JAMB directs institutions to begin admission August 21
By Iyabo Ishola
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has drawn up guidelines to all the nation’s higher institutions on 2020 admission and directed the institutions to begin admissions for candidates on first and second choices from August 21, 2020.
In the guidelines, dated July 9, 2020, to Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively, JAMB warned against flouting decisions of its 2020 policy meeting, held on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, insisting that all admissions must be carried out in honest and transparent manner.
The board, in the guidelines signed and released by its Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, explained: “The guidelines for 2020 admission exercise, which are expected to guide all the participants in admission process, explain the nitty-gritty of the processes of admission of candidates into Nigerian tertiary institutions.
“All heads of institutions and admission officers are advised to carefully study and understand the content of the document, with a view to implementing it fully for a transparent admission exercise.
“The decisions as well as the policy directives as contAained in the address of the Minister of Education at the policy meeting shall serve as the guidelines for the 2020 admissions exercise.
“All heads of tertiary institutions are to ensure total compliance with the guidelines. Sanctions shall be applied to institutions that violate the decisions.
“The Admission-Exercise for the 2020/2021 Academic Session would be conducted on Central Admission Processing System, CAPS."
It tasked the three higher institutions’ regulatory bodies, namely National Universities Commission, NUC; National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, and National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE, to collaborate with it to ensure full compliance with the guidelines.
The board said it had stopped illegal or irregular admission in any form, saying all admissions must pass through it.
It said: “All applications for admissions to First degree, National Diploma, National Innovation Diploma and the Nigeria Certificate in Education into full time, distance learning, part time, outreach, sandwich, etc, must be processed only through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB."
“Institutions, which are still involved in advertising or selling application forms for admissions into the programmes should stop henceforth.
“Institutions should advise candidates to apply to them through Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. Duplication of application forms is not allowed.
“Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the three regulatory agencies, namely National Universities Commission, NUC; National Board for Technical Education, NBTE; and National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE, will ensure that all tertiary institutions comply with this policy directive.
“The duration of all Non-Full Time Studies must be maintained as approved by the regulatory agencies. This is generally not less than 150% of the equivalence of full time.”
On advertorials, JAMB said: “Institutions that desire to place advertisement can do so by advising candidates who applied for the current UTME to change to their institution as First (1st) choice rather than requesting the candidates to purchase another application form or apply.
“This is to prevent the issue of double registration, which is a violation of the JAMB mandate.”
It explained that the mode of the admission for the 2020/2021 academic session would be conducted on Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, adding that no institution was allowed to publish, announce, exhibit or paste any name(s) of admitted candidate without prior approval of the name on CAPS.
Insisting that the exercise would only be fully conducted on CAPS, JAMB explained that the the principal participants were the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, as chairman; heads of tertiary institutions; Director of Admissions, JAMB, admission officers of tertiary institutions; JAMB desk officers; and candidates.
Among the procedures for admission, according to JAMB, are “recommendations and approval institutions are to recommend candidates for admission after having presented to the board the following information through CAPS:
‘’The approved general quota for each institution and the distribution to the various programmes; minimum UTME score for each programme; minimum DE qualification grades for Direct Entry candidates; components of cut-off marks and the allotted score for each component;the cut-off date for the 1st and 2nd choice admissions after which no result upload nor change of institution as 1st choice would be allowed; supplementary admission can be allowed but fresh candidates cannot have right to being on merit list but through other criteria to fill existing vacancies; and other admissions criteria (if any).
“No institution will be allowed to recommend or admit any candidate whose UTME score is below the following threshold: Degree, 160; ND, 120; NCE, 100; NID, 100.”
“Institutions cannot reduce their submitted minimum UTME score on the basis of national minimum score in (H2) above. Only institutions with minimum UTME
score lower than the National minimum UTME score are obliged to upgrade to meet or surpass the national minimum score.
“ In the same vein, no institution can graduate a candidate who has not been a full
time student of that institution for at least two consecutive years. Affiliated institutions are to adopt the same minimum UTME scores as the mother
Institutions.’’
