JAMB RECORDS BROKEN; BEST JAMB RESULT SO FAR 337

 Direct Entry (DE) applicants seeking admission to Nigerian universities must henceforth take the UTME along with other applicants, according to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

According to JAMB, the goal of the new policy is to make sure that DE candidates can adequately explain why they have their A-level credentials.

This information was revealed in a statement that the board's Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, provided to journalists in Abuja on Thursday following the management committee meeting.

He claimed that the purpose of the committee meeting was to assess the recent crisis seen in the administration of the 2023 DE registration.

According to Benjamin, the policy revision also aims to solve the flaws that have allowed abuses of the DE admissions procedures.

According to him, this policy is to be positioned within the scope of the board's relentless efforts to promote openness, accountability, and good governance in order to enhance the growth of the country's education sector.

He claimed that the development demonstrated the board's dedication and resolve to alter the unfavorable perception of A 'level admissions to higher education in Nigeria.

The board has stated that it is determined to move through with measures to reform how public exams are held in Nigeria.

The board claimed that the implementation of some of its recently approved procedures meant to reduce irregularities in the admission value chain given our national idiosyncrasies was to blame for the seeming crisis.

As it would encourage openness, accountability, and good governance, he said, "this policy is to be situated within the ambit of the Board's relentless efforts aimed at enhancing the growth of the nation's education sector."

He continued, noting that the board had once again sent N2 billion as its interim surplus for the 2023 fiscal year and that additional transfers would be made once the year's operations were finished.

He said that doing so was in keeping with the management team lead by Board Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede's vow to use technology and discipline to run the board's business.

"Since taking office, the management team under Prof. Oloyede has transferred nearly N55 billion to the Federal Government's coffers.

"This is significantly more than the less than N60 million that the board had contributed during the 38 years of its existence before to Prof. Oloyede's appointment.

"When the current registrar took over, he established a policy stating that whatever would be done, must be on the table.

The narratives have been altered as a result, and JAMB now reports enormous returns to the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF).

"These returns were supported by the board's increased internal operational capabilities attained through direct execution of its processes and procedures, which right away saved, for example, N1.2 billion in annual service provider payments.

Additionally, it shows a reduction in the N1.2 billion annual payment to another to roughly N400 million with the same service provider. Additionally, in 2016 in upscale neighborhoods of Abuja, approximately N1.2 billion in cash and property were recovered, he added.

Benjamin said, "The steps ensured that the board, which had collectively paid about N55 million to the national treasury over the course of its 40-year existence, rendered N7.8 billion in the first year of its existence."

Benjamin said, "The steps ensured that the board, which had collectively paid about N55 million to the national treasury over the course of its 40-year existence, rendered N7.8 billion in the first year of Oloyede's assumption of office."

He said that it has also made a direct contribution of nearly N27 billion to the national treasury.

"The remitted amount is without regard to the 30% reduction in its application fee (N10.8 billion in the four years since the reduction)," the statement reads.

"Capital Fund (N11 billion), Special Staff Welfare Scheme (N2 billion), and Annual Awards/Grants to Tertiary Institutions for Capital Projects (N1 billion)." This will bring the cumulative surplus over the past six years to around N54 billion," he said.