How Universities will Conduct Admission this Year. After the recent
scrapping of post utme exam by the federal government, you might be
wondering how the universities will conduct admission this year.
Going
by the reactions of candidates over the withdrawal of the list of
candidates sent to tertiary institutions for admission consideration by
JAMB, it is important we clarify a few things to avoid confusion and
ensure candidates are properly guided.
So here are important things you should know and keep in mind concerning this new development;
1.
The University senate now has autonomy to select candidates for
admission. However the list of selected candidates must pass through
JAMB for approval and issuance of admission letters.
2.
Whether or not you were posted to a school or not for admission
consideration earlier no longer matters. As the posting is no longer
valid. All you need to do now is wait for your school of choice to
announce its screening exercise and ensure you participate accordingly.
3.
For Tertiary institutions that have already conducted their admission
screening exercise in line with JAMB stipulations, such screening still
remains valid. Candidates that participated in such screening should
wait for the release of the admission list(s) by their respective
institutions.
4. The withdrawal of the JAMB Consideration List
does not mean that post-UTME is now valid. The ban on Post-UTME remains
valid. Tertiary institutions must abide to the screening modalities as
earlier announced by JAMB.
5. Candidates should note that the
offer of provisional admission by their schools of choice is subject to
validation by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The
Joint Admission And Matriculation Board held a meeting at the B.O Ukeje
Auditorium, Nation Commission for colleges of Education, Central
Business District Abuja on Tuesday 28th, 29th and 30th to map out
admission screening modalities for Colleges of education, polytechnics
and Universities.
The meeting was chaired by the permanent secretary ministry of education, Dr. Shade Yemi-Esan.
After
evaluating the screening models of some schools in previous years and
other factors surrounding the admission processes in tertiary
institution in the country, JAMB released a proposed model for the
screening of recommended candidates.
PROPOSED JAMB MODEL FOR SCREENING OF RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES
1. Screening of candidates shall be for ONLY candidates recommended for admissions.
2. No written examination to be conducted.
3. Verification of Course Requirements (O’ levels or A’ levels).
4. Verification of valid JAMB results by checking:
i. Online Result Slip
ii. Printout
iii. Photo Album
v. Checklist
vi. Biometrics
5. Institutions are free to source from other Course(s) to
compensate for SHORTFALL in any of the criteria.
If
the proposed model for admission as proposed by JAMB is to be adopted
for 2016/2017 admission process, below is how the admission process will
run and all you should know about it.
1. JAMB must offer a
candidate an admission before such candidates qualifies for screening in
the institution he or she has been provisionally admitted. This means
that institutions can only screening candidates sent to them by JAMB as
having been provisionally admitted in such institution.
2.
Institutions admission screening processes will now be based on point
system. The first on the point system is the O’level grading. Candidates
who have only one O-level result will stand a better chance of gaining
admission than candidates with 2 results. One 0’level result =
10marks/points while two O’level results = 3 marks/points.
Similarly,
each grade will now have its equivalent points/marks in this manner;
A=6 marks, B=4 marks, C=3 marks which means the having better grades in
your O’level result gives you a better chance of securing admission.
The
next to be considered on the point system is your UTME Score.
Candidates will be awarded marks/points based on their 180-200=20-23
marks, 200-250=24-33 points, 251-300=34-43, 300-400=44-60 points. The
higher your score, the higher your chances of securing admission.
This
means that what we previously know as institutions cut-off-marks will
now be known as institutions cut-off points which will be arrived at
after putting all the aforementioned into consideration.
3. JAMB
provisional admission is now a means to an end and not an end itself.
This means that JAMB may offer a candidate a provisional admissions and
such candidate will still be denied admission by his/her institution
because he or she comes below the cut-off point for his/her course in
that particular institution.
For instance you may be given
provisional admission to study MBBS in UNIBEN by JAMB having obtained a
UTME score of 260. If your institution’s cut-off point for medicine is
95 points and you come below that number of points after the screening,
you will likely be denied admission.
4. Admission process will
still put into considerations factors like catchment area and ELDS
(Educationally Less Developed States) in determining the number of
candidates admitted. Admission by merit is 45%, catchment area 35% and
ELDS 20%.
The issue of Science to arts ratio will still be in
place. For universities Science to arts ratio will be 60:40 ,
Polytechnics 70:30. However for specialized institutions (Technology,
Science Agriculture etc) it will be 100% related to their specialty.
