We are dedicating this thread towards enlightening candidates seeking
admission into higher institutions on what the recently proposed JAMB
Admission screening model for admissions actually means.
For the sake of emphasis and clarity, the raw facts will be omitted.
What you have here is the interpretation of the raw facts to allay the
confusion of many candidates. But if you are interested on the raw
facts, you can find that
HERE.
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.
