The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has published its bulletin for May, and the body warns against any irregular admission. JAMB has made it known that every admission must be processed through them to be legal. So, any admission being offered to any student without following the laid down guidelines by the body is considered illegal.
The information given by the examination body on this kind of admission is shown below.
All applications of admission 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 the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
No Institution should advertise or sell “application forms” for admissions into the programmes. Institutions should advise candidates to apply to them through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Duplication of application forms is NOT allowed.
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the three (3) Regulatory Agencies (National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) will ensure that all Tertiary Institutions comply with this policy directive. Other Professional Regulatory Agencies will also play a role in sanitizing the process.
The duration of all Non-Full Time Studies must be maintained as approved by the Regulatory Agencies. This is generally not less than one hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the equivalence of Full Time.
Institutions that desire to place advertisements can do so with the requirement that candidates who sat for the current UTME (or DE candidates) should change to their institutions as First (1st) Choice rather than requesting the candidates to purchase another application form or apply. This is to prevent the issue of double registration, which violates the mandate of JAMB.
It should be reiterated that no Institution should advertise or sell “application forms” for admissions into the programmes listed above. Institutions should advise candidates to apply to them through JAMB. Duplication of application forms is NOT allowed.
