The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’ protracted strike has created an academic imbalance that has prompted rumors that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) may have had to cancel certain admissions.
The exam organization announced on Wednesday that specific institutions, not JAMB, are in charge of admitting students into particular academic sessions.
Speaking yesterday in Abuja before the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) got underway, JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede said the organization that conducts entrance examinations did not postpone or cancel any admissions to colleges of education, universities, or polytechnics.
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Oloyede claims that institutions are currently conducting three distinct sessions as a result of the ASUU strike
He therefore admonished students to interact with their respective institutions to understand which session is currently on.
The JAMB boss said: “The onus of admitting students lies on the respective institutions. JAMB is a coordinating centre. JAMB cannot and will not determine the institution’s calendar. Universities and special institutions are still in their 2020/2021 academic session. Some are in the 2021/2022 academic session, and others are in the 2022/2023 academic session. We have three academic sessions running in universities in different parts of the country. I advise that candidates interact with their respective institutions to know which session is going on and contact JAMB only after that.
“No admission has been cancelled for any session, or any institution except the senate of that institution says so. We have all admissions for these three sessions, and they have not lapsed, and they will not lapse, and it is now for the institutions to determine which and how to go about it.”
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To prevent exam fraud, JAMB mandated in September that all candidates undergo biometric verification before taking the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The mop-up exam that was launched in 2017 for applicants who registered for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) but whose biometrics could not be verified has been discontinued, according to the examination authority.
According to Anaedoonline.ng, the board explained that the most recent development resulted from the management’s thorough review of the 2022 UTME exercise with the need to close all loopholes discovered during the examination in its Weekly Bulletin from the office of the Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede.
It said that the days of some candidates showing up at the testing location, complaining that it was difficult for their biometric data to be confirmed, and then expecting the system to let them take the test were over.
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“It will be recalled that the board, out of magnanimity, has enabled such candidates to be rescheduled for the mop-up UTME established in 2017,” the announcement on JAMB’s bulletin said.
“However, the board has, of late, realised the futility of such an arrangement after assessing the process and its impact on the entire examination value chain.
“Consequently, the board’s management has regrettably resolved that all candidates must be verified to sit for their examination as there will be no more mop-ups UTME for whatever reason.
“To cater for the few that may have genuine cases of inability to be captured, such candidates are to indicate such difficulty from the point of registration clearly.
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“This is so that they can be assigned to a centre situated within the National headquarters of the board for close monitoring.”
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