{"id":89029,"date":"2021-11-24T14:32:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89029"},"modified":"2021-11-24T14:32:24","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T13:32:24","slug":"jamb-uncovers-over-706000-illegal-admissions-by-varsities-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/jamb-uncovers-over-706000-illegal-admissions-by-varsities-others\/","title":{"rendered":"JAMB Uncovers Over 706,000 Illegal Admissions By Varsities, Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1717315958472878459\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has said the agency has uncovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, Colleges of Education, polytechnics and other allies.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nOloyede made the disclosures on Tuesday at the Consultative Sensitization Meeting with Select Stakeholders in Abuja said the illegal admissions have damaged the image of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said the illegality was perpetrated in all the six geopolitical zones by public and private higher institutions.<\/p>\n<p>While about 114 universities accounted for 67.795 of the illegal admissions, 137 polytechnics were responsible for 489,918, 80 Colleges of Education for 142, 818 and 37 other institutions involved in 5,678 cases.<\/p>\n<p>The undisclosed admissions were perpetrated from 2017 to 2020 by the affected institutions.<\/p>\n<p>He said such admissions were unknown to JAMB as prescribed by law.<\/p>\n<p>But the Minister of Education has assented to JAMB\u2019s plea for a last chance for the violators.<\/p>\n<p>He said the institutions disregarded JAMB\u2019s Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS which allows institutions to \u201conly admit candidates that met the requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said the affected institutions\u2019 Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts have admitted their mistakes by \u201csending a formal letter of confession and disclosure to the JAMB Registrar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the list of the 114 universities given to stakeholders, some of\u00a0 top\u00a0 indicted for illegal admissions include University of Jos(7,600); Benue State University(6,171);\u00a0 Olabisi Onabanjo University(5,669); Kwara State University(4, 281);\u00a0 Novena University(3,432); University of Nigeria, Nsukka(2,732); and Imo State University(2,330).<\/p>\n<p>Others listed were University of Nigeria, Nsukka(2,732); Imo State University(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); Gombe State University(1,017).<\/p>\n<p>Oloyede said: \u201cAs a measure of mopping up the backlog of improperly admitted candidates, the Honourable Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, assented to the Board\u2019s plea for a last chance for the violators.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Those minimally qualified would then be condoned to put an end to the period and finally put the matter to rest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Board was then directed to launch massive campaigns to educate the public against accepting such illegal admissions henceforth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is astonishing that so far, 706,189 candidates have been disclosed as illegally admitted between 2017 and 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-3002625294683444112ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede has said the agency has uncovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, Colleges of Education, polytechnics and other allies. 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