As the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) concludes arrangements to host the 2024 Policy Meeting on Admissions into tertiary institutions in Nigeria anytime
from now, anxious prospective students are earger for various decisions bordering on the 2024 admission exercises.
The meeting, which is to be chaired by the Hon. Minister of Education, Prof. Mamman
Tahir, would have other critical
stakeholders in the education sector in attendance.
These critical stakeholders include Heads of regulatory agencies such as the National Universities Commission(NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), National Council for Colleges of Education (NCCE), Heads of tertiary institutions in the country, and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), among others.
The policy meeting on admissions sets the tone for any particular years admission exercise, formulation of admission guidelines.
It also presents application statistics, candidates performance evaluation,as well as setting the acceptable minimum admissions standards for all tertiary institutions across Nigeria for the given year.
During the exercise, the Registrar will present reports on the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the ongoing Direct Entry (DE)
applications while also analysing key performance indicators that could shape the policy directions of the government in the area of admission.
Also,the meeting would apprise stakeholders of the salient issues that cropped up in the course of the previous year’s admission exercise.
In addition, the policy meeting would look at the performance of candidates in the current UTME to determine the years minimum admissible score.
It would be recalled that stakeholders had in the previous years agreed on the minimum admission requirement for admission into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education.
Furthermore, the meeting would determine the year’s admission requirements while kickstarting the admission process for the current year; discuss unresolved issues emanating from the previous academic year; and, at the same time, appraise the compliance of stakeholders with extant advisories and suggesting further amendments where necessary.
