Nigeria’s Exams Body, JAMB Uncovers 706,189 Illegal Admissions By Federal, State Universities
Universities, colleges of education, polytechnics, and other tertiary education institutions have been found to have made 706,189 illicit admissions, according to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
Prof Is-haq Oloyede, the examinations agency’s registrar, stated this at a Consultative Sensitisation Meeting with Selected Stakeholders in Abuja, adding that illegitimate admissions had harmed the country’s reputation.
Oloyede told Nation that the violation was committed by public and commercial higher education institutions in all six geopolitical zones.
Approximately 114 universities were responsible for 67.795 unlawful admissions, 137 polytechnics for 489,918, 80 Colleges of Education for 142, 818, and 37 other schools for 5,678.
The affected institutions committed the unexplained admissions between 2017 and 2020.
According to him, such admissions were not known to JAMB, as required by law.
The Minister of Education, on the other hand, agreed to JAMB’s request for a second opportunity for the cheaters.
He claimed the colleges ignored JAMB’s Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), which permits colleges to “only admit students who matched the requirements.”
Vice Chancellors, Rectors, and Provosts of the affected institutions have “sent a formal letter of confession and disclosure to the JAMB Registrar,” he said.
University of Jos (7,600), Benue State University (6,171), Olabisi Onabanjo University (5,669), Kwara State University (4,281), Novena University (3,432), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (2,732), and Imo State University are among the top 114 universities accused for unlawful admissions (2,330).
University of Calabar (2,074), NTA Television College (1,934), Baze University (1,717), Oduduwa University (1,450), Kaduna State College of Education (1,417), Tai Solarin University of Education (1,101), Al-qalam University (1,062), and Gombe State University (1,062) were among the others included (1,017).
Oloyede said, “As a measure of mopping up the backlog of improperly admitted candidates, the Honourable Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, assented to the Board’s plea for a last chance for the violators.
“He also approved the caveat that the culprits should, first and foremost, declare the number of candidates admitted outside CAPS between 2017 and 2020 by sending a formal letter of confession and disclosure to the JAMB Registrar.
“Those minimally qualified would then be condoned to put an end to the period and finally put the matter to rest.
“The Board was then directed to launch massive campaigns to educate the public against accepting such illegal admissions henceforth.
“It is astonishing that so far, 706,189 candidates have been disclosed as illegally admitted between 2017 and 2020.”
Oloyede said there will no longer be opportunities for illegal admissions by universities and other higher institutions.
