How the Central Admission Processing
System (CAPS) Works.
Each school will have its own
dashboard on the Central Admission Processing System. This dashboard will be
managed by the admission officers of the different schools. The school’s
admission officer will have to set the admission criteria of their schools and
the admission quote of the school on the dash board.
The Admission Officers will set
the General UTME cut-off marks, the UTME Cut-off mark for each course or
programme, Post-UTME screening cut-off marks, O’level grading as well as other
admission criteria the school wants to use in selecting. Please note that the
admission criteria differ from school to school. Some school may use all the admission
criteria mentioned above while some schools will not.
The Admission officers will
equally determine the percentage weight for each of the different admission
criteria set on the system. Eg UTME Score =50%, Post-UTME Score = 30%
etc (note that the total percentage is 100).
Once this is done, the system
will automatically rank and list the candidates
that are qualified for admission in the school based on the criteria the school
has set in the system.
A proposed admission list would
now be made available by the system which the school admission officer is to
download and send to all the principal officers of the school for approval. If
the school rejects a candidate on the list, a reason has to be given.
With the approval of the list,
the final list of candidates is re-uploaded on JAMB portal. JAMB will now
notified the candidates on the list of their admission.
Candidates are to either accept
or reject the admission withing 72 hours (3 days). This means that if the school of
your choice offers you admission into a course different from the one you
applied to study or you no longer want to gain
admission in the school, you have the right to reject the admission. If on the
other hand, you want to be admitted in the school, you just go ahead and accept
the admission.
If you reject the admission, your
profile and details becomes available in the market place for other
institutions that can accept the qualification you have for the course you
intend to study to offer you admission.
Once any school offers you
admission and you accept the admission, you have been automatically admitted in the school. You no longer have the
privilege to reject the admission and be put in the market place for other institutions
to consider you for admission. You either take it or wait for another year.
Major Benefits of CAPS To Candidates And Other Stake Holders.
1. Prevent back door admission in
the sense that only candidates that selects
and accepts admission from an institution will be admitted by the institution.
The idea of getting admission in a school because you know a top official in
the school is over because any name introduced in the system which is not
originally on the system for that particular school will not be accepted by the
system neither will it be approved by JAMB for admission.
2. The system enables JAMB to
verify the O’level results uploaded by candidates directly from the examination
bodies like WAEC, NECO And (NABTEB)
3. The system will help in
ensuring that schools maintain almost a uniform academic calendar
4. The system will equally ensure
that institutions comply with admission deadline
5. The system will equally help
make it easier for schools to fill their admission quota if there are admission
spaces remaining after the school has admitted candidates that applied to it by
going to the “Market Place” on the system to look for candidates that have met
their requirements that have not gotten admission and offering such candidates admission
consideration.
6. This system will increase the
chances of candidates being offered admission through the “CAPS Market Place”
7. Eliminates multiple
admissions.
8. Enhances Inclusiveness,
Equity, Transparency & Accountability in the Admission Process.
9. A Student’s status can be
updated throughout their academic life in the Institution (Admission deferment,
transfer, withdrawal, rustication, expulsion, and death)
10. Government departments and
institutions can easily access this data for official purposes. (e.g. NYSC, Scholarship Boards). We
will make another post soon to show you how to login to your CAPS dashboard to
know when you have been offered admission and check your admission status.
Watch out for it.
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