A total of 12,904 candidates are jostling for 2,260 slots in the 2015 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination screening of the Kaduna State University.
The University’s Director of Academic Planning, Dr. Maharazu Kubau, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna on Thursday.
Kubau explained that the figure represented only those who scored 180 points and above in the UTME and selected KASU as their first choice.
He said the number of candidates who had applied for admission into the university was much higher, but that only those who met this year’s Joint Admission’s Matriculation Board cut-off point were invited.
He said the university would have admitted only 1,860, but the National Universities Commission had recently increased the university’s carrying capacity to 2,260.
The director added that the examination, which started Wednesday, would last for six days, with about 2,000 candidates sitting for the examination daily.
“The examination holds in five sessions daily, with 400 candidates per session, making a total of 2000 daily. Therefore, we would finish the examination within six days,” Kubau said.
He said the institution had liaised with the police and the civil defense corps to make adequate security arrangement.
“Only candidates who had their JAMB slips and the university’s acceptance slip were allowed into the premises and thereafter, thoroughly searched and screened before entering the examination hall,” he added.
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