The
Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has disclosed that it
will not close that the change of courses and institutions procedures,
until 2017/2018 admission is concluded.
According
to Fabian Benjamin, it was wrong for any student to observe that the board would
close the change of courses and institutions procedure soon and advised
candidates to avoid panic, but take time to make decision that is
suitable for them, to secure admission into higher institutions.
He
further stated that the process is a continuous exercise and which the
board does not intend to close now but only after admission has been
concluded.
“This
is so because there are moments whereby candidates who chose particular
institution will not have opportunity there and other one will want to
offer them admission.
“If
closed it will be difficult to access such offer, all candidates need
to do is go back to the portal and make changes to those institutions
and access available opportunities.
“We want to avoid situation whereby candidates will have multiple admission and will take one and be denied that opportunity.
“When
we do that statistics will be strengthened; if candidates choose
University of Lagos and later consider Yaba-Tech the statistic will
reflect the second choice.
“So
that when we are giving account of admission of candidate, we will be
able to provide accurate statistic and not distorted data we have been
dishing out before,” he said.
He
said that the change is imperative for candidates who made mistakes
while choosing courses they want to study or the institution or
university they want to apply to.
Benjamin
explained that the process of change of courses and institutions could
be done with the payment of N2, 500 in JAMB Computer Based Tests (CBT)
centres and at other approved centres.
He,
therefore, advised candidates who wished to change their choice of
course or institution to think properly, before doing so to avoid
irregularities.
Benjamin
said that the board would hold the policy committee meeting on Aug. 21
and Aug. 22, to determine cut-off points for admissions this year into
various courses and tertiary institutions.
He
further said that the decision for the cut-off points for admission
would be decided by Vice-Chancellors of universities, Rectors of
Polytechnics and Mono-techniques and Provosts of Colleges of Education.
(NAN)
