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.
