Alot of Jambites are skeptical about their admission to the university this year. Despite seeing the jamb result, there is no hope of resuming early due to
coronavirus pandemic that has led to the closure of schools at all levels in
nigeria. However, if schools remain closed for a long period of time, does that
mean the admission will be cancelled? Or does that means Jambites have to
rewrite the jamb examination next year? All these questions flooded the mind of
jambites and prospective candidates. But looking back to history (2003) when
schools were closed for a long period of time, for about six months, the admission
process was later merged to accommodate two set of jambites (2002 & 2003
set). As universities remain closed due to coronavirus pandemic, I perceived that
such a similar measure is likely to happen. This article thus contain my detailed
analysis on this matter of discussion.

Let me quickly bring to your notice that this similar scenario that happened in the
history of university admissions was what I personally experienced and I will
share with you exactly what happened and how it was resolved as follows;


SIMILAR EVENT IN HISTORY
I was a jambite in 2002, myself and other candidates seeking admission into the
university had written the jamb exam as at April that year. We got our results
after about two weeks to four weeks as expected. However, while we were
waiting for the admission list of the universities, something happened! The
Universities were closed down for a long period of time. For what Reason? it was
an ASUU strike.




Well, the ASUU of those days do not have a common ground with the government
in power. ASUU had embarked on the strike due to the non-compliance of
government with their previous agreement. The agreements actually revolved
around poor university funding, disparities in salary and retirement age. Both the
government and board of the ASUU are so dogged in their approach to matters
arising. That was what led to one of the longest strike we ever experienced in
those days. The universities were closed for about six months without any
activity. Before we knew it another Jamb set had written examinations in 2003
while myself and other 2002 set were yet to resume for work. Later in June 2003,
the strike was suspended and school resumed.
Moreover, due to the complex of situations, the jamb board and the universities
had to agree on a kind of 'Admission Merging Strategy' to accommodate the 2002
and 2003 jambites. It was on a 60/40 percent. Although I could not recollect fully
who got the highest percentage from the two set. But we resumed fully January
of 2004, it was the first time we experienced a merging of such in the history of
university admission. You can view picture below for comment from someone
who experienced the situation;
Invariably, if universities remained closed for a long period of time, similar
approach of 'Merging Admission' might be employed. But I pray we overcome the
covid-19 pandemic as soon as possible so that our society and activities can
resume back to normal. Recall that the federal government once addressed the
public that schools at all levels remained closed until the pandemic is over.
However, with the look of things, resumption is not near as the numbers of
confirmed cases in nigeria is currently 4787 with 146 New cases confirmed as at
13th May 2020.

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