JAMB sets deadline, others for 2020/ 2021 admissions

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ( JAMB), has said all admissions into the nation’s tertiar y institutions for 2020/ 2021 academic session would end by June 15, 2021.

According to the board, the decision was collectively taken at a virtual meeting held with heads of tertiary institutions in the countr y. The announcement was contained in a statement made available to journalists yesterday.

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said the meeting with the institutions was aimed at knowing the level they had reached on the 2020/ 21 admissions scale.

“After a robust and insightful deliberation, members collectively agreed that all public universities are expected to finish their admissions on or before 15th May, 2021, while the private universities and all IEIS, polytechnics and colleges of education would complete theirs at the agreed date of 15th June, 2021,” the statement said.

Oloyede reiterated that the chosen deadlines remained sacrosanct and binding on all institutions as the board would not tolerate any breach of the collective decision reached at the meeting.

He said the board would announce, in a week’s time, the commencement date for sale of application documents for the

2021/ 2022 academic session.

The registrar urged all institutions to adhere strictly to all advisories issued to them on inter/ intra- university transfers, foreign inter- university transfers and fresh foreign candidates, change of programmes and institutions and other essential processes related to admission.

He said the directive was necessary to avoid unnecessary bickering that could endanger the future of innocent candidates and their subsequent mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps ( NYSC).