The board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin,
disclosed in a text message sent to our correspondent in Abuja on Wednesday.
The policy meeting will be chaired by the
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, with all heads of tertiary institutions in
attendance.
The meeting will chart policy directions
for the nation’s tertiary institutions, set admission guidelines and make a
holistic review of application statistics, performance as well as evaluate
admission exercise.
When asked if the board would be meeting on
July 21 and the topics for discussion, Fabian said, “Yes, admissions and
benchmarks will be discussed.”
No fewer than 1,761,338 candidates
registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct
Entry Examination.
The board noted that only 1,671,203 results
out of the 1,707,626 candidates who sat for the examinations were released.
The statistics indicated that 27,105
results would be subjected to further screening.
The board said 69 results were withheld
while 1,783 candidates are to be rescheduled to write as a result of biometric
challenges.
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