It’s really sad that after 38 years of setting up the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), she’s still on the quest to getting it right. It hurts when I see bright minds deprived of the opportunity to further their education largely due to the incompetence of the examination body. A question always pop into my mind: “Can’t we just scrap this system?”

Here is my view of what I feel should be the way forward

JAMB really needs to look beyond conducting examination. She should serve more as a portal that connects the students with the tertiary institutions. What do I mean by this, students should only register through JAMB having meet up with the requirements laid down by the body and their credentials should be forwarded to the institutions for the admission process
The system should be done in such a way that a candidate can only choose a max. of 5 institutions. The payment method should also be a factor of the number of schools chose. The minimum could be 2 institution costing N4,000 flat. An addition of extra school determines how much you eventually pay. E.g. For every extra school pick, you pay an addition of 1,000 to the 4,000 flat. Access the website, fill up the number of institutions interested, print out the transcript, go to the nearest bank to pay, collect your pin and finally logon to begin your application. This will reduce the cost of printing scratch card which does not even sale for the exact amount in some part of the country. Some agents go the length of adding extra N300 before purchasing the card from them.


Once the application is closed for the year, JAMB should then sit down and process the various entries. A centralized timetable will then be designed for the conduct of the exam. Candidate who chose UI and other schools for example might take the other school’s (UniZik, FUTMINNA, IMSU and AAUA) exam first before taking that of UI’s depending on the calendar drafted. If a candidate who chose UNIBEN logon for the exam, he would be redirected to UNIBEN’s question which was set by the school herself.


This means JAMB technically have no question but serve as a middleman between the school and the candidate. This is where University standard come in to play. OAU’s questions might be more challenging compared to University of Uyo and students who wishes to attend OAU have to prepare very well.


After the examination, either the school/JAMB can mark (objectives) depending on the agreement reached and the result is then forwarded to the institutions. The result will then determine the cut-off mark to be used by the institution.
If for example, a candidate made it in to 3 of the 5 schools selected, he has the period of a month to accept just one of it creating vacuum for another potential candidate at the school he rejected.
This will balance the population across the institutions in Nigeria.
Thank you

A concerned University of Ibadan undergraduate

I will advise u to work hard so that u can contest for the senate or house of rep.

Great write up. Please where is the mod? I always expect Atleast a thread from the education sector to be on Fp daily. This is one of the important section if nairaland truly cares about our youths development and future

Hit like if Op is right
Share if the other way round

But where is lalasticlala self? This deserve FPp

Waw. . . This made sense.

But people will come and fault it.

@op you get sense.... Very good initiative

[size=28pt]calculate your Jamb Point Tally with this[/size]

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Sensible....
But there's still the problem of conducting the exams
And curbing exam malpractice...

Nice one boss

Reasonable.

Not reasonable, apology to the person above me. OP,( Off Point). Sincerely yours, this will cause more problems. it will cost JAMB more. And the stakeholders (students, parents etc) more pains. individual institution should rather conduct their entrance exams. or a body should be set up that will be saddled with the task of monitoring PUTME. simple.. imagine JAMB as a body conducting separate exams for all the schools in Nigeria. UNIBEN, UI, ABU, AAUA, UNIABUJA and others sending questions to JAMB....lol.... . OP, from your 1st paragraph you think if the system is properly placed and monitored, all candidates will get admission the same time? sure you know it is not possible. considering the population and the available spaces. so the problem is not that of JAMB. u no think am well abeg..

A confused fellow is here to ask a question Bro .
Who offers you admission first ... Jamb or the School itself ?

This is not a bad idea

Reasonable

this is great

guy u really sat down to think this up... kudos

Buh dis pure discrimination, one sitting 10point, two sitting 2point? Too low!!!!, does wif this 2sittings dnt also wish to

nice one OP

Truth be told jamb has outlived it usefulness and it is only still existing because some individuals are benefitting from the status quo. Let each higher institution handle its admission process and conduct its examination. A candidate can then apply to ten schools if they feel they can meet the school's admission requirements and fees.

