Joint admissions and matriculation board

2020 UTME:

sale of forms

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says over 650 Computer Based Test (CBT), centres have so far been accredited for its upcoming 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The board has fixed this year’s examination for March 14 to April 4, while an optional mock examination for candidates is scheduled for Feb. 18.
Similarly, the board had said that it would commence the sales of its registration documents from Monday, Jan. 13, to Monday, Feb. 17.
The Head, Media and Information of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that arrangements for the commencement of the sales of the documents nationwide had been concluded.
“We are set to go. Logistics have been put in place to ensure a smooth process.
“Like you may know, over 650 CBT centres have been accredited for this year’s examination and the board expects nothing short of the best practices.
“We have clearly defined the process, just like we have also put mechanism in place that will address any challenge or challenges that may arise before, during and even after the examination.
“We also want to emphasise the fact that there is no going back on the use of the National Identification Number (NIN), for the acquisition of the registration documents by prospective candidates,” he said.
He urged candidates seeking to sit for this year’s UTME and who are yet to acquire the NIN to intensify efforts to do so in order to participate in the examination.

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15. Once a candidate is not given the course he or she applied to study, the candidate can either accept or reject the admission.
16. There should be a market place where institutions can demand for candidates who met the admission criteria of the institution but have not been admitted or have rejected the admission offered to them regardless of whether or not such candidates chose them during JAMB registration.
17. Candidates can equally accept or reject an offer for “admission consideration” which is different from “offer of admission.”
18. The time period to either accept an admission or reject it is 3 days, once you accept the admission you can’t reject it.
19. Most of the institutions do not fill their admission quota every year because they don’t know there are candidates they can still admit. The Central Admission Processing System will help resolve that.
20. The Central Admission Processing System is very secured. Anyone that tries to break it will fail and if the person by chance succeeds, the person will find him or herself in EFCC or ICPC box.

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11. The Central Admission Processing System enables JAMB to verify the O’level results uploaded by candidates directly from the examination bodies like WAEC, NECO and NABTEB
12. With the new JAMB Central Admission Processing System (CAPS), institutions can not admit anybody under the table or give anyone a “backdoor admission”
13. Candidates can have Access to their dashboard on CAPS with their JAMB registration Number and be able to know their admission status at any time.
14. With the New Central Admission Processing System, Candidates can now accept or reject Admission.

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7. The cut-off mark of a school does not determine the quality or standard of education in that school.
8. About Six other countries in the world have the similar admission process with Nigeria; these countries include China, Spain, Iran, Republic of Georgia, Turkey
9. The O’Level result submitted by candidates must be verified before a candidate is given admission.
10. The Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) is an automated system and was introduced to replace the manual process of admitting student.

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4. The JAMB cut-off mark is simply a threshold below which no institution can admit a candidate. This simply means that each school has the right to set its own cut-of mark even for the different departments. But the cut-off mark of the school should not be below the one set by JAMB.
5. Obtaining a high score in JAMB UTME does not automatically qualify a candidate for admission in any school. Such candidate must equally meet the criteria or other standard that may be set by the institution he or she selected. These criteria includes; Post-UTME screening, O’level result grading, State of origin, Gender, Science to arts ratio etc
6. A candidate is not automatically qualified for admission based on the JAMB score. A candidate is admitted using the “Effective Cut off Mark” which is the mark arrived at after all the admission criteria set by the institutions have been considered.

IMPORTANT THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT JAMB ADMISSION PROCESS

1. JAMB is a ranking body and not an examination like WAEC and NECO and therefore the test which is conducted by JAMB is not a pass or fail test but a way of ranking already qualified candidates for admission consideration by institutions.
2. JAMB UTME is necessitated by the fact that there are no enough spaces in institutions to admit candidates. If the spaces are enough, there will be no need for candidates to participate in UTME.
3. JAMB major role in the admission process is to ensure candidates are treated fairly in the admission process as well as ensuring institutions keep to their set criteria for admission.will ensure all Tertiary institutions to follow what they advertised in their various Brochures

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on September 21st held its sensitization programme on the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) which also highlighted important aspects of the admission process.

