The University of Lagos on Monday says
it will go ahead with its screening of prospective candidates for
admission into the 2016/2017 academic session as scheduled.
The institution’s Deputy Registrar, (Information), Mr. Toyin Adebule, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
Adebule gave the university’s position
against the backdrop of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board
withdrawing the list of recommended candidates for admission, earlier
sent to the various universities.
NAN reports that UNILAG had,
last month, announced that it would begin screening candidates, who
chose the institution as their first choice with a cut-off point of 200
and above, between Wednesday Aug. 3, 2016 and Aug. 24, 2016.
“We want to inform the public that our
screening, for candidates that will be admitted for the 2016/17 academic
session, will still hold as scheduled from Aug. 3, 2016 to Aug. 24,
2016. It is true that JAMB had sent a list to us, which it had
considered as those who met our cut-off point. It is this same list that
it withdrew to allow the universities to carry out their admission
process as required by the law setting up their senates.
“There are statutory functions meant for
all university senates, among which admissions is part one. It is only
after selecting the candidates for admission that the senate refers the
list to JAMB for confirmation in line with the admission criteria of
merit, catchment and educationally disadvantaged states. And so, it is
only proper for JAMB to have taken this step, realising that it had
taken over the job of the universities’ senates,’’ he said.
Adebule, however, added that the
withdrawal of the list did not interfere with UNILAG’s proposed plan to
screen its candidates. He added that candidates would be screened based
on the authenticity of their results and their course combinations.
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