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.

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I must make it this year ooo