The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has received complaints from the general public that three public universities have devised a method of “ offering admission” to candidates outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) on their own designated portals.
JAMB said it has cautioned the three affected institutions to desist from the act or be ready to face dire consequences.
Names of the three universities were not disclosed, but JAMB in the latest edition of JAMBulletin stated that “The devise is a ploy to lure innocent and more qualified candidates from their preferred programmes.”
The Board said “ The “offering” of admission to candidates by the institutions outside the CAPS is a deliberate act done with intent to lure unsuspecting candidates to accept other programmes (courses) aside from their programmes (courses).”
JAMB noted that “The CAPS system is designed among other things to:
- Prevent institutions from unilaterally changing or proposing a candidate for admission into other programmes (courses) other that his/her chosen one; ii. Disallow an institution to skip a higher ranking candidate to pick a less ranking candidate. iii. Allow an institution to recommend a substitute programme for the consent or rejection by a relatively low- ranking candidate who is not likely to secure a place in his/her initial programme; and iv. Allow a low-ranking candidate on each programme to on his or her own, opt-out of consideration from the initial programme and be considered for a programme where he/she ranks high enough to be considered.”
The Board regretted however regretted that “In order to circumvent the rights of these candidates which the JAMB CAPS is protecting and eliminate from the list in each particular programme, the highest-ranking candidates, the institutions are using their own portal to unlawfully persuade and pressurise the innocent candidates to either accept another course and then make a change of course on the JAMB portal to the new course they have been “ supposedly offered” on their own portal or to psychologically bully the candidates to accept the new course when it is subsequently proposed for their consent on the JAMB CAPS.”
JAMB warned that “ these tricks which are meant to usurp the rights of the candidates are improper and should be disregarded by the candidates.”
It added that “ All institutions employing such tricks are putting into jeopardy the future of the illegitimately favoured less qualified candidates as the Board will not condone or regularize such irregular admission.
JAMB further cautioned that “Any candidate who accepts any offer of admission made outside CAPS (i.e. not on JAMB’s candidates’ profile ) does so at his/her own risk.
The Board disclosed that “Appropriate caution has been given to these universities which are to promptly withdraw and desist from such illegitimate action.”
JAMB warned sternly that “Any such act will henceforth be visited with appropriate sanctions.”
It assured that “The Board shall protect the rights of all candidates to be given their due irrespective of their social status.”