), as some due to intellectual disabilities or lack of financial resources will turnout to be blue collared workers or Artisans.

Given the above reasons, it is left for the society to ensure equitable distribution of wealth among it's citizens so that all can say, 'There is dignity of Labout'.

Rgp92:

Help me tell them bro, Not everyone can became a doctor, pilot or whatever. We need more mechanics, tailors and many more.

buzugee:

all naija man wan wear suit and tie to work they also want bragging rights.

PeeDaVinci:

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- nigeria does not need more graduates, but more technical specialists and seasoned graduates (not the type we are producing now).
- govt should try to decrease the wages imbalance between technical specialists, and university graduates
- more emphasis should be placed on quality and not quantity of graduates that we have (in fact, i will advocate that the number of grad we produce should be reduced)
-instead of getting more graduates, focus more on providing jobs for the graduates you currently havee
- build more technical schools that can teach both technical and entrepreneurial  skills, and grant these grads access to capital to start up under the supervision of some other entrepreneurs!!!!  we dont need to import shoes, clothes, cd/vcd players, cups, earrings, perfumes, vases, books, juices . . . . . when we have pple who can be trained to do this

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futoline1:

350,000 Candidates Out Of 1.5m Will Be Offered JAMB Admission

ochi-aha:

@ buzugee, I think you are only trying to be sarcastic, but in countries like Norway, where income is evenly distributed, I read that a Bar Tender can earn as much as a Medical Doctor per month.

You are right, we all ,definitely, cannot be University-Educated (White Collared Workers), as some due to intellectual disabilities or lack of financial resources will turnout to be blue collared workers or Artisans.

Given the above reasons, it is left for the society to ensure equitable distribution of wealth among it's citizens so that all can say, 'There is dignity of Labout'.

futoline1:

350,000 Candidates Out Of 1.5m Will Be Offered JAMB Admission
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htajz:

we need more pribate universities , nigerians are willing to pay any amount just to get their children into the university.