UNIBEN Catchment Area For Admission

A lot of aspirants have been asking questions to find out the states that are among the University Of Benin Catchment area for admission into the next session.

What does catchment mean in admission? let’s discuss below;

UNIBEN Catchment Area

The Catchment Area for the University Of Benin (UNIBEN) are:

1. Akwa-Ibom

2. Bayelsa

3. Cross-River

4. Delta

5. Edo

6. Rivers

Another set of states which also has more chances of gaining admission are called the Educationally less developed states (ELDS).

To see the General ELDS States Click Here.

Let’s assume you know the University Of Nigeria Catchment area for admission, let’s now look at the various ELDS state in UNIBEN.

UNIBEN ELDS For Admission

The ELDS Area for the University Of Benin (UNIBEN) are:

1. Adamawa

2. Bauchi

3. Bayelsa

4. Benue

5. Borno

6. Cross River

7. Ebonyi

8. Gombe

9. Jigawa

10. Kaduna

11. Kano

12. Kebbi

13. Kogi

14. Katsina

15. Kwara

16. Nasarawa

17. Niger

18. Plateau

19. Rivers

20. Sokoto

21. Taraba

22. Yobe

23. Zamfara

It must however be noted that this does not mean the UNIBEN does not admit students outside the catchment area rather the catchment areas are given special considerations. 

JAMB admission is defined in areas of merit, catchment areas, and educationally less developed states (ELDS).

Merit 45%, 35% is for catchment area and 20%  to those from educationally less developed states.

The fact is that if a candidate from another state outside the catchment area beats the MERIT cut-off mark of the University of Benin for the chosen course, he or she will be admitted regardless of the Catchment Policy.

And if you are from any of the catchment States and you failed to meet the catchment cut-off you will not be admitted into the University Of Benin.

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