No admissions into Nigerian Universities beyond October 31 — Ministry of Education

Admissions processes into
higher institutions in Nigeria
will be rounded off on October
31, the permanent secretary of
the Ministry of Education,
McJohn Nwaoibala, has said.
Mr. Nwaoibala gave the
directive on Tuesday at the
2015 combined policy meeting,
shortly after he pronounced the
2015 cut-off mark for
admission into degree
programmes, national
certificate in education,
national diploma and national
innovation diplomas.
“We need to make hay while
the sun shines. All admissions
processes should be concluded
on or before 31st of October
2015,”he said.
Mr. Nwaoibala said that the
150 and 180 cut-off marks were
adopted by JAMB as the
minimum score to degree and
diploma awarding institution
respectively.
He said the Federal government
mandated the various
institutions to strictly adhere to
the 60:40 sciences to arts ratio,
and the 70:30 technology to
non-technology ratio.
He added that the states and
privately owned tertiary
institution should apply the
criteria as approved by their
authorities.
Meanwhile, the chairman
governing board of JAMB, Peter
Eze, said he is pleased with
JAMB’s transition from the
traditional paper and pencil
test to the Computer Based Test.
He added that the mode of exams adopted
in JAMB has changed the face of conduct of
public exams in Nigeria.
“We can be counted as one of the top 10 in
the world as far as conducting public
exams is concerned,” he said.
Mr. Eze noted that the transition to CBT is a
firm commitment by JAMB to ensure that
the best practices in the mode of assessment
in other for Nigerian youth to be attached
with their counterpart all over the world.