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Only 30% of 1.7m candidates will get admission

The Registrar said most of the candidates who sat for the UTME do not have enough qualification to gain admission.

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Oloyede made this known during his meeting with the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund on Tuesday, October 24.

The Registrar said most of the candidates who sat for the UTME do not have enough qualification to gain admission to tertiary institutions in the country.

“It is not true that we have 1.7 million candidates that are ready to go into the Nigerian university system. Of the 1.7 million that took the exam, I can say conveniently that not more than 30 percent of them are not prepared for admission; they are just trying. They do not have the five O’Level required to go into the university,”

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“Let me also let us realise that 10 percent of the 1.7 million that we see or 1.9 million, as the case may be are not what can be categorised as belonging to the net enrollment ratio for entering tertiary education.” He said.

The Registrar also said that some of the candidates used awaiting result and as a result put JAMB in a tight corner when processing admission.

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