Olayiwola Matthew
Ishaq Oloyede, registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says parents and qualified candidates should protest against “admission bias” if they are confident in their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Admission (UTME) results.
In an interview with Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) published on Tuesday, Oloyede urged candidates and guardians who are qualified but not admitted to their desired institutions to speak up.
“If you find anybody… if you are sure of yourself, you have the score, or this is the UTME score of my child; you know that you ought to be admitted, and you were not admitted, protest to us because CAPS has made everything easy,” he said.
“People are so daring — and the parents — because they have climbed the ladder to illegality, they believe there is no other way.
“I’ve seen many people who sent their children’s scores to me and asked what they could do. I tell them I will do nothing, and the candidate is admitted—and they thank me. I did nothing.”
Oloyede said that the central admission processing system (CAPS) is key to ensuring transparency, noting that there has been no reported problem with it since 2017.
He added that the system could manage admission without interference and errors.
Speaking on issues related to direct entry, the registrar pointed out that JAMB has strengthened its verification processes across various programmes, making it difficult for candidates to forge results.
“Since 2023, annually, the rates have gone down. Many people are no longer applying for direct entry because they know we are supervising thoroughly. And this year, we have caught 77, but we have done more prevention,” he said.