Also 90% of admission will go to UTME candidates while 10% will go to
Direct Entry candidates.
5. Schools are still at liberty to
charge a certain fee for the screening of candidates. However, the Board
did not stipulate how much institutions are to charge for this.
A
Former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission,
NUC, Professor Peter Okebukola, has disclosed that the scrapping of
Post-UTME means that tertiary institutions will now go back to the
agreement NUC had with Vice-Chancellors in 2004 when it introduced
Post-UTME which is to screen candidates on oral interview and written
essay.
He pointed out that tertiary institutions were not suppose
to conduct screening for candidates similar to that of JAMB as that was
the part of the agreement guiding the introduction of Post-UTME. He
lamented that tertiary institutions have since deviated from that
agreement.
According to him, admission seekers are supposed to
attain minimum cognitive competence in the relevant subjects in the
discipline they wished to study; which is the aspect JAMB examination
covers and also attain competence in written and oral English, critical
thinking and ability to present ideas in logical sequence which is what
Post-UTME should be all about.
Because of this face, there is
every reason to belief that some schools may still conduct post utme
exam. However, it is important to know if you school will write post
utme exam this year.
Students who applied for the school in JAMB
and have met requirements (minimum of 180 in JAMB and a Credit in Maths
and English including subjects relevant to your course choice) will come
for the screening with their credentials. At the screening, they
present their results and answer a couple of questions (orally) based on
your applied course (usually basic knowledge questions) after which
they await the result of this exam.
This usually means getting admission from JAMB directly (first list)…and then 2 subsequent lists from the school.
Now,
here’s the catch. Getting the admission doesn’t mean you’re home free.
Thousands are usually given this admission into 100 level, but they
don’t get an Admission letter from the school in their 100 level,
because a second screening happens in 200 level.
If a student is
unable to finish 100 level with a CGPA of 2.5 (3.5 in Medicine), he or
she will be screened out of the school. Only those who achieve this mark
remain in 200 level and are subsequently given the school’s Admission
letter.
Before the collection of this letter, it’s safe to assume
that you’re not fully a University student until the end of this period
of probation.
This screening usually leaves the school with at least half of the initially admitted students which is the needed population.
How will universities determine cutoff marks to admit students.
Before
putme was introduced in 2005, universities have been admitting people
and bringing out cutoff marks though the system varies in different
schools.
Some universities used both Jamb results and o’levels
points, some used only Jamb results. We are concerned about UNN and how
they used to run admission when there was no putme.
Like I said,
before putme was introduced UNN still used to run her admission same way
she does now; the only difference is that there was nothing like an
average score. As we all know, since the introduction of putme UNN makes
use of an average score of putme and utme scores to determine your
score for admission. The cutoff marks are determined by general
performance in putme.
After the release of primary list, there
will be an advertisement for supplementary form in which those that will
score 180/200 and above in “PUTME” will be eligible to purchase, fill a
lower course that has a lower cutoff mark than your average score and
compete with others that will purchase and fill same course with you.
If
you do not purchase this supplementary form, you will likely not get
admission in subsequent lists called supplementary lists. There is
nothing like enrolling your name in a lower course if you do not
purchase the supplementary form as a compensation for not being admitted
in your original course.
You must purchase the supplementary
form for you to be enrolled in a lower course and not everyone who
purchases the supplementary form must be admitted in a lower course you
fill even when your average score is above the cutoff mark of that
course you will fill, its mostly by merit for those with high scores,
sorting with money for those who can afford it and also luck.
Now you have understood how UNN runs admission with putme, lets discus how UNN used to run admission without putme.
Like
I said, there is no much difference. After utme (Jamb) is written, UNN
maps out cutoff marks for different courses which they dont make public.
The
cutoff marks are determined based on the general performance in utme.
The better people perform in utme, the higher the cutoff marks and vice
versa.
After the release of primary list, there will be an
advertisement for supplementary form in which people who score 180/200
in utme (Jamb) and choose UNN in utme will be eligible to purchase.
During
my own time when there was no putme, I entered UNN through
supplementary by purchasing supplementary form then because I was cut
off from my original course since I didn’t score up to the cutoff mark.
There
was nothing like enrolling you into another course no matter what your
score would be, you must purchase a supplementary form. Sorting of
admission with money was very common then.
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