Victoria Mgbanwa
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB ) has disclosed that it will curb illegal admissions and falsification of records while ensuring compliance with the provisions of Central Admissions Processing System(CAPS).
This disclosure was made by the boards Public Communication Advisor, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who represented the JAMB registrar Prof Ishaq Oloyede, during a press briefing in Abuja.
Fabian explained that the board is terminating the aspect of the CUIIA process which allows completely unregistered candidates (without registration) to be introduced to the system.
“CAPS is the only authorised platform for admissions. Those who even have registration but were illegally admitted between the period (2017-2020) would soon be denied the opportunity of the waiver unless they are disclosed within the next one month.
“Therefore, all institutions are hereby directed to disclose, for the final time, all candidates admitted illegally within their systems. Moving forward, the board will not tolerate any undisclosed admission by any institution.”
He further mentioned that the board had given all institutions the grace to close all abused window, stating that institutions should now (or never) disclose all candidates illegally admitted prior to 2017, whose records are in their system within the next one month, beginning from 1st August 2024.
“The attention of the board has been drawn to the predilection of some institutions to admit candidates outside the approved Central Admissions Processing System platform and process such through the condonement of illegal admissions window to accord legitimacy.
In the same vein, he said any admission purportedly given prior to 2017 will no longer be recognised or condoned unless disclosed within this one-month window.
“Institutions are advised to comply with this directive as there will not be any further condonement of hitherto unrecorded candidates who did not even register with JAMB, not to talk of sitting for any entrance examination.
“This move is aimed at curbing illegal admissions and falsification of records while ensuring compliance with the provisions of CAPS,” he added.
While reacting on the issue of institutions admitting students on “Daily-Part-Time” and “Top Up” he said that no such programmes are approved by the National Board for Technical Education nor by the National Universities Commission.
“It is crucial to clarify that no such programmes are approved by the National Board for Technical Education nor by the National Universities Commission. Both are also alien to the education system in Nigeria.”
“They are fraudulent devices to side-line quality, approved quota for full-time admission, falsify records and consequently, rake illegitimate income and derail the ambition and career of innocent (and some equally crooked) candidates.
“The candidates with zero or abysmally low UTME scores are rationally attracted to such contraption which would lead to nowhere.
“Part-time programmes are strictly regulated, allowing institutions to admit only up to 150 per cent of the approved full-time capacity.”
