THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday cancelled general cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2021/2022 academic session and gave institutions freedom to set their individual minimum benchmark for admission.
The board took the decision at the 2021 policy meeting which was held virtually, and chaired by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.
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Speaking during the meeting, the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said, “Some universities such as University of Maiduguri proposed; 150, Usman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, proposed 140, Pan Atlantic University proposed 210, University of Lagos; 200, Lagos State University; 190, Covenant University 190, Bayero University Kano, 180.
“Institutions have now been given the liberty to decide cutoff marks; there will be no cutoff from JAMB this time. The cutoff will be a combination of scores from JAMB score, university minimum benchmark, SSCE and practical, where applicable.”
The meeting agreed that the fee for post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination should not be more than N2,000.
Oloyede warned institutions not to go beyond the pegged fee during the meeting.
Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, said, “Nobody should charge more than N2,000. The total gross is N2,000. It is not allowed by institutions to allow candidates to procure administrative charges.
“No institution is allowed to capture or demand any result upload. It is the one that we upload on CAPS that we will send to all of you. The biometrics supplied by JAMB should be used for the exercise.”
On the deadline for the closure of admissions, the stakeholders resolved to allow the ministry to decide as they could not agree on the December 31, 2021 deadline for all public institutions and January 31, 2022 for all private institutions.
Stakeholders also adopted the 2021 admission guidelines, which provide that all applications for part time or full time programmes for degree, NCE, OND, and others must be posted only through JAMB.
The meeting approved that for Direct Entry, the maximum score a candidate should present was six, while the minimum was two or E as required by law.
Speaking on other admission criteria, Oloyede said, “The candidate’s credentials must be uploaded on CAPS and recommended by the institution JAMB approves and the candidate accepts the offer of admission.
“If candidates have not accepted an offer, the institution can change the candidate after informing JAMB.”
According to the stakeholders, the 2021 admissions will be conducted only through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS); no institution is allowed to admit candidates without uploading their details on CAPS.