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has drawn up guidelines to all the nation’s higher institutions on 2020 admission and directed the institutions to begin admissions for candidates on first and second choices from August 21, 2020.
In the guidelines, dated July 9, 2020, to Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts of universities, polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively, JAMB warned against flouting decisions of its 2020 policy meeting, held on Tuesday, June 16, 2020, insisting that all admissions must be carried out in honest and transparent manner.
The board, in the guidelines signed and released by its Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, explained: “The guidelines for 2020 admission exercise, which are expected to guide all the participants in admission process, explain the nitty-gritty of the processes of admission of candidates into Nigerian tertiary institutions.
“All heads of institutions and admission officers are advised to carefully study and understand the content of the document, with a view to implementing it fully for a transparent admission exercise.
“The decisions as well as the policy directives as contAained in the address of the Minister of Education at the policy meeting shall serve as the guidelines for the 2020 admissions exercise.
“All heads of tertiary institutions are to ensure total compliance with the guidelines. Sanctions shall be applied to institutions that violate the decisions.
“The Admission-Exercise for the 2020/2021 Academic Session would be conducted on Central Admission Processing System, CAPS."
It tasked the three higher institutions’ regulatory bodies, namely National Universities Commission, NUC; National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, and National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE, to collaborate with it to ensure full compliance with the guidelines.
The board said it had stopped illegal or irregular admission in any form, saying all admissions must pass through it.
It said: “All applications for admissions to First degree, National Diploma, National Innovation Diploma and the Nigeria Certificate in Education into full time, distance learning, part time, outreach, sandwich, etc, must be processed only through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB."
“Institutions, which are still involved in advertising or selling application forms for admissions into the programmes should stop henceforth.
“Institutions should advise candidates to apply to them through Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. Duplication of application forms is not allowed.
“Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the three regulatory agencies, namely National Universities Commission, NUC; National Board for Technical Education, NBTE; and National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE, will ensure that all tertiary institutions comply with this policy directive.
“The duration of all Non-Full Time Studies must be maintained as approved by the regulatory agencies. This is generally not less than 150% of the equivalence of full time.”
On advertorials, JAMB said: “Institutions that desire to place advertisement can do so by advising candidates who applied for the current UTME to change to their institution as First (1st) choice rather than requesting the candidates to purchase another application form or apply.
“This is to prevent the issue of double registration, which is a violation of the JAMB mandate.”
It explained that the mode of the admission for the 2020/2021 academic session would be conducted on Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, adding that no institution was allowed to publish, announce, exhibit or paste any name(s) of admitted candidate without prior approval of the name on CAPS.
Insisting that the exercise would only be fully conducted on CAPS, JAMB explained that the the principal participants were the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, as chairman; heads of tertiary institutions; Director of Admissions, JAMB, admission officers of tertiary institutions; JAMB desk officers; and candidates.
Among the procedures for admission, according to JAMB, are “recommendations and approval institutions are to recommend candidates for admission after having presented to the board the following information through CAPS:
‘’The approved general quota for each institution and the distribution to the various programmes; minimum UTME score for each programme; minimum DE qualification grades for Direct Entry candidates; components of cut-off marks and the allotted score for each component;the cut-off date for the 1st and 2nd choice admissions after which no result upload nor change of institution as 1st choice would be allowed; supplementary admission can be allowed but fresh candidates cannot have right to being on merit list but through other criteria to fill existing vacancies; and other admissions criteria (if any).
“No institution will be allowed to recommend or admit any candidate whose UTME score is below the following threshold: Degree, 160; ND, 120; NCE, 100; NID, 100.”
“Institutions cannot reduce their submitted minimum UTME score on the basis of national minimum score in (H2) above. Only institutions with minimum UTME
score lower than the National minimum UTME score are obliged to upgrade to meet or surpass the national minimum score.
“ In the same vein, no institution can graduate a candidate who has not been a full
time student of that institution for at least two consecutive years. Affiliated institutions are to adopt the same minimum UTME scores as the mother
Institutions.’’
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