Spokesperson for JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday in Abuja announced the decision of jamb to withdraw the current admission list stating "the new development was to ensure that universities perform their statutory responsibility of selecting candidates and referring them to JAMB for confirmation and not the other way round"
Universities will conduct admission according to consonance with the admission criteria of merit, catchment area and educationally disadvantaged states as directed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, during the policy committee meeting.
Benjamin stated that the earlier list was sent to help speed up the process of admission so as to stop a repeat of last years delay in admission and resumption by various universities.
Candidates should not panic on the new development on the process of the 2016 admission exercise.
The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde stated."JAMB regrets any inconvenience this decision would have caused the tertiary institutions,” while given admission conditions for the 2016/2017 academic session, he said " it would only give approval after appropriate screening of the candidates by the institutions had been done."
He added, “JAMB wishes to state that the latest list of candidates sent to all the tertiary institutions contains candidates who qualified for screening based on the individual institutions’ capacity. It’s not in any way an admission list.
However, if this list is not sufficient for the need of any institution, such institution can source from the omnibus printout earlier sent to them by the board.
The public and all tertiary institutions should note that admission will only be approved by the board after appropriate screening of the candidates by the institutions.
The intention of the board is to ensure that available spaces are adequately utilized.
Federal Government had also clarified its ban on Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the general admission procedures, saying it "does not in any way affect the statutory role of the senate of any university or the academic board of any tertiary institution conducting its admissions."
He said and i quote “following conflicting reports in the media over the roles of universities and JAMB in admission under the new dispensation.How far this new development would affect aspirants is still yet to be fully understood.
According to him, the role of JAMB is to conduct the UTME, compile the list of candidates whose scores meet the cut-off marks (180 and above) and send same to the universities.
