Olabisi Onabanjo, Rhema, Chrisland, Coal City, 82 other varsities conducted illegal admissions – JAMB
In April 2024, the board noted that it would no longer condone illegal admissions conducted outside of CAPS
The analysis of data on admissions conducted for the 2022/2023 admission session in Nigerian universities, polytechnics, and other tertiary institutions revealed that 88 institutions conducted admissions outside of the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS). According to JAMB, admissions conducted outside CAPS are illegal, null, and void.
JAMB introduced the Central Admissions Processing System in 2017, where all tertiary institutions upload the admission status of candidates offered admission. CAPS centralizes and automates admission processes between candidates and their chosen tertiary institutions.
In 2020, JAMB warned institutions to stop offering admissions to candidates through their portals, describing it as a flagrant abuse of the automated Central Admissions Processing System. In April 2024, the board noted that it would no longer condone illegal admissions conducted outside of CAPS. JAMB warned candidates to desist from accepting admissions offered by institutions without going through it.
JAMB reiterated that all applications of admissions to first degree, national diploma, national innovation diploma, and the Nigeria Certificate in Education into full-time, distance learning, part-time, outreach, sandwich, etc., must be processed only through JAMB.
In a report tagged ‘Compiled assessment of institutions on compliance with the 2022/2023 admission guidelines’, the board noted that it scored institutions who complied fully with admission guidelines 10 points; those with partial compliance, five points, while those institutions that failed to comply were awarded zero points.
Under the section for the conduct of full admissions on CAPS, 88 institutions reportedly failed to comply, as per The Punch newspaper report.
Some of the institutions mentioned in the report are the University of Uyo, University of Abuja, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Yaba College of Technology, Plateau State University, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Federal University of Technology Owerri, Coal City University, Crawford University, Crescent University, Ebonyi State University, Rhema University, Borno State University, Chrisland University, Federal Polytechnic, Nekede, Alvan Ikoku College of Education, and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu University.
