The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted the point system option as the basis for its admission process for 2016.

The new modality was agreed upon after a weeklong meeting between JAMB, universities and other tertiary institutions’ administrators.

The admission process would work for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates and direct entry students while universities are to charge fees for screening of candidates at the end of the process for admission.

JAMB’S PROVISIONAL ADMISSION MUST PRECEDE UNIVERSITY’S

Before a candidate can be considered for screening, he/she must have been offered a provisional admission by JAMB.

What this means is that without a provisional admission from JAMB, a candidate is ineligible for consideration by any tertiary institution.

ADMISSION TO DEPEND ON POINTS

JAMB’s provisional admission will now depend on the tally of points attained by a candidate.

The points are evenly spread out between a candidate’s O’ Level and JAMB results “to provide a level-playing field for all”, JAMB management says.

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