At a meeting with the Committee of Vice Chancellors (CVC) and Registrars of Private Universities, the Registrar of JAMB Prof. Dibu Ojerinde disclosed that the private universities admitted 19,254 candidates as against 67,009 allotted quota in 2013.
According to him this does not speak well of this group of institutions in terms of ratio admissions to allocated quota.
He however said that the board is keen on contributing to the development of education in the country by partnering with private universities.
Ojerinde said the board in efforts to boost admissions into private universities in 2014 would be giving special concession to candidates with minimum aggregate score of 170 to be admitted into the institutions.
Prof Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), also at the meeting said that while NUC determines the total carrying capacity of a university as well as staff and students ratio for programmes, it is the responsibility of the senate of the university, to work out how many students the university could accommodate based on its staff strength.
