JAMB Admission Policy, Deadline for 2015/16 Admission

JAMB demands compliance from tertiary
institutions in the country with the admission
timetable as adopted at JAMB’s policy
meeting. Dibu Ojerinde also announced the
deadline for the completion of 2015/2016 session
admission as October 31.
JAMB Registrar, Professor Dibu Ojerinde, on
Monday, appealed to tertiary institutions in the
country to abide by the admissions timetable as
adopted at JAMB’s policy meeting of July 14.
See : JAMB Cut-Off Marks for 2015/2016
Admission Exercise .
JAMB chairman who outlined other stipulations
of the policy, urged institutions to ‘adhere strictly
to the guidelines’. He gave the percentage ratios
for various forms of admissions, showing which
areas of study or categories of students should
be given preference.
His words: ‘60:40 (Science/Arts ratio)… 70:30
(Technology/non-technology ratio), as well as
the ratio of 40:40:20 (merit/catchment/
educationally less developed areas) for state-
owned institutions. Private institutions on the
other hand, are expected to give us acceptable
and national ratio they want to adopt in the
admissions exercise,’ he said.
Also speaking, the Registrar/Chief Executive
Officer of JAMB, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde,
announced October 31, as the deadline for
2015/16 session.
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Meanwhile, the JAMB Registrar, accused 15
universities, 15 Polytechnics and 15 Colleges of
Education of regularization of admission in 2014
admission process; he warned all tertiary
institutions to henceforth stop admitting such
students.
The institutions he accused included,University
of Port-Harcourt with 4,132 candidates, Ladoke
Akintola University Of Technology, Ogbomoso,
3,746, Delta State University, Abraka, 3,217, Niger
Delta University, Bayelsa, 3,217, Lead City
University, Ibadan, 1,873, Caritas University,
Amorji-Nike, Enugu, 1,078, University Of Abuja,
Abuja, 1,031, Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu,
943, Tai Solarin Univ. Of Education, Ijebu-Ode,
855, Tansain University Oba Anambra State 833,
The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro 832, University Of
Calabar 760, Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara
State 673, Madonna University, Okija 612, and
Crescent University, Abeokuta 471candidates.
In Polytechnic Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna
5,510 candidates, Abia State Polytechnic,Aba
4,322 , Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, 3,907
candidates, to mention a few of the schools.
In Colleges of Education, COE, the College Of
Education, Nsukka, Enugu State 1,175
candidates, Umar Suleiman College Of Education,
Gashua 1,058, Kano State College Of Education,
Kano 951 candidates.
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He warned, “With effect from 2015/2016
academic session, the Board will adequately
sanction defaulters who seek for regularization
of admissions. This is to ensure that our
institutions complete their admissions within the
period of admissions exercise”.