Should the proposed model for admission as proposed by J.A.M.B be adopted for 2016/2017 admission process, detailed below is how the admission process will run and all you should know about it.

1. J.A.M.B must offer a candidate an admission before that candidates qualifies for screening in the institution he/she has been provisionally admitted. This means that institutions can only screen candidates sent to them by JAMB as having been provisionally admitted into such institution.

2. Institutions admission screening processes will from now on be based on point system. The first on the point system is your O’level grading. Candidates who use only one O-level result will stand a better chance of gaining admission than candidates with two results. One 0’level result = 10marks/points whereas two O’level results = 3 marks/points.
In a similar pattern, each grade will now have its equivalent points/marks in this manner;
A=6 marks,
B=4 marks,
C=3 marks which entails that having better grades in your O’level result gives you a better chance of securing admission.
The next to be considered on the point system is your UTME Score. Candidates will be awarded marks/points based on their
180-200=20-23 marks, 200-250=24-33 points, 251-300=34-43,
300-400=44-60 points. The higher your score, the higher your chances of gaining admission.
This means that what we previously know as institutions cut-off-marks will henceforth be known as institutions cut-off points which will be concluded after putting all the aforementioned into consideration.

3. JAMB provisional admission is now a means to an end and not an end itself. This means that JAMB may offer a candidate a provisional admissions and such candidate will still be denied admission by his or her institution because he or she did not attain the cut-off point for his/her course in that particular institution.
For instance you may be given provisional admission to study MBBS in UNIBEN by JAMB having obtained a UTME score of 262. If your institution’s cut-off point for MBBS is 94 points and you come below that number of points after the screening, you will most likely be denied admission.

4. Admission process will still put into considerations factors like catchment area and ELDS (Educationally Less Developed States) in determining the number of candidates admitted. All Admissions by merit is 45%, while Catchment area and ELDS are 35% and 20% respectively.
The issue of Science to arts ratio will still be in place. For universities Science to arts ratio will be 60:40,
Polytechnics 70:30. However for specialized institutions (Technology, Science Agriculture etc) it will be 100% related to their specialty. Also 90% of Total admission will go to UTME candidates while 10% will go to Direct Entry candidates.

5. Schools are still at liberty to charge a fee for the screening of her candidates. However, the Board did not stipulate how much the institutions are to charge for this.


Source: http://www.naijahints.com/2016/07/06/need-know-aboutthe-new-jamb-admission-screening-model/

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