The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examinations (JAMB) has scrapped A’level results by the National Business and Technical Education Board (NABTEB) for candidates seeking to gain direct entry admissions to tertiary institutions.
Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the registrar of JAMB, disclosed this during the 2022 policy meeting.
He said, “The Honorable Minister of education has approved that the NABTEB A’level GCE will no longer be recognized as a qualification for DE from 2022.
“However, all those who have already obtained it prior to this date will be able to use it.”
Meanwhile,JAMB also revealed that only 378,639 of the 1,761,338 who sat for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations scored 200 and above.
Giving the statistics of the 2022 examination, Oloyede said that 378,639 scored above 200; a total of 520,596 candidates scored 190 and above ; 704,991 scored 180 and above; 934,103 scored 170 and above; 1,192, 057 scored 160 and above.
Speaking further, Oloyede noted that the board allowed candidates with awaiting results to register for the 2022 UTME.
“JAMB allowed awaiting results candidates to register and sit for the 2022 UTME. These candidates can’t be considered for admission on awaiting result status. They must present their O’level results on the board’s portal before the commencement of admissions”.