Wednesday, 23 August 2017

Business Day, Premium Times &This Day Trends :AMB pegs 2017 bring to a halt mark for universities at one hundred twenty



The Joint Admission and matric Board, JAMB, on Tuesday, pegged minimum national bring to a halt Marks for Admissions into Universities in African country at one hundred twenty.
Cut off Marks for Polytechnics and faculties of Education were pegged at100, whereas Innovative Enterprising Institute was pegged at one hundred ten. however establishments area unit at liberty to travel on the far side the benchmarks for Admission exercise, in line with upright.
These choices were taken at the 2017 Combined Policy conferences on Admissions into Tertiary establishments in African country, control in capital of Nigeria.
The Registrar of the Board, Ishaq Oloyede same a Central Admission process System, CAPs, would be wont to contour admission processes among establishments , whereas it addresses challenges related to formal approach.
Oloyede conjointly same that establishments may conduct twin mode system that involves each manual and also the fresh introduced system CAPs.
He advocated for dynamic instructional policy as associated with Admissions.

According to him, “All over the globe there's agitation for dynamic instructional policy. upright solely admits for National certificate not Higher National certificate therefore why ought to we have a tendency to use identical demand for ND and BSc that's unreasonable parity.
“We mustn't be sentimental in fixing our bring to a halt mark, we'd like not over dramatise issue of bring to a halt mark”.
He lamented that candidates’ applications to review Agriculture is incredibly low whereas applications to drugs, Health Sciences enlarged.
The Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, has conjointly erstwhile proclaimed carry on the ban of the conduct of Post-UTME as a necessity for admission into tertiary education.

H explained that government had mistakenly prohibited universities from conducting the test.
He noted that forbiddance of Post-UTME result in plenty of irregularities by candidates and a few establishments.
The minister explained that with the lifting of the ban on the conduct of the examination, establishments area unit currently at liberty to conduct, whereas adding that fee should the examination mustn't exceed N2000.
He explained that the 2016 admission method was an enormous success, whereas expressing optimism that that government is functioning assiduously to create that of 2017 higher.

Adamu noted that government is additionally creating efforts to expand access and guarantee equality in education sector.
He expressed optimism that a considerable quantity of candidates WHO weekday for the 2017 UTME would be gain admission into tertiary establishment.
Over 1.6million candidates applied for degree courses, over 17000 for ND similarly as NCE.


JAMB Fixes 2017/2018 Admission Cut-off Marks  August 23, 2017
Senator Iroegbu in capital of Nigeria
The Joint Admissions and matric Board (JAMB) on weekday fastened the cut-off marks for admission into higher establishments of learning within the country for the 2017/2018 academic term.
At a policy meeting control with the heads of establishments and alternative education restrictive bodies in capital of Nigeria, the examination body legal one hundred twenty because the minimum mark for degree-awarding establishments.

The meeting at the National Judicial Institute, Abuja, had present vice chancellors, Rectors, Provosts and Registrars of tertiary establishments.

For the polytechnics, rock bottom mark that qualifies a candidate for admission is one hundred, whereas the best that an establishment will fix is one hundred eighty. Same mark applies to high schools of Education. The admission cut-off mark for Innovative Enterprise establishments ranges between one hundred ten and one hundred twenty.

Leading heads of establishments present to agree on the marks, upright Registrar, Prof. Isiaq Oloyede, same the fresh united marks would over-ride the previous marks submitted by the establishments.
Oloyede warned that the Board wouldn't enable any establishment to travel below the legal marks in their admission method.

He, however, same the reduction within the 2017/2018 admission cut-off marks doesn't point any danger for education normal and doesn't translate to a fall in education normal.

The upright registrar same alternatives|the selections} on 1st choice candidates by universities would endways October fifteen, whereas the second selection candidates would endways Dec 15; when that the remaining students are accessible within the market place for alternative establishments until the Gregorian calendar month cut-off date.

He disclosed that a Central Admission process System (CAPS) would be wont to contour admission processes among establishments, because it addresses challenges related to the previous approach.
He said: “We mustn't be sentimental in fixing our cut-off mark; we'd like not over-dramatise issue of cut-off mark.

“In order to boost transparency, no automatic admission for those while not the mandatory needs are tolerated.”  Speaking any, Oloyede same the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has reabsorbed the conduct of Post-UTME examination as a necessity for admission into tertiary establishments.

According to him, the cancellation of post-UTME was a slip, urging upright to make sure that fee for the examination mustn't exceed N2,000.

JAMB fixes bring to a halt marks for universities, polytechnics, faculties of education

The Joint Admission and matric Board, JAMB, has fastened minimum bring to a halt marks for Nigeria’s tertiary establishments. The minimum bring to a halt marks for admissions into universities in African country was set for one hundred twenty, polytechnics and faculties of education pegged at one hundred, whereas that of innovative enterprising institutes was pegged at one hundred ten.

Institutions area unit, however, at liberty to lift their bring to a halt marks for admission higher than the minimum set by upright.

Also, admissions into public degree award establishments for the 2017 UTME examination can endways Gregorian calendar month fifteen, 2018 whereas for personal establishments, it ends on Gregorian calendar month thirty one, 2018.

Also, choices on 1st selection candidates by universities can endways October fifteen, and second selection candidates can endways Dec 15; when that the remaining students are accessible within the market place for alternative establishments until the Gregorian calendar month cut-off dates.

These choices were taken at the 2017 Combined Policy conferences on Admissions into Tertiary establishments in African country that terminated on weekday.

The Registrar of upright, Ishaq Oloyede, same a Central Admission process System, CAPS, are wont to contour admission processes among establishments, because it addresses challenges related to the previous approach. Mr. Oloyede conjointly same that establishments may conduct twin mode system that involves each manual and also the fresh introduced CAPS.

He advocated a dynamic instructional policy as associated with admissions.
“All over the globe, there's agitation for dynamic instructional policy,” he said. “JAMB solely admits for National certificate, not Higher National Diploma; therefore why ought to we have a tendency to use identical demand for ND and BSC, that's unreasonable parity.”

“We mustn't be sentimental in fixing our bring to a halt mark; we'd like not over-dramatise issue of bring to a halt mark.”

He same candidates’ applications to review agriculture was terribly low whereas applications to review drugs and health sciences enlarged.

Speaking on amerciable admissions, he same the method is currently automatic as a result of the Registrar of upright should approve all candidates.  “About 17,160 students were admitted while not upright across establishments in African country,” he said. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, conjointly erstwhile proclaimed a carry of the ban on the conduct of Post-UTME examination as a necessity for admission into tertiary establishments.

“Cancellation of Post- UTME may be a mistake,” he said. He noted that forbiddance of post-UTME diode to plenty of irregularities by candidates and a few establishments. The minister explained that with the lifting of the ban on the conduct of the examination, establishments area unit currently at liberty to conduct, whereas adding that fee for the examination mustn't exceed N2000.

He explained that the 2016 admission method was an enormous success, whereas expressing optimism that government is functioning assiduously to create that of 2017 higher.  Mr. Adamu noted that government is additionally creating efforts to expand access and guarantee equality within the education sector.

He expressed optimism that a considerable range of candidates WHO weekday for the 2017 UTME would gain admission into tertiary establishment.

“Over 1.6 million candidates applied for degree courses, over 17,000 for ND similarly as NCE,” he said.

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