The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said wrong subject combination is one of the major reasons many candidates cannot secure admission into higher institutions of learning to pursue courses of their choice.
This was disclosed to Blueprint Monday by JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol in a statement credited to the board’s l zonal coordinator in Ogun state, Abdulhakeem Balogun.
Balogun said, “Wrong subject combination is one of the three
major reasons why many candidates miss out on admissions into higher
institutions.”
He, however, counselled parents and guardians to desist from forcing their children and wards to do courses in which they have no interest as that is capable of jeopardising their future.
Mr Balogun stated this at an education fair organised by Trinity International College, Ofada, Ogun state. The fair is designed to prepare students for
the 2023/2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The zonal coordinator, while reiterating JAMB’s zero tolerance for examination malpractice, used the forum to explain the right approach
for picking the right subject combination while applying for admission.
He further advised parents and guardians to regularly visit JAMB’s
website for further clarifications on any issue regarding admission instead of seeking same from touts who are only out to extort and misguide
them.
The college registrar, Mrs. Boyede Adebayo, in her response, described the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) introduced by JAMB in 2017 as an effective mechanism for eliminating admission racketeering in order to restore fairness, integrity and credibility to the admission process.
For guiding parents and candidates on the right path to follow and to avoid touts during UTME registration, one of the parents applauded the state zonal office for the public enlightenment and canvassed that the advocacy be replicated in all secondary schools across the 36 states and FCT.
