This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Media and
Publicity of the board, Fabian Benjamin, and made available to
journalists on Sunday in Lagos.
It said that the recent admission policy witnessed at the University
of Lagos was aimed at ensuring that Nigerian universities admit only the
top-best as was done globally.
It would be recalled that candidates and their parents had on Wednesday, July 22, staged a peaceful protest at the University of Lagos gate over the high cut-off marks for 2015/2016 post-UTME screening.
“Sequel to this development, the board has redistributed the other
candidates with cut-off marks less than what their first choice required
to needy institutions.
“The board, equally, urges candidates and their parents to check its
website from Friday, July 31, 2015 for their names and institutions they
are placed in,’’ the statement said.
According to the statement, universities are centres of excellence
anywhere in the world and that of Nigeria should not be an exception.
It said that JAMB was working round the clock to ensure that Nigerian
universities were among the best in Africa and perhaps the world in the
next ranking.
The statement explained that the board was also cautious about
utilizing the available spaces in admitting more candidates bearing in
mind the admission criteria of various needy institutions.
“The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that the national cut-off marks of 180 for universities.
“We also have 150 for Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and
Innovative Enterprise institutions in the 2015 UTME as a bench mark to
set the tone for 2015 admission exercise (as released on July 14).
“The decision to have a national accepted cut-off mark at the policy meeting was to serve as a guide and pruning mechanism.
“It will also give the tertiary institutions qualitative and
manageable candidates to choose from a pool of candidates desirous of
tertiary education.
“However, universities and other levels of tertiary institutions are
at liberty to go higher, but not lower, depending on their peculiarities
and the performance of candidates that choose them,’’ it explained.
The statement added that the board wished to state that no candidate would be denied any right to aspire to tertiary education.
According to the statement, the board is equally aware that some
universities have their own admission cut-off marks acceptable by the
board for the various courses they offered.
“Please be informed that the board will always ensure that these
institutions apply this cut-off marks uniformly across all candidates
without discrimination.
“The decision of the board on the print-out for this year exercise
was done in good faith and not to jeopardize the right of candidates due
to individual cut-off set by some Nigerian tertiary institutions.
“Those candidates who do not meet the cut-off marks of such
institutions will be placed in needy institutions within their
geo-political zone depending on available spaces in such institutions.
“The board’s aim is to accommodate as many candidates as possible
instead of just pushing them to schools we know abinitio does not have
the carrying capacity to admit all,’’ the statement said
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