Nigeria Universities – Polytechnics and College of Education news Nigerian Educational News | Zenith Of Educational NewsLatest information reaching our news desk today, is that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) council, has assured all candidates, who sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, that they would know their admission status this week. (25th – 31st of August 2014)
This information was relayed by the JAMB official Registrar, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, who did disclosed this to news men in Lagos, the registrar also went further to urged all candidates to check the jamb official portal, starting from this week (25th), where they will be able confirm their proper placement in the nation’s tertiary institutions.
Professor Dibu also commented on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the of a three-day Technical Committee Meeting on 2014 Admissions to Tertiary Institutions at the University of Lagos.
The Jamb registrar also said that no fewer than 700,000 (Seven hundred thousand) candidates would secure admission to the nation’s tertiary institutions for the 2014/2015 academic session.
It’s also important, that all applying candidates should note that a total of 1.6m candidates sat for the UTME examination, which comprises of the following:
The Paper-Pencil Test,
Dual Based test,
Computer-Based Test
On April and May.
HE also shared the good news, that the National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education and the National Commission of Colleges of Education have this year increased the carrying capacity of the schools under their superintendence, which means that more candidates will be admitted than the previous years.
Professor Dibu Ojerinde also added that the early conclusion of the exercise, especially the cut off marks for candidates’ first-choice universities, would also prepare the council board to make admission provisions for other candidates in their respective schools of second choice.
He went further to disclose that there is no gainsaying the fact that the challenge of the rising demand for access to tertiary institutions in Nigeria means that the entry process must be well-managed and seamless by the board and every concerned body.
Due to this reason, the Board is expecting every academic institution in Nigeria, to abide by the admissions timetable as already agreed upon at the Policy Meeting, which was held on the 1st of July, 2014.
Here’s his official statement regarding this:
“All academic institutions in Nigeria must adhere strictly to the guidelines which stipulates the following:
60:40 Science/arts ratio,
45,35,20 of Federal ratio,
70:30 of Technology/non-Technology ratio,
While the ratio of 40:40:20 (merit/catchment area/educationally less developed area) for state owned institutions.
He further disclosed this as a reminder, saying that it has also become imperative for him to stress once more, that all admissions for the 2014/2015 academic session will end on Friday, the 31st of October 2014.
He advices all academic institutions in Nigeria, to adhere to the stipulated date, saying that the board will not entertain late submissions.
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