Seven Nigerian establishments win N750 million JAMB prize for compliance

For satisfactory compliance with admission tips, seven Nigerian tertiary establishments on Thursday obtained ‌N750 million in prizes awarded by the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board’s (JAMB) Nationwide Tertiary Admissions Efficiency Benefit Award (NATAP-M).

The winners –three universities, a polytechnic, a school of training and an innovation enterprise establishment– have been introduced with dummy cheques in the course of the award ceremony shortly after the 2024 coverage assembly on admissions into tertiary establishments, additionally convened by JAMB in Abuja on Thursday.

Based on the JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, the award initiated in 2018 was to recognise tertiary establishments complying with the admission tips and spur wholesome competitors among the many establishments in that regard.

JAMB’s Director of Admissions, Mohammed Babaji, famous that the company has recorded important enchancment in compliance because it began incentivising compliance with the annual prizes.

Deciding winners

Mr Oloyede listed 4 classes of the awards, together with three sectoral awards for polytechnics, schools of training and innovation enterprise establishments (IEI), and the general winner class.

He mentioned the general winner would earn a N500 million money prize whereas the primary and second runner-ups get N75 million and N25 million, respectively.

He added that the board would current N50 million every to the very best polytechnic and school of training and N10 million for the IEI.

He defined, nevertheless, that the establishments are solely eligible for the ‘general winner’ prize of N500 million as soon as in 5 years.

In a state of affairs the place the identical establishment wins for the second time inside 5 years, such an establishment will solely obtain a ‘nominal’ profitable prize of N40 million.

The runner-up for that yr will then obtain the N500 million money prize.
“To curtail serial profitable by an establishment, any winner-institution of the award can solely be given nominal award inside 5 years of full general profitable of the award,” he mentioned

The JAMB registrar defined that the board used 5 metrics to rank the establishments earlier than arriving on the winners for the classes of awards.

The metrics embody the very best in compliance with the coverage tips, essentially the most subscribed establishment by candidates, the best in variety of admitted worldwide college students, essentially the most improved in gender stability over the earlier yr in consumption of scholars and essentially the most nationwide in admission of candidates, which refers back to the establishments with essentially the most equal distribution of admitted college students from Nigeria’s 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).

Winners

The College of Ilorin, Kwara State, emerged as the general winner, with a N500 million money prize. Ahmadu Bello College, Zaria, Kaduna State, emerged second with N75 million money prize and Borno State College, Maiduguri, Borno State, got here within the third place with N25 million money prize.

Within the sectorial award for polytechnics, the Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna, Kaduna State, emerged winner with N50 million. The primary and second runners-up within the class, Nigerian Navy Faculty of Well being Science, Offa, Kwara State and Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State, will not be entitled to money prizes.

READ ALSO: JAMB names Nigerian universities allegedly concerned in unlawful admissions

For the school of training, the Federal School of Schooling, Zaria, Kaduna State, emerged because the sectoral winner with N50 million money prize. Federal School of Schooling (Particular) Oyo, Oyo State and Federal School of Schooling (Tech) Gombe, Gombe State, emerged as first and second runners-up, respectively.

Within the IEI sectorial class, Pefti Movie Institute, Lagos, Lagos State, emerged winner with a N10 million money prize. The primary and second runners-up are Industrial Coaching Fund Fashions Expertise Coaching Centre, Maitama, Abuja, FCT and World Maritime Academy, Ogoni-Olomu, Ughelli South, Delta State.