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The Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced 180 as the admission cut-off mark for
degree programmes in the country.
The board also pegged 150 as the
minimum score for national certificate in education, national diploma and
national innovation diplomas.
Dibu Ojerinde, registrar of JAMB,
announced this at the end of the 2015 combined policy meeting, which held
in JAMB’s Abuja office on Tuesday.
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“We have been able to decide the
cut-off mark; it’s going to be 180 for universities and 150 for non-degree
institutions,” he said.
“However, we welcome the six new
universities, which four are for universities of education, one for petroleum
and one for health sciences.
“We hope that our vice-chancellors,
rectors and provosts will stick to these decisions and implement accordingly so
that by October 31, admission for 2015/2016 will be over.
“The meeting also agreed that all
stakeholders should stick to the 60:40 science/arts ratio and 70:30
technology/non-technology ratios for admission.”
Ojerinde urged the institutions to
adhere strictly to the admission ratio in order to promote technological
development of the nation.
He also said “one of the striking
features” of the 2015 compute based test (CBT) was the provisions made for
physically challenged candidates and prison inmates.
He said for the first time in the
region, braille note were introduced for the visually impaired, adding that
many of them did well in the CBT.
“Many of them scored above 200 in
law, arts, social sciences, administration, among others. When we send them to
you for admission, please admit them,” he said.
“For albinos, we increased the font
of the letters so that they could see and read; they were also given extra
hours.
“Prison inmates also did the CBT in
their yards; 208 inmates did the exam in Nigeria.”
Earlier in his speech, MacJohn
Nwaobiala, permanent secretary, ministry of education, said JAMB CBT had been
tested and trusted.
He commended the board for being
innovative and bringing exam models that were of international standards.
Nwaobiala said tertiary education
was very important as it produced the manpower needed for economic development.
He promised that the federal
government will pursue a policy of non-discrimination between polytechnics and
universities.
On his part, Julius Okojie,
executive secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), warned
universities against admitting students beyond their capacity.
He said NUC would ensure that the
new universities had all the required facilities before taking off, adding that
some of them might not take off in 2015.
The meeting also had in attendance
participants from National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and National
Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE).
Also in attendance were
representatives of higher institutions, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and
the public complaints commission.
About 1.4 million candidates sat for JAMB CBT
which held between March 9 and March 21.
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