22/08/2017
Report from the ongoing JAMB policy meeting indicates that
JAMB has introduced the Central Admission Processing
System (CAPS) which is geared towards ensuring quality
control, transparency and credibility of the admission
process.
According to a participant, the new policy is expected to
make provision for a ‘market place’ in the JAMB portal
where institutions can go and ‘request for students in
Nigeria who score their cut off points.’
These institutions will write to JAMB to request for the
students and also give them (students) three days to
respond. Also, only three universities can request for a
candidate if the policy is adopted.
The new policy is also expected to allow institutions in
Nigeria peg their cut off point after meeting with their
respective senates.
The new policy will also give the academic board or senate
of an institution the power to ‘allocate percentages to JAMB,
the school and O’level results as these will be calculated to
get the students’ cut off marks for post-UTME.’
It was also learnt that JAMB wants to ensure there is a
unified time for closing admission in all universities.
If the policy sails through, there will be a portal for admission
which will be based on cut off points, quota system and
catchment areas.
“The new system is such that institutions can only admit
those who meet their cut off points,” an admission officer for
a tertiary institution who was at the meeting said. “If a
candidate does not meet the cut off, no matter whom he or
she knows, such person cannot be admitted.”
The official said the system was demonstrated to all the
attendees at Monday’s meeting, most of whom expressed
satisfaction with it.
Also, the policy intends to make provisions for candidates to
accept and reject any admission being offered to them.
The intended policy also looks out for candidates who are
unable to go for National Youth Service, NYSC, because they
do not have JAMB admission letters. This set of students
could be asked to pay a fee, about N10,000 for regularisation
and would be able to go for the youth service.
JAMB is expected to formally brief journalists on these new
policies on Tuesday afternoon.“`
