Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, the Registrar
of JAMB, said on Monday that the
board would soon start to
monitor universities to ensure
that they complied with
2011/2012 admission
regulations.
Ojerinde made the statement
when the Senate Committee on
Education visited the office of
Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) in
Bwari on Monday as part of its
oversight functions.
He said the 60:40 per cent ratio
admission for science and arts
courses must be adhered to by
the universities.
Ojerinde said although most
universities attributed the delay
in admissions to fuel subsidy
removal, “the board would still
monitor the admission
processes.’’
He said the board would start
monitoring from state
universities to ensure strict
compliance with ratio and quota
regulations.
The registrar added that all
applicants would soon get the
opportunity to be admitted to
any Nigerian university, although
not their first or second choices.
He said this was to prevent them
from staying without admission
as their courses of choice could
be studied in other universities.
Ojerinde announced that there
were no more special centres as
the board had abolished all
special centres since 2008.
He added that centres for
examination increased from
2,872 to 3,052 in 2012 with
improved security.
He said 1 per cent of the
overhead cost of the board
would be devoted to buying of
books, stressing that the Test
Development Unit of the board
was purely academic.
Sen. Uche Chukwumerije, the
Chairman of the committee,
urged the board to adhere to the
timetable for admissions.
He urged the board to make
judicious use of funds allocated
to it. (NAN)
In Brief, This Monitoring will Stop
Admission Runsing and any
Similar Issues + Jamb is making a
Move for any Candidates to be
able to Apply for any University
Post UME Exam even if you did
not choose them as your First or
Second Choice *Cheers*