4 of the Nigerian universities that submitted their benchmark rating for admissions forward of the 2024 coverage assembly don’t seem to be allowed by way of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to confess applicants who scored under 200 within the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Exam, findings by way of The PUNCH have not hidden.
The UTME, which is organised by way of JAMB, is the one appropriate exam taken by way of folks searching for admission into tertiary establishments in Nigeria.
Despite the fact that some tertiary establishments might nonetheless time table post-UTME for applicants who follow to them, negative person will also be admitted and not using a end result verified by way of JAMB.
The UTME is normally according to 4 topic combos with every topic marked over 100, giving a complete of 400 marks.
Despite the fact that scholars are at self government to make a choice their topic mixture in form with their selected direction of analysis, the worth of English is obligatory for all scholars who want to be admitted into the rustic’s tertiary training device.
Recall that the 2024 coverage assembly mounted 140 because the minimal benchmark rating for admissions into universities. Despite the fact that JAMB famous that every college is at self government to healing its personal benchmark rating, it famous that negative candidate will have to be admitted with lower than 140 rankings.
Then again, in a file acquired by way of The PUNCH, JAMB famous that establishments don’t seem to be allowed to proceed under their self-prescribed benchmark rating.
“No institution can admit below its self-prescribed minimum score,” the board warned.
In a listing of prescribed minimal rankings, our correspondent noticed {that a} general of 153 universities submitted their prescribed minimal rankings for admissions out of which 8 universities really helpful 120 as a benchmark for admission. Then again, going by way of the board’s requirements, they aren’t allowed to confess scholars till they up their minimal rating to 140.
Additional research not hidden that 11 establishments, together with Pan-Atlantic College, which prescribed 220 because the minimal benchmark rating, gained’t admit under 220; Covenant College, 200; Obafemi Awolowo College, 200; and College of Lagos, 200, gained’t proceed with the 140 really helpful benchmark by way of the coverage assembly.
Others like Afe Babalola College, 180; Ahmadu Bello College, 180; Federal College of Era, Ikot Abasi, 180; Lagos Situation College of Science and Era, 180; Nigerian Police Academy, 180; Nigerian College of Era, 180 and the Federal College of Condition Sciences, Ila-Orangun, 180 can even now not admit scholars under 180 owing to the directive by way of JAMB.
The PUNCH studies that there were controversies over the announcement of the minimal benchmark rating.
Talking with our correspondent on Monday, JAMB’s spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, famous that era the overall benchmark rating for admission stands at 140, establishments, just like the College of Lagos, which submitted 200, can not admit under the submitted rating.
“Unilag isn’t even allowed to admit 199. They can’t admit lesser than 200 because that is what they submitted. The general benchmark is 140, which means no university can admit below that score; they can’t admit 120, 130. Also, you can’t admit below what you submitted as your benchmark. So Unilag can’t even admit 199,” Benjamin mentioned.