Professor Is-haq Oloyede was the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, from October, 2007 and Chairman Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC) from 2011 to 2012. Prof. Oloyede served as the board of many reputable university organisations. He was the Chairman, Committee of Directors of Academic planning in Nigerian Universities – 2002 to 2004. He was until his voluntary resignation in 2011 the President, Association of African Universities (a position he relinquished to pave way for another Nigerian-the former vice-chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Olugbenro Jegede)- to assume office as the CEO/Secretary General of the association. He served on the board of Association of commonwealth Universities (ACU), 2010 to 2012 and International Association of Universities (IAU), 2008 to 2012. He was the Executive Secretary and National Coordinator of the Nigerian Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) from 2007 to 2012 and currently the Secretary General of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs. He is an International Advisory Board member of International Network for Higher Education in Africa (INHEA). He has authored and co-authored several articles in reputable local and international outlets. Prof. Oloyede is married with 4 children and 7 grandchildren.

PROFESSOR IS-HAQ OLAREWAJU OLOYEDE
Prof. Is-haq Olarewaju Oloyede was born in October 1954. He hails from Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State. He had his Secondary Education from 1969-1973 at the Progressive Institute, Agege Lagos and Arabic Training Centre Agege, Lagos, (Markaz) from 1973-1976 and later to the University of Ibadan between 1976 and 1977 where he obtained a certificate in Arabic and Islamic Studies.
His tertiary education began in the University of Ilorin in 1978 where he studied Arabic and was awarded a B.A. Arabic (First Class Hons) in 1981. In July 1982 he was appointed an Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Religions of the University. In 1991, he had his Doctorate degree in Islamic Studies also from the University of Ilorin.
Prof. Oloyede earned several scholarships and prizes during his student days, notable among which were the Arab League prize for the best final year Certificate student in Arabic and Islamic Studies in 1977 at the University of Ibadan; Federal Government undergraduate merit award from 1979 to 1981; Department of Religions Award, University of Ilorin, 1981 and Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Award, Unilorin also in 1981.
Prof. Oloyede, who had attended several training programmes across the nation, is also a member of many learned and professional societies. He is a fellow of the Islamic Academy of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Fellow, Academy of Entrepreneurship; Member, Nigerian Association of Teachers of Arabic and Islamic Studies (NATAIS); Member, Editorial Board, Centre for Islamic Legal Studies, ABU, Zaria, among, several others. Between 1995 and 1998, he was National President of the Unilorin Alumni Association, and was a two-time 1st and 2nd National Vice-President of the Association, in previous years.
Prof. Oloyede was elevated to professorial rank in 1995. He was appointed Deputy Vice - Chancellor (Academic) on June 19, 2003 and Deputy Vice -Chancellor (Administration) on July 6, 2005.

JOINT ADMISSIONS AND MATRICULATION BOARD

Founded 1978
Type Examination board
Purpose :Admission into tertiary institution, through either the UTME or DIRECT ENTRY

Location :Nigeria

Official language English

Website
www.jamb.org.ng

JAMB RESULTS

After conducting and sitting for the examination, the board will release the score/results of candidates. And if you scored 100 mark, you will be eligible to apply for polytechnic/college of education, if you score above 150, you will be eligible to apply for a university admission. However, JAMB has raised cut-off mark to 160 for university admission .

JAMB CBT CENTRES

Jamb CBT (Computer Based Test) Centres are the various locations and centers in Nigeria approved by JAMB for the registration of the UTME examination. There are various JAMB CBT centers/locations in the 36 states in Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory (Nigeria), FCT.
JAMB Examination
Every year, the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board,(JAMB) conduct an examination that will determine if a student will be admitted to the higher school. The registration for the CBT test/exam last for about three to four weeks of commencement. The exam lasts for just about two weeks of it's kick off.
Although little time is given in between the end of registration and commencement of the exams.