JAMB Set 31st Octaber Deadline For 2014/2015 Admissions

Chairman, Governing Board of JAMB Mr Peter Eze, on
Monday, appealed to tertiary
institutions in the country to
abide by the admissions
timetable as adopted at JAMB’s policy meeting of July 1. Eze was speaking at the first technical meeting on 2014 Admissions, held at the Multipurpose Hall, University of Lagos, on Monday.

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 2014/15 session.