JAMB set to upload names of successful candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will soon
commence the uploading of names of candidates who have been offered
admission into tertiary institution on its website.
The board's Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the
disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Friday in Lagos.
According to him, the board will ensure that Nigerian children are not
unjustly denied admission in any institution of their choice.
He said that the names of candidates that had satisfactorily met the
admission rules and regulations of the institutions and that of the
Federal Government would be uploaded soon.
"We have just concluded a five-day Technical Committee meeting on
Admission that started on Aug. 22 at the Bayero University Kano.
"A lot was deliberated upon and at the end everything came out successful.
"We have ensured that the admissions are done in line with the set
rules and regulations as provided by the Federal Government and the
various institutions.
"We are aware that the function of admission of candidates is solely
the job of the Senates of institutions and what we do as a board is to
see the guidelines used in admitting the candidates and ensure
ratification.
"We are passionate about ensuring that no candidate that meets any of
the admission rules and guidelines as provided by both the institution
and government is denied admission for whatever reason,'' he said.
The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had at the opening of
the meeting said that admissions would be carried out based on
guidelines approved for each institution by their respective
proprietors.
He also said that preference expressed for the institutions and
courses by the candidates would also be followed.
Oloyede assured that the admission of candidates into the respective
first choice institutions would be smooth. (NAN)