JAMB advised candidates not to accept
admissions not processed through CAPS.
“The attention of the Board has been
drawn to illegitimate admissions purported being conducted by some universities,
including the University of Abuja.
“These universities have been reported to be
issuing admission letters to candidates without recourse to the board.
“It is,
therefore, pertinent to state that such admissions that have not been processed,
approved and accepted on the CAPS are null and void.
“As such, asking hapless
candidates to pay acceptance fees for such admissions that have not been
processed through CAPS amounts to illegality. Consequently, such admissions are
illegal, therefore remain null and void.
“They are unacceptable and offensive to
extant rules and regulations guiding admissions to tertiary institutions in
Nigeria as approved by the Federal Ministry of Education and provided on CAPS,”
the board said.
The board recalled that it instituted CAPS in 2017 as an
automated platform, designed to ensure that admissions were transparently done
to protect the interest of all Nigerians desirous of tertiary education.
“JAMB,
therefore, advised candidates to be alert and refuse to accept any admissions
not processed, approved and accepted on CAPS.
“By implication, any candidate who
has not accepted and printed his or her admissions letter on CAPS should not pay
any acceptance fee.
“It should be noted that admission guidelines stipulate that
institutions recommend qualified candidates through CAPS in accordance with
laid-down criteria to the board for approval.
“As such, any such admission not
approved by the board is an exercise in futility. It stated any institution
violating this well-intentioned guideline had much to hide and the board would
not shy away from its responsibility of ensuring compliance to laid-down
admission guidelines.
“The Board will not relent in its efforts to ensure that
no institution violates the extant admission guidelines,” it said.
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