All higher education establishments in the nation have been given a month by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) to reveal any admissions made prior to 2017 that did not take place through its Central Admissions Processing System.

The decision is intended to improve fairness and transparency in the admissions process, according to Dr. Fabian Benjamin,

the JAMB Public Communication Advisor, who made this announcement on behalf of the board’s registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday.

‘The board has been made aware of certain schools’ tendency to grant legitimacy by condoning illicit admissions windows and admitting candidates outside of the Central Admissions Processing System’s allowed window.

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The board has determined that all institutions should now (or in order to close this abused window) never) divulge, within the next month,

starting on August 1, 2024, the records of all candidates who were unlawfully accepted before 2017 and whose records are in their system.

‘And any admission that is allegedly made before 2017 will not be accepted or excused unless it is made public during this 30-day period.

It is recommended that institutions adhere to this guideline, as there would be no more forgiveness given to previously unrecorded candidates who did not even register with JAMB, let alone take the required exams.

‘This action aims to ensure compliance with CAPS provisions while curbing illegal admissions and record-faking.’ the statement said.

According to him, the ruling signifies the termination of the acceptance of unapproved admissions, which formerly permitted establishments to include unapproved system entries.

Benjamin emphasized worries about organizations working together with applicants to fabricate information in order to get unauthorized admissions;

he said that this trend had resulted in phony enrollment in the National Youth Service Corps program.

He claimed that several colleges persisted in admitting applicants outside of CAPS and applying for Condonement of Undisclosed Illegal Institutional Admission in spite of warnings.

As a result, the board is discontinuing the part of the CUIIA procedure that permits candidates to be added to the system who have not registered at all.

‘The only platform that is authorized for admissions is CAPS.

If they aren’t reported within the next month, those who even have registration but were admitted unlawfully between 2017 and 2020 would soon lose their chance to receive the waiver.

Thus, this directive is issued to all institutions to For the last time, make public all candidates who entered their systems without authorization.

The board will not stand for any institution to admit students without disclosure going forward,’ he declared.

Regarding the question of the minimum age of admission to postsecondary educational institutions for the academic year 2024–2025, the board upheld the previous minimum age of 16 years.

Candidates who will be at least 16 years old when they are admitted will be deemed eligible for the 2024 admission cycle.

The current 6-3-3-4 strategy will only be implemented starting with the 2025 session, as directed by Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education and chairman of the 2024 tertiary admission policy meeting.

The concerning flood of blatantly fraudulent affidavits and increase in It is harmful, needless, and risky to use doctored upward age adjustments on NIN slips that are submitted to JAMB in order to update recorded age.

According to the resolution of the 2024 Policy Meeting, anyone under the age of sixteen would not and should not be accepted,’ he stated.

Benjamin also raised concerns about the recent rise in an odd admissions procedure known as T’op Up’ at several universities and ‘Daily-Part-Time’ at some polytechnics.

Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, in Oyo State, issued an advertisement in the Nigerian Tribune on Wednesday, July 31, 2024, encouraging applicants to apply for their two-year Daily-Part-Time program.

He claims that this is a recent and especially egregious example of this.

The National Board has not approved any such programs, and this must be made clear. Technical Education as well as the National Universities Commission.

The Nigerian educational system is likewise foreign to both of them.

The purpose of these deceptive tools is to distort records, approve quotas for full-time admission, ignore quality,

and rake in illegal money while ruining the hopes and careers of some virtuous individuals and delaying others who are as dishonest.

Candidates with UTME scores that are zero or embarrassingly low are naturally drawn to this useless device.

Schools are restricted to to admit up to 15% of the authorized full-time capacity through part-time programs, which are highly monitored.

Nonetheless, it has been discovered that certain institutions utilize this unapproved DPT program to admit an excessive number of applicants, combining them with full-time students in classes and claiming to graduate them concurrently with pupils enrolled full-time,’ he said.

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