The 5th edition of the National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award has been held in Abuja with Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria emerging the overall winner of the 2023/2024 Tertiary Institution’s award with 14 points.
The award by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is a yearly event to reward tertiary institutions that comply with its admission processes.
ABU Zaria went home with a cash price of five hundred million Naira, while the University of Ilorin which came second with nine points got N75 million.
Nile University of Nigeria, a private university in Abuja, came third with six points and won N25 million.
During the event, the JAMB Registrar, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, said the board judged the institutions by five criteria.
These included highest number of candidates seeking admission from it and one that admits candidates from every state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Other considerations are: institutions with the highest number of admissions of foreign candidates, the most improved in gender balance and the most compliant with guidelines for admissions through the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS).
In the sectoral category for Polytechnics, Kaduna Polytechnic, emerged the best with an aggregate of 10 points.
Federal College of Education, Zaria the best with an aggregate of 18 points in the category for Colleges of Education, with both receiving N50 million each.
The Innovation Enterprise Institutions, IEI, award went to the PEFTI Film Institute, Lagos, with an aggregate of four points, clinching a N10 million prize.