Nice one bro..
Hope they see it!

mmafhew:
Buh dis pure discrimination, one sitting 10point, two sitting 2point? Too low!!!!, does wif this 2sittings dnt also wish to

that thing pain me o...
But thank God sha, e spoil ne but e never spoil...

I think Nigeria as a country is just punishing students seeking for admission unnecessarily. If a student will have to go through all this ambiguities to get admitted to a higher institution then the temptation of looking for an illegal way out is made higher. If JAMB has been setup to conduct examinations into tertiary institution for Christ sake, we should let that be. The students will invariably get to the tertiary institution and if they can not cope with the demand of the course they are admitted into, the institution could advise them accordingly. For me I think what we should really be talking about now is how to align the various programs to be able to support and develop the society. As we speak, this is still a very big challenge and that is why we have millions of graduates of different institutions not being able to apply their knowledge to their personal and societal development. It is time to start looking at this big challenge because after the tense admission process, rigorous academic activities in the various schools, if our graduates could not still meet their various personal objectives in life or add value to their environment or society at large then, they will likely have that sense of being a failure. This will not be good enough after all the big dreams.

jojothaiv:

that thing pain me o...
But thank God sha, e spoil ne but e never spoil...

Don't get pained, the model is actually a mere rumor. It isn't true.

Atoos:
Sensible....
But there's still the problem of conducting the exams
And curbing exam malpractice...

Jamb already has approved CBT centres. The exam centres shouldn't be much of a problem. About curbing exam malpractive if we stick with CBT. It will be curbed a great deal.

Stanleywaxy:
A confused fellow is here to ask a question Bro .
Who offers you admission first ... Jamb or the School itself ?

The school itself. You accept the school's admission offer and the jamb sends you the admission letter.

mmafhew:
Buh dis pure discrimination, one sitting 10point, two sitting 2point? Too low!!!!, does wif this 2sittings dnt also wish to

Students that are using two results will find this current grading status harsh,it's highly discriminatory,I wish they can come together and sue JAMB because of this becuse many of them will be denied admission.

HomoSapiien:

Don't get pained, the model is actually a mere rumor. It isn't true.

and 4 every rumour, there's always an element of truth...
Bro, you no go ever know how it feels walking in my shoe..

jojothaiv:

and 4 every rumour, there's always an element of truth...

Bro, you no go ever know how it feels walking in my shoe..

Maybe unilorin vice chancellor was wrong when he said the below yesterday

But pls biko. Sombdy shld hep me am totally confused... My question x that. Will there still be post utme screening in uni's?? Pls quote if u knw

Akby:

Once the application is closed for the year, JAMB should then sit down and process the various entries. A centralized timetable will then be designed for the conduct of the exam. Candidate who chose UI and other schools for example might take the other school’s (UniZik, FUTMINNA, IMSU and AAUA) exam first before taking that of UI’s depending on the calendar drafted. If a candidate who chose UNIBEN logon for the exam, he would be redirected to UNIBEN’s question which was set by the school herself.


This means JAMB technically have no question but serve as a middleman between the school and the candidate. This is where University standard come in to play. OAU’s questions might be more challenging compared to University of Uyo and students who wishes to attend OAU have to prepare very well.


After the examination, either the school/JAMB can mark (objectives) depending on the agreement reached and the result is then forwarded to the institutions. The result will then determine the cut-off mark to be used by the institution.
If for example, a candidate made it in to 3 of the 5 schools selected,he has the period of a month to accept just one of it creating vacuum for another potential candidate at the school he rejected.
This will balance the population across the institutions in Nigeria.
Thank you

A concerned University of Ibadan undergraduate

I admire the thought to your words, it really would be a welcome development, cz I have also pondered on ways to give students a chance for multiple applications to different schools

But...back to the statement in bold

If a large portion of students accept a particular school and forgo others...there is no assurance that the school can occupy them all, and that would leave them hanging

Weldone Mod