- JAMB registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, says only candidates who meet the O’ level and A’ level requirements and other criteria set by institutions would be offered admission in 2017/2018 session
- He states that it is O level, A level that qualifies a person for admission and not UTME
- The registrar says JAMB will return unspent money to the federal government’s coffers
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, has said scoring higher than the cut-off mark in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) does not guarantee admission to any candidate.
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Oloyede said higher scores could only make candidates eligible for admission consideration.
The registrar stated that only candidates who meet the O’ level and A’ level requirements and other criteria set by institutions would be offered admission in 2017/2018 session.
He made the disclosure in Abuja at a training and sensitization forum on central admissions processing System, (CAPS) for admission offers, candidates and stakeholders, Vanguard reports.
“Scoring higher than the cut-off mark does not guarantee admission but makes the candidate eligible for admission consideration," he said.
"It is not UTME that qualifies the person. It is O level, A level that qualifies a person for admission, “he said.
“That is why you can go from here to UK, you can go to Ghana, Uganda, Republic of Benin, nobody ask you of your UTME, they ask for your O level because by law it is the school cert that qualifies you not JAMB.
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“We admit students when we do not know whether or not they are qualified. You will say you took JAMB, you had 300 later you will now come back and say he is not qualified. Why? No O level, no mathematics, no English when you have not considered the real issue which is: does he or she possess five credits?”
“From this year we have said no. before you can recommend a candidates you must ensure that that candidate has the O level or A level requirements and in addition to other requirements."
Meanwhile, Oloyede, said on Thursday, October 12 that the body would return unspent money to the federal government’s coffers.
The Nation reported that Oloyede said the controversies trailing the huge amount the board returned to government’s coffers this year was unnecessary.
NAIJ.com gathered that he said JAMB is not a wasteful agency, adding that whatever comes in would be appropriately remitted into the federal government purse.
The former vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin told journalists in Ilorin, Kwara state, that the admission board would be strengthened to make it a self-sustaining agency of government.
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Source: Naija.ng
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Saturday, 28 October 2017