No Admission Offer Should Be Made Outside JAMB CAPS – Minister Warns

Latest: No Admission Offer Should Be Made Outside JAMB CAPS – Minister Warns

All candidates seeking admission into various tertiary institutions in the country have again been warned to desist from backdoor admissions which are admissions given to candidates without recourse to the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) introduced by JAMB.

The Hon. Minister of State for Education, Dr. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, handed down this warning at a virtual 2020 Policy Meeting on Admissions to tertiary institutions.

He noted that CAPS was implemented in order to engender fairness and transparency in the conduct of admissions.

The Minister said the flagrant abuse or jettisoning of CAPS endangers the system, jeopardizes the future of candidates, and compromises the integrity of the admission process. He pointed out that CAPS, an automated platform developed by JAMB, was designed to enhance transparency and ensure inclusiveness in the conduct of admissions by tertiary institutions.

Dr. Nwajiuba said, “Permit me to also restate that no admission offer should be made to any candidate outside CAPS. Those institutions offering admissions outside CAPS are endangering the system and confusing the candidates. The discipline imposed by the system makes for a healthy and transparent process which, as we know, is the hallmark of the Buhari administration.”

The Minister finally commended the Governing Board of JAMB, Management, and Staff for the uncommon transformations in the Board to the admiration of all and pledges the support of the Ministry towards supporting the board in its Giant strides.

Earlier: No Admission Will Be Given Outside JAMB CAPS – Minister of Education

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu says no tertiary institution will admit candidates outside the Central Admission Process System (CAPS) of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

He urged candidates expected to sit for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to refrain from examination malpractice and admission racketeering.

NAN reports that Adamu spoke at the commissioning of JAMB’s New General Services Department building on Monday at the headquarters in Bwari, Abuja.

Adamu noted that the introduction of CAPS has revolutionized the admission process in the interest of candidates, irrespective of where they come from, gender or social status.

“CAPS ensure 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 the rightful place in the admission exercise.

“It is instructive that CAPS protects the traditional rights of the Senate and Academic Board of the institutions.

“This is because CAPS does not allow anyone other than the Admission officer, Vice-Chancellor, Provost or Rector, to initiate, propose or recommend any candidate for admission but also requires the documentation.

“Permit me 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 CAPS would be considered and treated as corrupting the admission process,” he said.

JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede stated that the board would conduct the 2020 mock UTME on Tuesday, Feb. 18 in 64 accredited centres, nationwide.

Oloyede said that about 350,000 candidates were expected to sit for the exercise, which follows immediately after the end of the board’s 2020 UTM/Direct Entry (DE) registration exercise on Monday, Feb. 17.

Earlier: Minister of Education Commends JAMB for Service Delivery and Integrity

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been commended by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu for ensuring service delivery to the public. His commendation was given during the unveiling of the remodeled JAMB Headquarters Complex in Bwari Abuja, on Saturday.

The Minister of Education, Adamu, represented by Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, National University Commission said that the board’s show of integrity was worth emulating, and the board continued to be the flagship of the education sector in terms of transparent and honest service delivery.

Adamu also mentioned that the board’s probe into the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and its relationship with intent, plans, and execution of examination malpractice was not a misplaced one. He said that the outcome of the exercise had revealed a lot of rot in the education system. Speaking further, he expreesed his disppointment in the fact that examination malpractice was mostly practised by the youths who are the leaders of tomorrow.

He made disclosed that the Federal Ministry of Education was in full support of JAMB’s efforts. He said that the Ministry would continue to assist JAMB to ensure that the syndicate in the examination industry is confronted in the overall interest of the country.

He directed that all public examination bodies must ensure the clean up and sanitation of their registration processes, in emulation of JAMB. and expressed satisfaction that the Board had been prudent in expending its resources and getting value for the same, while also calling on the staff and community to use the facilities efficiently.