JAMB Meets On 2022/23 UTME July 21

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed Thursday, 21st July, 2022, for the policy meeting to discuss critical issues on the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Direct Entry (DE) applications, in addition to setting the tone for the 2022/2023 Admission exercise.

JAMB, in its weekly bulletin released yesterday said the two events, which are scheduled to hold the same day and place, will have in attendance heads of tertiary institutions, and heads of regulatory agencies in the education sector.

Others are critical stakeholders such as chairmen of the committee on education at the lower and Upper Chambers of the National Assembly.

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 management of the board said the meeting, which is to kick-start the 2022 admission process into the nation’s tertiary institutions, will be held before the National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Awards (NATAP-M).

“The policy meeting will discuss critical issues emanating from the presentation to be given by the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on the just-concluded 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Direct Entry 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 standards to be applied in all admissions to be undertaken by all tertiary institutions.

“The second event of the day, which is the 3rd Edition of the NATAP-M Awards, is an initiative of the Board to promote excellence in tertiary institutions. The 2022 NATAP-M Awards is the third edition and is meant for the 2020 Admission Session, which could not be in 2021 as most institutions were unable to conduct their admissions within the specified time frame owing to COVID-19 constraints,” it stated.