The Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB),
has clarified its position on
candidates awaiting results
being able to write admission
examinations into tertiary
institutions.
The examination body had
initially barred candidates
without their Ordinary Level
results from sitting for the
Universities Tertiary
Matriculation Examination
(UTME).
The board’s initial stand was
based on the fact that many
institutions have admitted
candidates on merit only for
them to discover that such
candidates do not have
qualified O’levels results or
the right combination for
admission.
Such schools had to delete
and start the process all over
again, thereby denying other
qualified candidates the
opportunities for admissions,
JAMB said initially.
However, JAMB on Thursday
said candidates awaiting
results are eligible to register
and sit for the UTME exams.
JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian
Benjamin, who confirmed
this to PREMIUM TIMES,
however said that any
candidate who fails to upload
their result between May and
August, would not be
confirmed to gain admission
into any tertiary institution.
According to him, this would
enable JAMB grant admission
to only qualified candidates
who are ready to advance
their educational pursuit in
tertiary institutions, conserve
resources and also provide
credible data.
“Nigerians are still not clear
whether candidates with
awaiting results will write
our exams or not,” he said.
“Today, we want to make it
categorically clear that
candidates with awaiting results are
eligible to register and sit for our
examinations. However, the board will
not confirm any admission for any
candidate with awaiting result.
“All candidates who are desirous of
tertiary education are to upload their O’
Level result on our site. We don’t want
to be giving admissions to candidates
that are not qualified to be admitted. It
has been discovered over time that most
of the times when these candidates are
admitted, they don’t meet the
requirements.
“You have from May up to August to
upload your result. At the point of
admission we would have sieved our
records and any candidate who has not
uploaded his or her result at that point,
is not eligible for admission.
“We have a good number of candidates
who have written their exams in years
past and they have their results ready
waiting for this process, we will factor
those ones and the few ones that will get
their results before August. We are not
working for those that will be writing
their exams. But if by chance you write
your O’ Level examinations and JAMB
this year and your result is ready, good
for you.”
He added that candidates, who are not
computer literate, have a choice of
applying for a UTME mock examination
at a fee of N700 nationwide.
Mr. Benjamin explained that the UTME
mock examination was optional and
aimed at allowing students have a feel of
the Computer Based Test (CBT),
especially those ignorant of the CBT
process.
The Joint Admission and
Matriculation Board (JAMB),
has clarified its position on
candidates awaiting results
being able to write admission
examinations into tertiary
institutions.
The examination body had
initially barred candidates
without their Ordinary Level
results from sitting for the
Universities Tertiary
Matriculation Examination
(UTME).
The board’s initial stand was
based on the fact that many
institutions have admitted
candidates on merit only for
them to discover that such
candidates do not have
qualified O’levels results or
the right combination for
admission.
Such schools had to delete
and start the process all over
again, thereby denying other
qualified candidates the
opportunities for admissions,
JAMB said initially.
However, JAMB on Thursday
said candidates awaiting
results are eligible to register
and sit for the UTME exams.
JAMB’s spokesman, Fabian
Benjamin, who confirmed
this to PREMIUM TIMES,
however said that any
candidate who fails to upload
their result between May and
August, would not be
confirmed to gain admission
into any tertiary institution.
According to him, this would
enable JAMB grant admission
to only qualified candidates
who are ready to advance
their educational pursuit in
tertiary institutions, conserve
resources and also provide
credible data.
“Nigerians are still not clear
whether candidates with
awaiting results will write
our exams or not,” he said.
“Today, we want to make it
categorically clear that
candidates with awaiting results are
eligible to register and sit for our
examinations. However, the board will
not confirm any admission for any
candidate with awaiting result.
“All candidates who are desirous of
tertiary education are to upload their O’
Level result on our site. We don’t want
to be giving admissions to candidates
that are not qualified to be admitted. It
has been discovered over time that most
of the times when these candidates are
admitted, they don’t meet the
requirements.
“You have from May up to August to
upload your result. At the point of
admission we would have sieved our
records and any candidate who has not
uploaded his or her result at that point,
is not eligible for admission.
“We have a good number of candidates
who have written their exams in years
past and they have their results ready
waiting for this process, we will factor
those ones and the few ones that will get
their results before August. We are not
working for those that will be writing
their exams. But if by chance you write
your O’ Level examinations and JAMB
this year and your result is ready, good
for you.”
He added that candidates, who are not
computer literate, have a choice of
applying for a UTME mock examination
at a fee of N700 nationwide.
Mr. Benjamin explained that the UTME
mock examination was optional and
aimed at allowing students have a feel of
the Computer Based Test (CBT),
especially those ignorant of the CBT
process.
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