The JAMB registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede |
The figure is based on the admission statistics prepared by
the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for the three years.
The statistics for 2018, 2019 and 2020 were made available
on the board’s website.
The board is still working on the 2021 statistics following
the conclusion of the 2021 admissions.
while tertiary institutions are at liberty to determine
their respective cut-off marks for admission, there is a widely held belief
that candidates who score higher marks have advantages over those with poor
UTME scores.
In 2018, JAMB noted that though a total of 4,683 candidates
scored 300 and above, only 3,683 gained admission while 1,000 candidates were
unable to gain admission.
In 2019, a total of 2,967 candidates scored 300 and above,
while 2,288 candidates got admitted 679 were denied admission.
In 2020, a total of 4,948 students scored 300 and above,
while 3,492 candidates were admitted, 1,456 were denied admission.
The JAMB registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, on the website of
the board listed, “Wrong O’Level subject combination; low post-UTME screening
score; non-acceptance of admission offer; duplication of application; absence
from post-UTME screening and mismatch of catchment” as some of the reasons some
candidates who scored over 300 marks did not get admission.
Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH on Monday, an
educationist, Roseline Obamiyi, said there was the need to sensitise students
and parents on the need to select the right combination of subjects for UTME
examinations.
Obamiyi said, “The issue of subject combination is a big
deal. In the JAMB brochure, there are UTME subject combinations for different
courses. Similarly, at the O’Level, there are certain combinations.
“For instance, you can’t be aspiring to study Medicine and
choose Mathematics, English and Religious Studies as your UTME subjects.
Students and parents need to be sensitised. JAMB is already doing enough by
sensitising through the distribution of JAMB brochures.”
Meanwhile, a statement from the board’s Head of Public
Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Monday directed all candidates who
registered for the UTME and DE but had yet to link their e-mail addresses with
their profile to visit any JAMB approved Computer Based Test centres and do so.
“With the examination completed, it has now become
imperative for candidates to link their e-mail addresses with their profiles to
complete their registration process to facilitate the printing of their
results.
“To do this, all a candidate needs to do is to visit any accredited
CBT centre to get the linkage done after which the e-mail becomes part and
parcel of the candidates’ completed profiles,”
Benjamin said.