JAMB Stops Universities, Polytechnics from Selling Part-Time, DL, Other Forms

• JAMB has issued fresh directives to universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education concerning the advertising and selling of part-time forms to admission seekers
• The examination board said all tertiary institutions should stop selling part-time forms to applicants and apply through the JAMB portal instead
• According to JAMB, the directive would be enforced through the NUC, NBTC and the NCCE

FCT, Abuja - The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has ordered higher institutions in Nigeria, including universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, to stop selling part-time, distance learning, and other alternative admission forms.

In a tweet on Thursday, August 32, the examination board stated that all admission into first-degree, National Diploma, National Innovation Diploma and the Nigeria Certificate in Education, full-time or part-time, must now be processed through JAMB.

Read also

Fresh twist as EFCC investigates Kano’s anti-graft chairman probing Ganduje’s dollar Video

JAMB said no institution has the power to sell application forms for admission into the listed programmes.

JAMB orders NUC, NCCE, NBTE to stop tertiary institutions from selling part-time form

JAMB said the directive would be enforced through the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), National Universities Commission (NUC), and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).

The board, however, did not give a reason for the new directive,

This is coming when many institutions are rounding up their academic sessions and opening their portals to admission seekers.

It also comes weeks after President Bola Tinubu signed the student loan bill into law.

The statement partly read:

"All applications of admissions to First Degree, National Diploma, National Innovation Diploma and the Nigeria Certificate in Education into Full-Time, Distance Learning, Part-Time, Outreach, Sandwich, etc., must be processed ONLY through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

Read also

“Immense hardship”: N-Power beneficiaries cry out to Tinubu over non-payment of 8 months allowances

"No Institution should advertise or sell “application forms” for admissions into the programmes."

See the tweet:

JAMB-UTME: Gov Mbah hosts Ofoama after winning Tinubu's scholarship

Legit.ng earlier reported that the governor of Enugu, Peter Mbah, played host to the top scorer of the 2023 UTME JAMB in the state, Ernest Ifeanyichukwu Ofoama.

Mbah hosted the student in his office alongside his parents -- Oliver and Mrs Loveth Ofoama.

The governor promised to further support Ofoama, who wanted to study medicine, throughout his university career.

First Lady Oluremi Tinubu earlier awarded a scholarship to the student.

Source: Legit.ng