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According to the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde during the Combined Policy Meeting held last week, candidates of universities with surplus applicants for the Unified Matriculation Examinations (UTME) are being reassigned to other universities with lower number of candidates than their capacities.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), during the Combined Policy Meeting, adopted this new policy for admission of UTME candidates into various universities in the country.

This policy he said will be beneficial to universities with lower number of candidates than their capacities, as this will ensure that these universities will have more candidates to admit. See specifically below how the JAMB registrar stated the expected benefits of the new admission policy.

According to the notice, JAMB registrar, Professor Dibu Ojerinde stated that the new policy portends two benefits:

1) It will be beneficial to "needy Universities" that is universities with lower number of candidates than their capacities, as this will ensure that these universities will have more candidates to admit.

2) Candidates will have better chances for admission in the universities they are re-assigned to, contrary to situations where they would await admission in the universities of their first choices until the admission exercise closes and they forfeit admission in that session.

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After the 2015/2016 JAMB UTME registration officially closed, the Nigerian Scholars Team compiled the list of most sought after universities.

Out of the over 180 universities in Nigeria, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has the highest number of JAMB UTME applicants with over 85,945 candidates seeking admission into the institution. This is followed by the University of Benin (UNIBEN) with over 60,020 applicants, and Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka (UNIZIK) with over 58,410 UTME applicants.

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The 4th, 5th, and 6th most popular higher institutions are the University of Nigeria, Nsukka – UNN (57,539 applicants), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria – ABU (52,785 applicants), and the University of Lagos – UNILAG(49,059 applicants) respectively.

How to Check Where You Have Been Posted For Admission

Candidates of the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been asked to visit the website of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to find out where they have been redistributed to.

The Head of JAMB, Lagos, Dr. Beatrice Okorie said candidates can begin to check on Monday 3rd of August.

Here is how candidates can check the university they have been posted to:

1. Go to the JAMB website: http://www.jamb.org.ng/

2. At the homepage, click the first option under the '2015 UTME' section which says "Check Where you have been posted for Admission"

3. In the dialogue box that appears, type in your Registration number

4. Click on the "Check Where you have been posted for Admission" tab

5. The portal will display your posting which you can print.

Post-UTME Eligibility Status Checking For All Institutions Is Free – JAMB

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied plans to sale scratch cards to candidates who are checking for the school they are re-posted to as a result of the new admission policy instituted by the board.

According to the board's Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, the internet access is free to all candidates.

The Board explained that the National cut-off marks of 180 for universities and 150 for Polytechnics, Colleges of Education and Innovative Enterprise institutions in the 2015 UTME was a benchmark to set the tone for 2015 admission exercise.

However, Universities and other levels of tertiary institutions are at liberty to go higher, but not lower, depending on their peculiarities and the performance of candidates that choose them. Provided these cut off marks are uniformly applied to all candidates based on existing admission criteria by proprietors of these institutions.

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