*To Consider Use Of Personal Devices For UTME
*Approves 140 Cut-Off Mark For Varsity Admission, 100 For Others
*557,626 Candidates Admitted Into Tertiary Institutions
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Umeh Nkechinyere is the top scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations with a cumulative mark of 360, The PUNCH reports.
This is according to the presentation made by the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examinations, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, during the 2023 policy meeting currently ongoing in Abuja.
According to Oloyede, Umeh, who is from Anambra State, scored 360.
The JAMB boss also unveiled the top 10 candidates, among whom are Aguele Stephen, 358; Ositade Oluwafemi, 358; Gbolahan Ayinde, 357; John Fulfilment, 356; Chimdubem Ugonna, 355, among others.
Also, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 140 and above as cut off mark for 2022/23 admissions into universities across the country.
The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a presentation at the 2023 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions and awards on Saturday in Abuja.
Oloyede said 100 had been approved as cut off mark into Polytechnics and Colleges of Education.
Oloyede explained that the aforementioned points were the minimum, but that does not mean that institutions must comply with it.
In the presentation unveiled by Oloyede, the board said,” On the way forward, we are looking at BOYD – the direction for JAMB Students to bring their telephones. It lowers capital investment but is not helpful for digital literacy. There will be the establishment of a mobile examinational malpractice tribunal to deal with the criminal aspect while institutions handle the misconduct.
“We will be partnering with security operatives and relevant agencies on cyber crimes; engaging the machinery and sponsoring them to tap from their knowledge of candidates. Movement of some services to the registration portal to prevent extortion Open Book Examination to Discourage Cheating.
“Political will and concerted efforts at adopting single identity for all with NIMC citizens to discourage impersonation.”
According to him, it cost the JAMB over N1.2billion to equip a Computer Based Test (CBT) centre in Kaduna state, particularly in procuring computers which candidates use to take the examination.
”The policy which falls under the “Bring Your Own Device” may require candidates wishing to take UTME in the future to bring their own devices to the examination hall,” he said.
At the policy meeting, the registrar expressed concern over the crave for university education among candidates at the detriment of polytechnics and colleges of education.
While condemning the wide disparity in admission quotas in the country, he advised aspiring candidates to explore other options within the tertiary education sector for admission.
The registrar, who discredited notions from the public that JAMB gave admissions, said admission depended on the availability of candidates’ five o’level requirements as UTME was only meant for admission ranking.
“As at June 19, tertiary institutions have admitted 557,626 candidates but as we speak today, the admission is up to 600,000 as we target about 700,000. This is because admission is still ongoing.
“We hear about cut-off marks by JAMB but the truth is that not the best candidate who scored the highest mark in UTME is the best candidate.
“Admission is based on the five o’level results that a candidate possess because we only make use of UTME for admission ranking. JAMB has not initiated admissions since 2016,” he said.
Speaking on gaps in admission vacancies and why candidates were not admitted, Mr Oloyede said rigidity of programme choice and mismatch of demand and supply were responsible.
He also listed lack of interest for existing vacancies and trail candidates (No o’level results or awaiting results) as responsible for admission gaps in the tertiary institutions.
He, therefore, said that the onus lay with institutions to determine the national minimum tolerable UTME score, often called the ‘Cut-off marks’.
The permanent secretary, federal ministry of education, David Adejo, urged the stakeholders to ensure fairness, transparency and accountability in the admission processes, which determined the fate of millions of students.
Mr Adejo called on admission stakeholders to ensure credibility in the process so that no candidate would be denied admission and no undeserving candidate was given admission.
“The federal ministry of education has resolved that the fundamental principle of the ministry is openness and this has been provided by JAMB through inclusiveness in the UTME.
“JAMB must ensure sanity and integrity of exams and admission must be based on agreed guidelines to deepen accountability, transparency and fairness.
“Criteria for admissions remained critical by JAMB and all institutions must abide by them as we need to stick to the approved quota for admission,” he said.
In a goodwill message, the executive secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Abubakar Rasheed, commended the board on its role in ensuring sanity in the education sector.
Mr Rasheed, represented by the deputy executive secretary of the commission, Chris Maiyaki, pledged the commission’s commitment to JAMB to fulfill its mandate.
He said that the policy meeting was a game-changer moment for tertiary institutions to take the leading role in the education sector.
In the same vein, the chairman, JAMB equal opportunity group, Peter Okebukola, commended JAMB for its interest in the education of the visually impaired and other physically challenged candidates.
Mr Okebukola said in the last several years, the board had processed admissions of 2,700 candidates who were visually impaired, those in the correctional centres and the down syndrome candidates.
He added that the Nigerian higher education system was the ‘move and shaker’ of African higher education sector, hence the need to get things right, especially in the area of admission processes.
The policy meeting had in attendance representatives from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), vice chancellors of universities and rectors of Polytechnics.
Others are provosts of Colleges of Education (COE), registrars and admission officers of tertiary institutions, heads of federal agencies, National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE).
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