The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday
announced its guidelines for admission process.
Its announcement through its website followed a week long
meeting with universities and other tertiary institutions in the
country.
According to the board, the modalities would be based on point
system.
The board, which explained how the admission process would
work for JAMB
candidates and direct-entry applicants, also stated that varsities
would collect screening fees from candidates at the end of
admission process.
According to the board, the new method uses a point system,
which is divided into other processes, that is easy to understand.
“Before a candidate can be considered for screening, he/she must
have been given provisional admission by JAMB. The JAMB
admission checker portal is going to be opened soon for this
process, so praying is all you can do now,” the statement on
JAMB’s website said.
The second process, the board said, was the point system where
admission would depend on the point tally of the candidate.
It said: “JAMB’s provisional admission no longer makes much
sense this year, your points tally will decide your faith.
“The points are evenly spread out between your O’level and JAMB
results to provide a level playing field for all.
“In the first case, any candidate who submits only one result which
contains his/her relevant subjects already has 10 points, the exam
could be NECO, WAEC, GCE etc, but any candidate who has two
sittings only gets two points. So, this means that aspirants with
only one result are at an advantage but only just.”
The board explained that the next point grades fell into the O’level
grades where each grade has it’s equivalent point; A6 marks, B4
marks, C3 marks. So, the better the candidate’s grades, the better
his/her chances of securing admission this year.
The next point is the UTME scores where each score range has its
equivalent point which can be summarised thus: 180 – 200 (or 20
– 23 marks); 200 – 250 (or 24 – 33 points); 251 – 300 (or 34 –
43); 300 – 400 (or 44 – 60 points).
Giving a breakdown, JAMB explained that each categories contains
five JAMB results per point added.
For instance, a candidate with 180 – 185 gets 20 points, a
candidate with 186 – 190 gets 21 points, adding that the point
system for direct entry will be released soon.
The board stated that fees would still be charged for screening
which has replaced the Post UTME.
“It then comes down to the fact that fees will still be charged for
screening, it depends on the school as well,” the statement said.
It also disclosed that catchment and ELDS will still be used!
“Merit contains 45 per cent of the total candidates for a particular
course, catchment contains 35 per cent and ELDS and staff lists
contains the rest.
“Cut off marks will be released by schools this year in the form of
points and not marks. If a school declares it’s cut-off mark for
Medicine as 90 points and JAMB grants a candidate with 250 a
provisional admission but his/her total points falls short of the 90
points, then he/she will lose the admission. So, the provisional
admission is just a means to an end, not the end in itself,” the
statement added.
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jamb official website
announced its guidelines for admission process.
Its announcement through its website followed a week long
meeting with universities and other tertiary institutions in the
country.
According to the board, the modalities would be based on point
system.
The board, which explained how the admission process would
work for JAMB
candidates and direct-entry applicants, also stated that varsities
would collect screening fees from candidates at the end of
admission process.
According to the board, the new method uses a point system,
which is divided into other processes, that is easy to understand.
“Before a candidate can be considered for screening, he/she must
have been given provisional admission by JAMB. The JAMB
admission checker portal is going to be opened soon for this
process, so praying is all you can do now,” the statement on
JAMB’s website said.
The second process, the board said, was the point system where
admission would depend on the point tally of the candidate.
It said: “JAMB’s provisional admission no longer makes much
sense this year, your points tally will decide your faith.
“The points are evenly spread out between your O’level and JAMB
results to provide a level playing field for all.
“In the first case, any candidate who submits only one result which
contains his/her relevant subjects already has 10 points, the exam
could be NECO, WAEC, GCE etc, but any candidate who has two
sittings only gets two points. So, this means that aspirants with
only one result are at an advantage but only just.”
The board explained that the next point grades fell into the O’level
grades where each grade has it’s equivalent point; A6 marks, B4
marks, C3 marks. So, the better the candidate’s grades, the better
his/her chances of securing admission this year.
The next point is the UTME scores where each score range has its
equivalent point which can be summarised thus: 180 – 200 (or 20
– 23 marks); 200 – 250 (or 24 – 33 points); 251 – 300 (or 34 –
43); 300 – 400 (or 44 – 60 points).
Giving a breakdown, JAMB explained that each categories contains
five JAMB results per point added.
For instance, a candidate with 180 – 185 gets 20 points, a
candidate with 186 – 190 gets 21 points, adding that the point
system for direct entry will be released soon.
The board stated that fees would still be charged for screening
which has replaced the Post UTME.
“It then comes down to the fact that fees will still be charged for
screening, it depends on the school as well,” the statement said.
It also disclosed that catchment and ELDS will still be used!
“Merit contains 45 per cent of the total candidates for a particular
course, catchment contains 35 per cent and ELDS and staff lists
contains the rest.
“Cut off marks will be released by schools this year in the form of
points and not marks. If a school declares it’s cut-off mark for
Medicine as 90 points and JAMB grants a candidate with 250 a
provisional admission but his/her total points falls short of the 90
points, then he/she will lose the admission. So, the provisional
admission is just a means to an end, not the end in itself,” the
statement added.
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