List Of Schools Who Won N500m JAMB Compliance Prize | READ DETAILS

List Of Schools Who Won N500m JAMB Compliance Prize | READ DETAILS

Thirteen universities in Nigeria, have won N500 million compliance prize from the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

The tertiary institutions comprising of Federal, state and private universities ranked best for the 2020 JAMB National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award (NATAP-M Award).

The award presentation held on Thursday, July 22, 2022 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja during the Admission Policy meeting, chaired by the Minister for Education, Adamu Adamu.

NATAP-M Award is divided into five categories which include; the most preferred institution by candidates; institution with the highest national diversity; the most improved institution in gender balance; and the institution with the highest number of international students.

According to JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, this is the third in the series since it was initiated in 2018.

The registrar said N75 million will be presented to the winners, N15million and N10 million to the first and second runners-up.

He noted that the prize, which was pegged at N100 million for the winners alone, was reviewed to accommodate prizes for runners-up following the recommendation of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu.

University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) emerged as the most sought-after tertiary institution in Nigeria, with 81,659 applicants in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), while Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) ranked second with 75,446. Bayero University, Kano (BUK), ranked third with 59,506.

While UNILORIN was rewarded with N75 million, ABU and BUK received N15 million and N10 million, respectively.

In the category of the most national in admission spread, Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna State emerged the first, having candidates across 33 states of the Federation.

Ahmadu Bello University, with candidates across 32 states and Afe Babalola University with candidates across 29 states, emerged first and second runners-up, respectively.

Federal University, Lafia, took home the prize for the most improved in gender balance for the year 2020. The FCT College of Education, Zuba, emerged as the first runner-up and Abia State University, Uturu was the second runner-up in the category.

For the institution with the highest number of foreign students, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria emerged first with 61 candidates; the University of Maiduguri came second with 20 and Nile University, Abuja, ranked third with 11.

Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, emerged as the best in compliance with the policy guidelines of JAMB. The first and second runners-up winners are the University of Ibadan, and the University of Maiduguri, respectively.

Covenant University won N75million NATAP-M Prize

Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria won N75million NATAP Prize

Federal University, Lafia won N75 million NATAP-M Prize

University of Maiduguri won N15 million NATAP-M prize