The reduction of admissions bench mark is to stop Nigerians from going for foreign education - JAMB

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By Igboamalu Chimezie Nelson

Abuja :The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has explained that the decision by stakeholders to reduce the the cut of points for the 2017 calendar year was geared towards reducing the search for Education abroad by Nigerians.

JAMB in a statement by its Head of Media Dr Fabian Benjamin said that education in the country in seriously retrogressive and fear of the public has led some to keep quiet in the matter.

It also said that the bench mark strictly condemned by the public is never strictly followed by tertiary institutions in the country and some have gone below the cut off mark, while many has offered admissions without candidates even sitting for jamb.

The Board which argued that the decision and controversies arising from the stakeholders action can be blamed on the rising trend for foreign education.

"Such and so many poorly thought out policies have pushed our frustrated candidates to developed and neighbouring African countries for education they can not get at home.

With respect to this, JAMB has vowed to press on with the bench mark adding that it won't be deterred to do what is right for the good of the country.

"The much trending controversy with the bench mark decided by stakeholders in the policy meeting is unnecessary.

"Today, we know that several Nigerians are out there in mushroom institutions and will come comeback with different kinds of certificate we can not ascertain its content.

" Our Naira is continually devalued and part of it is as a result of paying these fees.

"Irrespective of the turn of this event in our education history, our institutions hardly fill their carrying capacities.

He continued " Again this is not to say that once you score 120, admission is sure for you, our institutions will admit from the top to the least mark.

"We have started with monitoring, and strict adherence to admission guidelines and cut of mark is not excluded.

"In years past admissions was done with the worse cut off marks, we determined to correct this in the 2017 admission exercise. The board has designed a central admission processing system (CAPS) to check back door admission and other unlawful practices associated with admissions.

" We believe the system will bring out the good in us as it also allows students to track their admission status.

"This will enable them raise queries if students they score better is admitted, which CAPS will not allow any way, This is the transparency that education needs."


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