The New JAMB system for 2016/2017 Admission.

 

Take time and read properly so that you
understand what’s happening:
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.The Modalities for 2016/2017 Admission
processes Into Higher institutions as was
released by JAMB

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1- The meeting was held at:
B.O Ukeje Auditorium, Nation Commission
for colleges of Education, Central Business
District Abuja…. on Tuesday 28th for Federal
institutions, Wed 29th for state institutions
and Thursday 30th June 2016 for Private
institutions….
The meeting was for stakeholders and
educational bodies to work out the
modalities of screening candidates duly
recommended for admission.
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Due to the National importance of the
meeting, it was chaired by the permanent
secretary to the ministry of Education, this
is to ensure that the honorable minister’s
directives on the scrapping of postume and
the modalities is STRICTLY ADHERED TO.
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2- ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR ALL
INSTITUTIONS-
A- CONVENTIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Universities and colleges of Education
To Admit 60% Science and 40% Arts
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B- SPECIALIZED INSTITUTIONS
Varsities of technology, Agriculture etc
To admit 100% sciences ( but 80% sciences
and 20% others….. For state varsity and
colleges of Education)
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C- Polytechnic and colleges of Technology
To admit 70% Sciences and 30% Arts
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3- UTME/DIRECT ENTRY ratio
To Admit 90% UTME
“. “. 10% DE
Where the 10% for DE is not utilized, UTME
candidates should be used in completing the
quota
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4- ISSUES TO NOTE BY ALL Institutions….
The list of candidates that has crossed the
minimum cutoff of Jamb but were not
admitted into a particular institution should
be forwarded back to jamb, as this
candidates will be redistributed to other
institutions who need them for
consideration…..most preferably their 2nd
choice institution….
(This means that those who scored the
general cutoff say 180 or 200 and above but
couldn’t reach the departmental cutoff and
were not admitted will be forward to other
institution for admission consideration, just
like eligibility stuff last year)
5- STUDY HERE PROPERLY,
In the Meeting, Jamb did some evaluations
on processes some universities has been
following in the former years as a case
study, they used this two varsities which
don’t normally write pume as a case study
but uses screening method: these are:
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Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University and its
affiliates 2015/2016 mode of admission,
Jamb made remarked on the life span of
certificates (O-level) which the school
indicated as 5yrs only for you to be
admitted, and Jamb also made remarks on
how much this varsity collects from
aspirants
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Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida’s who use
jamb grading systems like 180- 185 as 20
points, 186-190 as 21 points and So on…
Jamb faulted and made remarks on
1- why they should screen candidates before
recommendation and presentation to jamb
2- The weighted course requirements and
grades put some students to disadvantage
3- fees charged for screening, HOW MUCH??
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In the meeting, Jamb made some sampled
printouts of some federal universities that do
conduct written exams…. Using Futo,
unilorin , uniabuja, and Unilag as a case
study
. Using FUTO Mechanical Engineering
department as an example, they have the
capacity to admit a total number of 193 for
that department…
they suppose to admit 87 on merit, 68 for
catchments( they have 5 catchments states,
so 68 divided by 5 = 13.5, so they suppose
to admit 14 for each catchment states), 39
for EDLS (they have 23 EDLS so 39/23 =
1.6~ 2 for each EDLS)….
But they summary/outcome jamb gave for
futo was: 92:70:14 for merit: catchment:
ELDS
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Unilorin admission for law which has a
capacity of 89 was also used and the
outcome was that they admitted a total of
70 instead of 89 using merit, catchments
and ElDS….
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Uniabuja with a capacity of 444 for
Economics department admitted just 370
.
Unilag with a capacity of 280 for law
department had a summary/outcome of 270
instead of 280…
.
For private institution, they used about 5
institutions as case study, where
Covenant varsity, with 111 capacity for
Engineering end up admitting just 45 (I
guess due to lack of candidates), Salem
varsity Lokoja which have a capacity to
admit 20 for computer Engineering ended up
admitting just 8 (due to lack of candidates)
and so on for the remaining 3 varsities used
as sample….
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For State institutions: Imsu, Lautech,
Kaduna. State varsity and 2 others were
used, the outcome looked partly like federal
uni outcome for those state varsity like imsu
who have candidates every year and some
outcomes looked like that of private varsity
for some state universities that lacks
candidates every year…
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6- After the whole evaluation, JAMB came
up with this As the MODALITIES TO BE
TAKEN THIS YEAR By All institutions:
PROPOSED JAMB MODEL FOR SCREENING
OF RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES*
_1.Screening of candidates shall be for
those offered *Provisional Admissions*
ONLY.
_2.No *written examination* to be
conducted._
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3.Verification of Course Requirements (O
levels or A levels)._
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4.Verification of valid JAMB results by
checking:_
_i.Online Result Slip_ _ii.Printout_
_iii.Provisional Admission Letter_
_iv.Photo Album_
_v.Check list_
_vi.Biometrics
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*5.Institutions are free to source from other
Course(s) to compensate for SHORTFALL in
any of the criteria..
This new method uses a point system that is
easy to understand, the whole process is
divided into main points as follows;
1) Before a candidate can seat be
considered for screening, he/she must have
been given provisional admission by Jamb.
The Jamb admission checker portal is going
to be opened soon for this process, so
praying is all you can do now.
2) THE POINT SYSTEM:
This is the most critical part of the process.
Jamb’s provisional admission no longer
makes much sense this year, your points
tally will decide your faith. The points are
evenly spread out between your O’level and
Jamb results to provide a level playing field
for all.
In the first case, any candidate who submits
only one result which contains his/her
relevant subjects already has 10points, the
exam could be NECO, WAEC , GCE etc,
but any candidate who has 2 sittings only
gets 3 points. So this means that aspirants
with only one result are at an advantage but
only just.
The next point grades fall into the O’level
grades. Each grades has it’s equivalent
point, A=6 marks, B=4 marks, C=3 marks, so
the better your grades the better your
chances.
The next point is the UTME scores. Each
score range has its equivalent point which
can be summarized thus, 180-200=20-23
marks, 200-250=24-33 points,
251-300=34-43, 300-400=44-60 points. Each
categories contains 5 Jamb results per point
added, for example a candidate with 180-185
gets 20points, a candidate with 186-190 gets
21 points etc.
Points system for DE will be released soon.
3) It then comes down to the fact that fees
will still be charged for screening, it depends
on the school as well.
4) Catchment and ELDS will still be used!

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