Adamu Adamu, the minister of education, has warned the leadership of higher institutions to desist from offering admissions to candidates without prior approval of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) or outside the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS), saying such an act will be treated as corruption.
This is just as the Board had warned institutions that admission made outside CAPS would jeopardise the participation of the innocent candidates in the compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) mobilisation exercise or any job placement.
Adamu tasked all institutions to play according to the rules and ensure that they conduct admission processes only through CAPS.
The minister gave the warning in Abuja on Monday while commissioning a new General Services Department Building and two generators at the cost of over 89 million and 141 million naira respectively.
He explained that the Central Admission Processing System ensures 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 their rightful place in the admission exercise.
“It is also instructive that CAPS protects the traditional right of Senate or Academic Board of the institutions since CAPS does not allow anyone other than the admission officer and the Vice-Chancellor, Rector or Provost to initiate, propose or recommend any candidate for admission, but it also requires the documentation and tracking of any deviation by the institution from the approved policy on admission”, the minister said.
Adamu also warned candidates who are billed to sit for the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in the next few days to refrain from any form of malpractice saying the administration detests all forms of corruption including examination malpractice and admission racketing.
The minister expressed sadness over the recent abduction six JAMB officials along Obajana-Kabba road. He assured that they will be rescued and the Muhammadu Buhari led adminstration is doing everything possible to ensure the protection of lives and property remains a topmost priority.
The registrar, JAMB, Ishaq Oloyede, thanked the minister for continued support to the board.
