A complete of 125 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examinations candidates who scored 300 and above in 2021 didn’t achieve admission into tertiary establishments, Sunday PUNCH has learnt.
The determine relies on the admission statistics ready by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for the interval beneath evaluation.
Sunday PUNCH reviews that whereas tertiary establishments are at liberty to find out their respective cut-off marks for admission, there’s a broadly held perception that candidates who rating increased marks have benefits over these with poor UTME scores.
In line with the statistics obtained from the board by our correspondent on Saturday, a complete of 715 candidates scored 300 and above within the 2021 examinations.
Out of the 715, JAMB famous that solely 590 had been admitted, whereas out of the 125 who had been denied admissions, JAMB famous that 35 of them utilized for Drugs.
A complete of 64 utilized for Engineering-related programs; one for schooling; 18 for Science-related programs.
Moreover, the board additionally revealed that whereas 4 of the candidates utilized for programmes beneath the social sciences; solely three utilized for programs beneath admissions.
Commenting on the event, the board blamed sure elements on the non-admission standing of the 125 excessive scorers.
“No Arithmetic in UTME mixture disadvantages Drugs candidates; English & Literature in UTME mixture serving to legislation candidates to be admitted into English, Mass Communication, and so on.
The board additionally famous that some candidates didn’t add their O’Degree outcomes on CAPS.
It nonetheless said that, “sensitization of candidates to add O’ degree outcomes on CAPS is yielding outcomes”.
In the meantime, JAMB on Saturday printed a number of the tips for the 2022/2023 admissions.
Among the tips, which had been obtained from the web site of the board, partly reads, “Each establishment is at liberty to find out the minimal UTME rating acceptable to it for admission.
“Equally, for DE, every establishment will decide the variety of factors required by it for direct entry admission. Nonetheless, no establishment can suggest or admit any candidate with lower than two factors for direct entry.
“No establishment might be allowed to suggest or admit any candidate whose UTME rating is beneath the brink of 140 and 100 for Diploma and ND/NCE, respectively.
“No establishment is allowed to suggest or admit any candidate whose complete rating is beneath the minimal rating proposed by the Establishment and accredited by the Coverage Assembly. The totality of all scores getting used for the rating of the candidate shall be taken into consideration in figuring out the proportion minimal rating”.