The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to hold the 2022 policy meeting for the 2022/2023 admission on Thursday the 21st of July, 2022.
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The board’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, revealed this in a text sent to The PUNCH in Abuja on Wednesday.
The policy meeting will be chaired by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, with all incumbent 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 amongst others.
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.”
Current Statistical Data
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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