The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it
will hold its 2015 Policy meeting on July 14 to determine cut-
off marks for admission of candidates into tertiary
institutions. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr
Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Public Relations Officer, and
made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos.
”The 2015 Policy Meeting
which usually comes up with
the cut-off point has been
fixed for 14th July, 2015. ”This
meeting defines the criteria
for the year’s admissions into
higher institutions,’’ it
said. The statement said that
the cut-off points are arrived
at after extensive deliberations with vice-chancellors of
universities, provosts of colleges of education, rectors of
polytechnics, monotechnics as well as innovative enterprise
institutions and other stakeholders.
It said that the meeting was usually held after the schools
would have completed the Computer Based tests (CBT). The
statement said that the CBT had assisted the board to fight
against examination malpractice within the nation’s
examination system.
The statement said the CBT initiative had helped to address
the numerous challenges confronting the conduct of public
examination in the country. ” Today, the board has found
the magic wand.
”This year’s examination was one of the most successfully
conducted exercises by the board. “The exercise took place
for over two weeks in 389 centres in Nigeria, Ghana,
Republic of Cameroon and the United Kingdom,’’ he said..
will hold its 2015 Policy meeting on July 14 to determine cut-
off marks for admission of candidates into tertiary
institutions. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr
Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Public Relations Officer, and
made available to newsmen on Thursday in Lagos.
”The 2015 Policy Meeting
which usually comes up with
the cut-off point has been
fixed for 14th July, 2015. ”This
meeting defines the criteria
for the year’s admissions into
higher institutions,’’ it
said. The statement said that
the cut-off points are arrived
at after extensive deliberations with vice-chancellors of
universities, provosts of colleges of education, rectors of
polytechnics, monotechnics as well as innovative enterprise
institutions and other stakeholders.
It said that the meeting was usually held after the schools
would have completed the Computer Based tests (CBT). The
statement said that the CBT had assisted the board to fight
against examination malpractice within the nation’s
examination system.
The statement said the CBT initiative had helped to address
the numerous challenges confronting the conduct of public
examination in the country. ” Today, the board has found
the magic wand.
”This year’s examination was one of the most successfully
conducted exercises by the board. “The exercise took place
for over two weeks in 389 centres in Nigeria, Ghana,
Republic of Cameroon and the United Kingdom,’’ he said..
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