The main aim was to ensure that only those who have attained a certain number of points are given priority to join the universities under a government sponsorship.
The admission exercise was done annually at the beginning of every academic year and students who sat their Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)
At the beginning the cut-off point was C+ which has now risen to a mean grade of B due to the increasing number of candidates who sit for K.C.S.E.
The second level was composed of deans, director of faculties, schools, and various institutes in the respective universities.
The third level was a combination of ICT technical staff and the bureaucrats who were collectively referred to as the JAB secretariat.