The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has made private universities attractive to more Nigerians, a Vice Chancellor of Lead City University, Ibadan, has said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Vice Chancellor Jide Owoeye expressed delight that the sustained redistribution efforts championed by the Registrar of JAMB, Dibu Ojerinde, had led to the renewed interest of applicants in private universities.
“For the first time, students who normally go to public universities have now been convinced to seek admission into private universities,” the don, who is also the chairman of the university’s governing council, said.
“We now have a lot of students who ordinarily do not think they can afford private universities coming in. There is a lot of ignorance among parents and students because application to JAMB is not application to one choice,” he added.
Owoeye also said that “anyone who has passed and made the cut-off mark can walk into a university, either public or private, and seek for admission.”
“JAMB has made this known to the students,” Owoeye claimed.
He also said Lead City University will soon unveil a scholarship and bursary scheme as part of initiatives to mark its tenth anniversary.
Owoeye, who said the formal inauguration of the scheme would hold during the institution’s graduation ceremony billed for December, added that the initiative was to celebrate “10 years of God’s faithfulness.”
“The reduction in fees as well as the scholarship and bursary we are giving is now offering an opportunity to such students to make a choice here. I can assure you that this is our tenth year and I am not aware of any other university under 10 years that has the infrastructure we have here, be it public or private,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Vice Chancellor Jide Owoeye expressed delight that the sustained redistribution efforts championed by the Registrar of JAMB, Dibu Ojerinde, had led to the renewed interest of applicants in private universities.
“For the first time, students who normally go to public universities have now been convinced to seek admission into private universities,” the don, who is also the chairman of the university’s governing council, said.
“We now have a lot of students who ordinarily do not think they can afford private universities coming in. There is a lot of ignorance among parents and students because application to JAMB is not application to one choice,” he added.
Owoeye also said that “anyone who has passed and made the cut-off mark can walk into a university, either public or private, and seek for admission.”
“JAMB has made this known to the students,” Owoeye claimed.
He also said Lead City University will soon unveil a scholarship and bursary scheme as part of initiatives to mark its tenth anniversary.
Owoeye, who said the formal inauguration of the scheme would hold during the institution’s graduation ceremony billed for December, added that the initiative was to celebrate “10 years of God’s faithfulness.”
“The reduction in fees as well as the scholarship and bursary we are giving is now offering an opportunity to such students to make a choice here. I can assure you that this is our tenth year and I am not aware of any other university under 10 years that has the infrastructure we have here, be it public or private,” he said.
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