Naija Jambites

The shocking Statistics released by the Registrar and Chief Executive of the Board, Professor ‘Dibu Ojerinde is flabbergasted

ANALYSIS:
Universities have highest number of applicants as first choice as not less than 995,901 candidates chose universities as their first choice of institution,
Only 13, 761 candidates chose Polytechnics as first
choice; Only 20, 558 opted for Colleges of education
While only 32 candidates chose innovativeenterprise institute as their first choice.

WHAT THIS MEANS:

• Any Candidate who applied for admission at a
Federal Polytechnic as First Choice and Scored 160+ is Automatically Admitted, regardless of Post-
utme Score, since there is little to No competition for Spaces

• Any Candidate who applied for admission at aFederal College of Education as First Choice and
Scored 150+ is Automatically Admitted, regardless
of Post-utme Score, since there is little to No competition for Spaces

• 85% Candidates that applied for Admission At
Leading Nigerian Universities would likely take another JAMB next year, or forget education.

Applicants still preferred Universities as first choice
institutions compared to Polytechnics and Colleges
of Education, despite lesser admission carrying
capacity for the universities.