The National Universities Commission, NUC, has lamented the increasing number of candidates taking the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board, (JAMB) exams against the number of candidates prepared to admit into universities yearly.
The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, disclosed this in Abuja on Wednesday when receiving the Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole. According to him, only 400,000 of the 1.5 million candidates who sit yearly for the examination gain admission into Nigeria Universities.
He said : “I am always happy when a new university comes on board; what that means is that we are expanding and we are opening up access. We know the number of candidates that sit for UTME organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board every year.
“However, out of the 1.5 million candidates who take UTME every year, we are barely able to make provision for only about 400,000 students. The new university will, therefore, be accessible not only to candidates from Edo State but those from Ondo State and other states,” he noted.
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State who was at the NUC office to collect the Certificate of Recognition of the newly established Edo State University, Iyanmo noted said: “We have structures that are strong and well designed; we are building more faculties.
“We are building more standard hostels; students will behave based on the influence of the environment. So, it is my hope that we will make the right level of investment and the university will charge fees that will enable it to access revenue for sustained development without depending much on the state government,” the governor stressed
