The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would meet with institutions and relevant agencies on Thursday, July 21, 2022, to set the 2022/2023 admissions cut-off mark, amongst others. This was disclosed in the Board’s weekly bulletin which was released on Monday, stating that the meeting would be chaired by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.
The bulletin reads as follows: “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has fixed Thursday, July 21, 2022, for the 2022 Policy Meeting and the third edition (2020) of the National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit (NATAP-M) Awards. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, would chair the policy meeting as well as serve as the chief host of the NATAP-M Awards ceremony.
“The two events, which are scheduled to be held on the same day and place, will have in attendance heads of tertiary institutions, heads of regulatory agencies in the education sector, and other critical stakeholders such as Chairmen of the Committee on Education at the lower and upper chambers of the National Assembly”.
The 2022 policy meeting is expected to be held prior to the NATAP-M Award ceremony which is an initiative of JAMB aimed at promoting excellence in tertiary institutions.
According to JAMB, “The policy meeting will discuss critical issues emanating from the presentation to be given by the Registrar, JAMB, on the just concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination/Direct Entry (UTME/DE) applications, in addition to setting the tone for the 2022/2023 admission exercise.
“The policy meeting is expected to chart policy directions for the nation’s tertiary institutions, set admission guidelines and present application statistics, candidates’ performance, as well as evaluate the 2021 admission exercise. The meeting, among other things, will take a stand on acceptable minimum admission standard to be applied in all admissions to be undertaken by all tertiary institutions”.
The Board stated that the 2022 NATAP-M Award is meant to focus on the 2020 Admission Session, which could not be held in 2021 because most institutions suspended their admissions during the specified time frame as a result of constraints from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The categories for the award include, “The Most Subscribed Institutions by Candidates”, “The Most National Institution in Terms of Admission Spread”, “The Institution with the Highest Number of Admission of International Students”, “The Most Improved Institution in Gender Balance Over Previous Year”, amongst others.