JAMB Terminates Undisclosed Admissions in Nigeria, Details Emerge
- Universities and other higher institutions in Nigeria must now unfailingly disclose all the candidates they admitted in each session
- The tertiary institutions must make their disclosures to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
- JAMB had announced that it will no longer condone admissions that do not comply with the CAPS framework
Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering metro and tertiary education in Nigeria and Africa.
Garki, Abuja - The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will on Saturday, August 31, officially terminate the Condonement of Undisclosed Institutional Illegal Admissions (CUIIA).
According to JAMB, the CUIIA process which gives lifeline to unregistered candidates has been abused by higher institutions.
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JAMB maintained that only its central admissions processing system (CAPS) is the authorized platform for admission.
Replying to an inquiry on Friday, August 30, JAMB wrote on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle:
"@Vera_Anazods, Kindly visit any JAMB Professional Registration Centers (PRC) to apply for CUIIA before the close of work tomorrow, 31st August, 2024 when the window period for all undisclosed admissions shall come to a close."
What you need to know about JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is a Nigerian entrance examination board for tertiary-level institutions.
The board conducts unified tertiary matriculation examination for prospective undergraduates into Nigerian universities.
Founded in 1978,the board is also charged with the responsibility to administer similar examinations for applicants to Nigerian public and private monotechnics, polytechnics, and colleges of educations.
The first registrar was Michael Saidu Angulu, he served from inception in 1978 until 1986.
The current registrar of JAMB is Prof Ishaq Oloyede, appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2016.
Legit.ng recalls that JAMB had given a one-month ultimatum for all tertiary institutions that illegally admitted students between 2017 and 2020 to duly register their enrollees.
JAMB had in 2017 introduced the CAPS where all tertiary institutions upload the admission status of candidates offered admission in the institutions.
With Professor Ishaq Oloyede as the boss of JAMB, CAPS has centralised and automated admission processes between candidates and their chosen tertiary institutions.
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JAMB speaks on processing of admission letter
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that JAMB said its admission letter can only be processed "once in a lifetime".
According to JAMB, processing a retroactive letter of admission has nothing to do with getting a fresh admission.
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Ridwan Adeola (Current Affairs Editor) Ridwan Adeola Yusuf is a Current Affairs Editor at Legit.ng and a certified journalist with over 9 years of experience. He edited Politics Nigeria's articles, was the Acting Editor of AllNews Nigeria and Fact-Checking Researcher (Africa Check). He received his HND in Mass Communication from The Polytechnic Ibadan. He received a Certificate of Achievement (Journalism Clinic’s Fix The Leak masterclass, 2021) and also completed Google News Initiative's Advance digital reporting curriculum. Contact him at ridwan.adeola@corp.legit.ng.
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