{"id":30752,"date":"2024-05-09T14:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=30752"},"modified":"2024-05-09T14:01:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:01:23","slug":"jamb-clarifies-admission-criteria-amidst-excellent-utme-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/05\/09\/jamb-clarifies-admission-criteria-amidst-excellent-utme-results\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMB Clarifies Admission Criteria Amidst Excellent UTME Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fabian Benjamin, spokesperson for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), addressed the reasons behind certain candidates not being admitted despite achieving outstanding results in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Arise Television, monitored by DAILY POST, Benjamin emphasized that admission hinges on the cut-off marks set by individual schools and departments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Analyzing the performance of any exercise requires understanding its underlying objectives,&#8221; Benjamin stated. He highlighted that the UTME is not merely a pass-fail test but a selection exercise designed to fulfill specific admission criteria.<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin elucidated this point by noting that candidates scoring below 200 in the UTME have not necessarily failed, as success is contingent upon the desired outcome of the examination. He provided an illustrative example, explaining that while a candidate with a score of 320 may not secure admission to a preferred program due to intense competition and limited capacity, another candidate with a lower score may be admitted based on the specific requirements of their chosen field of study.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The admission process is influenced by factors such as the candidate&#8217;s chosen program, the university&#8217;s ranking order, and the available capacity,&#8221; Benjamin clarified. &#8220;For instance, a candidate with a score of 180 or 200 may secure admission to study physics, while another with a higher score may face challenges if seeking admission to a competitive program like medicine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Benjamin underscored the importance of understanding the varying admission criteria across higher institutions, whether universities, polytechnics, or colleges of education. He emphasized that admission decisions are contingent upon factors beyond test scores, including program capacity and institutional preferences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu Fabian Benjamin, spokesperson for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), addressed the reasons behind certain candidates not being admitted despite achieving outstanding results in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In an interview with Arise Television, monitored by DAILY POST, Benjamin emphasized that admission hinges on the cut-off marks set by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":30341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30753,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30752\/revisions\/30753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}