The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given all tertiary institutions in the country a one-month ultimatum to reveal all irregular admissions conducted outside its Central Admissions Processing System before 2017.
The Public Communication Advisor for JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Sunday made this known during a press briefing in Abuja, on behalf of the board’s registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, adding that the directive was aimed at enhancing transparency and fairness in the admissions process.
The statement reads.“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 confinement of illegal admissions window to accord legitimacy.
“To close this abused window, the board has decided that all institutions should now (or never) disclose all candidates illegally admitted before 2017, whose records are in their system within the next one month, beginning from 1st August 2024.
“And 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,”
According to him, the the decision brings to an end of the condonement of illegal admissions window, which initially allowed institutions to incorporate unauthorised admissions into the system.
The Board Spokesperson expressed worries over institutions conniving with candidates to falsify documents for illegal admissions; an occurrence he stated had resulted to fraudulent participation in the National Youth Service Corps scheme.
He said “Consequently, 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,”.
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Meanwhile, while reacting to the issue of the minimum age for admission into various tertiary institutions for the 2024/2025 session, the board stated categorically that the minimum age for admission remained 16 years.
“For the 2024 admission cycle, candidates who will be at least 16 years old at the time of admission will be considered eligible.
“This decision follows the directive from the chairman of the 2024 tertiary admission policy meeting, who is also the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, that the extant policy of 6-3-3-4 be enforced only from the 2025 session.
“The alarming avalanche of obviously false affidavits and upsurge of doctored upward age adjustments on NIN slips being submitted to JAMB to upgrade recorded age is dangerous, inimical and unnecessary. Those below 16 would not and should not be admitted in accordance with the decision of the 2024 Policy Meeting,” he said.
