Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) last week accused University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and other unnamed institutions of offering illegal admissions to some candidates, warning that the examination body would reject any exercise done in contravention of its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).
CAPS is a platform created to ensure quality control, transparency and credibility of admission process. It is expected to make provision for a “market place” on JAMB portal, where institutions can go and request for students who scored above their cut off points.
The system is such that institutions can only admit those who meet their cut off points. If a candidate fails to meet the cut-off mark for a chosen course, that student would be denied admission.
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Only varsities, not external body, have powers of admission, UNIABUJA fires back at JAMB
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By Joseph Erunke
THE University of Abuja has pointedly told the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, that it lacked constitutional powers to meddle in admissions into universities.
It also refuted last week’s allegations by the nation’s tertiary institutions’ examination’s body that it was engaging in “Illegal admissions”, outside the constitutional provisions.
Quoting the relevant constitutional provisions guiding the operations of the nation’s university education system, the University of Abuja in a statement by its Head, Information and University Relations, Dr Habib Yakoob, insisted that it was not out of place for it to conduct admissions without JAMB’s input.
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“What this means is that the university, not any external body, is guaranteed the power of admissions.
“The University of Abuja wishes to categorically and emphatically state that it has not conducted any illegal admissions, and has nothing to hide as far as its admission exercise is concerned.”
While noting that the university had one of the best and most transparent systems of admission in the country, he said it was the only federal university whose catchment area “is the whole of Nigeria, and truly and practically admits from all states of the country, while simultaneously upholding the principle of merit and excellence.”