By Felix Khanoba and Ralph Chris-Izokpu
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has warned universities, polytechnics and other tertiary education institutions against offering admission to candidates without passing through the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The minister gave this warning while commissioning the General Services Department’s building of JAMB located at the Board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja.
The minister, who commended JAMB for introducing CAPS, saids the development has brought full transparency and equal opportunity into admission system.
“The Central Admission Processing System ensures due process, fairness, discipline and equity in the process. It is through the automated system that ordinary Nigerians are now hopeful of not being denied their rightful place in the admission exercise.
“It is also instructive that CAPS protects the traditional right of Senate or Academic Board of the institutions since CAPS does not allow anyone other than the admission officer and the Vice Chancellor, Rector or Provost to initiate, propose or recommend any candidate for admission, but it also requires the documentation and tracking of any deviation by the institution from the approved policy on admission.
“I therefore urge all institutions to play according to the rules by conducting all the admission processes only through CAPS.
“Permit me to seize this opportunity to state that leadership of any higher institution found to be involved in admitting any candidate without prior approval of the Board or outside the established platform, Central Admission Processing System, would be considered and treated as corrupting the admission system.”
Also speaking at event, JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who expressed the readiness of the Board to ensure seamless admission process, said 350,000 out of the over 1.9million candidates that registered for theis year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would on Tuesday (Tomorrow) sit for a mock exam.
He said: “The mock exam which is scheduled for to start tomorrow will have candidates of about 35 000 in about 64 registered CBT centers.”
While saying there would be no extension for UTME registration which came to a close on Monday, the JAMB boss said about 2,000 direct entry candidates also registered for this year’s admission process.
Minister warns against illegal admission as 350,000 sit for mock UTME
By Felix Khanoba and Ralph Chris-Izokpu
Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has warned universities, polytechnics and other tertiary education institutions against offering admission to candidates without passing through the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The minister gave this warning on Monday while commissioning the General Services Department’s building of JAMB located at the Board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja.
The minister, who commended JAMB for introducing CAPS, said the development has brought full transparency and equal opportunity into admission system.
“The Central Admission Processing System ensures due process, fairness, discipline and equity in the process. It is through the automated system that ordinary Nigerians are now hopeful of not being denied their rightful place in the admission exercise.
“It is also instructive that CAPS protects the traditional right of Senate or Academic Board of the institutions since CAPS does not allow anyone other than the admission officer and the Vice Chancellor, Rector or Provost to initiate, propose or recommend any candidate for admission, but it also requires the documentation and tracking of any deviation by the institution from the approved policy on admission.
“I therefore urge all institutions to play according to the rules by conducting all the admission processes only through CAPS.
“Permit me to seize this opportunity to state that leadership of any higher institution found to be involved in admitting any candidate without prior approval of the Board or outside the established platform, Central Admission Processing System, would be considered and treated as corrupting the admission system.”
Also speaking at the event, JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who expressed the readiness of the Board to ensure seamless admission process, said 350,000 out of the over 1.9million candidates that registered for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would on Tuesday (today) sit for a mock exam.
He said: “The mock exam will have about 35 000 candidates in 64 registered CBT centers.”
