The Joint Admis­sions and Ma­triculation Board (JAMB) has urged uni­versities, polytechnics and other tertiary insti­tutions in the country to conclude all admissions process for the 2016/2017 academic session before the end of November this year.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, stat­ed this in his speech de­livered during the ongo­ing technical meeting on 2016 admissions to first choice institutions at the Bayero University, Kano.
In the speech, which was made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, Prof Oloyede said the board would not interfere with the list of candidates sent for the 2016 admissions, but urged the institutions to ensure the admission process is sped up.
His words: “We should ensure that the admis­sions exercise is conclud­ed before or by the ap­proved deadline of 30th November, 2016.”
While warning that no name of candidate must emanate from any other source outside the list prepared and recom­mended by the tertiary institutions, the Registrar said the 2016 admissions, will be as smooth as ever.
He said: “The only difference between this year’s admissions process and what has always been the practice, is the policy that there should be no written post UTME test. All other processes should and will be as they have always been.
“The Senate or Aca­demic Board of each institution has the pre­rogative of admitting candidates to their re­spective institutions sub­ject of course, only to Na­tional Policies.”