By Dibu
Ojerinde
Below is my simple and humble
reaction to the noise about the list sent to institutions. I will only say:
"Father forgive them, for they
know not what they are saying" for now.
We are actually helping the
candidates not only to get admission but to get it on time.
The big universities are overloaded.
Can you imagine 8,000 students seeking for admission to study law in a
university that will take only 250 candidates for law!. The remaining 7750
candidates will wait endlessly and hopelessly till the end of the admission.
Or imagine 7500 candidates seeking
for medicine in a university. Of these 7500 candidates, 2000 scored above 250
in the UTME. The university has a carrying capacity of only 150 candidates for
medicine. The remaining 7350 who scored above 200 will be wasted. Particularly,
1750 candidates who scored above 250 will be wasted while other universities
either do not have enough candidates or high scoring candidates.
Courses like Biological Sciences,
Agric Engineering and related courses are lacking in candidacy!
We are saying, let's give them a
feel of chance somewhere else that has not gotten enough candidates by sending
the names of these HIGH scorers to "needy" universities.
The names of such surplus candidates
are being distributed to first Federal institutions, then State and finally
Private institutions in that order depending on:
- Availability of space in other universities,
- Choice of the course of the candidate,
- The geographical Zone of the choice of the candidate, and
- Performance of the candidate.
By this approach, wastage of HIGH
scores will be reduced, the fate of the candidates will be determined on time
and yet the interest of their areas of study may be satisfied.
addition, the concept of selection
by
- Merit,
- Catchment Area, and
- Educationally Less Developed States
Will be adequately catered for.
However, I am not saying that
everyone will get admission or even get their original choice of course of
study. But it is better than wasting the time, finances, and good scores of
these candidates. We need to fill the available spaces as given to us by the
regulatory bodies like NUC, NBTE, and NCCE.
If, however, a candidate does not
want the given opportunity, it is too "baaaad".
This scenario was made clear to the
institutions during the Policy meeting that took place on 14th July this year
in Abuja.
Before the Policy meeting, we had
discussions with the representatives of the Federal, State, and Private
universities where the degree of the problems of candidates were presented and
solutions were proffered. These decisions were backed up by copious statistics
of applications to various universities.
Again “Father forgive them, for they
know not what they are saying"
I believe that some so- called
educational consultants have some hidden agenda which are being thwarted by our
proactive steps. Let them know that this is a period of CHANGE. If they do not
CHANGE they will be CHANGED.
Dibu
Ojerinde is the registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB)
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