The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said that it would soon clear the backlog of illegal admissions carried out by tertiary institutions in Nigeria, IgbereTV reports.
IgbereTV reports that JAMB had recently uncovered 706,189 illegal admissions by universities, colleges of education, polytechnics and other related institutions in the country.
Speaking after receiving the Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ECAN’s) Award of Excellence in Abuja on Friday, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB’s Registrar, said the move is to save students who have the requisite qualifications but were admitted illegally.
Oloyede said, “The issue of illegal admission that we want to put a halt to. We want to clear the backlog and ensure that those of them who have been improperly admitted but have the minimum qualification are rescued.
“We want to continue the campaign to discourage those who’re committing such illegal action to stop doing such.”
Speaking on the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), Oloyede explained that the Board has decided to adopt a cashless system in the registration process.
According to him, JAMB would also prohibit Computer Based Test (CBT) centres from selling e-PINs to guard against the extortion of candidates.
He said, “On our campaign on cashless CBT centres, particularly during our registration exercise. It’s known that many CBT centres, despite the supervision, still manage to exploit candidates.
