JAMB stays sole physique for tertiary admissions in Nigeria – FG 

The Federal Authorities has dismissed stories claiming that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is not required for admission into tertiary establishments, describing them as false and deceptive.

The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, made this identified in an announcement on Wednesday by way of the Ministry’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade.

Alausa stated the Federal Authorities had not made any coverage modifications relating to tertiary admissions.

“The Honourable Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa CON, needs to categorically state that this report is fake, baseless, and didn’t originate from the Federal Ministry of Schooling. At no level did the Ministry subject or authorize any assertion suggesting that JAMB is not obligatory for admission into tertiary establishments,” the assertion learn. 

Clarification on JAMB’s function 

Based on the Ministry, the established processes for college, polytechnic, and school admissions haven’t modified.

“For the avoidance of doubt, JAMB stays the statutory and legally empowered physique answerable for conducting entrance examinations and coordinating admissions into all tertiary establishments in Nigeria. The established admission processes by way of JAMB stay absolutely operational, and any opposite info must be disregarded in its entirety,” they said 

The Ministry reaffirmed its place, stressing that it has no connection to the deceptive publication and calling on the general public, particularly potential college students, mother and father, and tertiary establishments, to rely solely on official communication channels of the Ministry and JAMB for credible and verified info.

• Dr. Alausa additionally cautioned media organisations, bloggers, and on-line platforms towards publishing unverified info that might mislead the general public.
• He stated the Ministry stays dedicated to defending the integrity of the admission course of and guaranteeing that advantage and due course of information all admissions into larger establishments.

He additional warned that the unfold of faux information inside the training sector may trigger pointless confusion and undermine the credibility of Nigeria’s tertiary training system.

What it is best to know 

The Federal Authorities’s clarification on JAMB’s function comes shortly after it accepted new admission pointers to develop entry to larger training. The brand new coverage is to make it simpler for extra Nigerians to achieve admission by adjusting entry necessities throughout universities, polytechnics, and schools of training.

• Whereas universities will nonetheless require 5 credit, together with English, Arithmetic will now solely be obligatory for Science, Know-how, and Social Science programs. In contrast to the earlier requirement of at the very least 5 credit score passes in no more than two sittings, together with English and Arithmetic, no matter course or establishment kind.
• With these modifications, the Ministry tasks that a further 250,000 to 300,000 college students could possibly be admitted every year.
• Polytechnics and schools of training can now admit college students with a minimal of 4 related credit, relying on the programme.

The Nationwide Innovation Diploma (NID) has additionally been scrapped, with Innovation Enterprise Academies now issuing Nationwide Diplomas (NDs) to align with nationwide requirements. The Ministry confused that the reforms is not going to decrease educational requirements however are supposed to create fairer and extra versatile alternatives for Nigerian college students.