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Analysis of data on the admissions conducted for the 2022/2023 admission session in Nigerian universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions of learning revealed that 88 institutions conducted admissions outside of the Central Admissions Processing System popularly referred to as CAPS.
According to JAMB, admissions conducted outside CAPS are illegal, null and void.
JAMB had in 2017 introduced the Central Admissions Processing System where all tertiary institutions upload the admission status of candidates offered admission in the institutions.
CAPS has centralised and automated admission processes between candidates and their chosen tertiary institutions.
In 2020, JAMB warned institutions to stop offering admissions to candidates through their own portals.
The board described the practice as a flagrant abuse of the automated Central Admissions Processing System.
In April 2024, the board noted that it would no longer condone illegal admissions conducted outside of the CAPS.
The board in a bulletin warned candidates to desist from accepting admissions offered by the institutions without going through it.
In the statement titled, ‘Cessation of illegal/irregular admission’, JAMB reiterated that all applications of admissions 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 JAMB.
