Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has urged tertiary institutions, particularly universities, to stop admitting underaged students, labeling the practice as “illegal.”
He emphasized that such illegal admissions should be halted.
Oloyede made this statement during the opening of the seventh biennial conference of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities in Nigeria, held on Tuesday in Lagos.
The conference was themed “Effective University Governance: Role of Stakeholders.”
He stressed that to maintain accountability, data protection, and national integrity, it is crucial to end these irregular and illegal practices.
“About two months ago, I received a letter from an European country to confirm if a student actually graduated from a particular university because she is 15 years old and applied for postgraduate course.
“They question they asked me is “Is this possible in Nigeria.
“I had to call the Vice Chancellor of the institution and he confirmed the student graduated from the university but was not admitted by JAMB.
“He had to include that he was not the VC at the time the student was admitted,” Oloyede said.
He noted that state owned universities must do a lot on this situation because they constituted more in number than federal universities.
“Also illegal admission of diploma students needs to stop because last year, we admitted 9,000 diploma students; I was alarmed that about 3,000 students came from a particular university.
“Everyone of us should be accountable because all these acts can damage our education system,” Oloyede said.
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