The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has clarified that there would be no extension of registration deadline for candidates, for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) contrary to widely held insinuations.
The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, made this known while monitoring the registration exercise in some centres on Friday, in Lagos State.
He pointed out that from observation and feelers reaching the board from states across Nigeria reveal that the exercise has been going on smoothly, hence there may be no room for an extension.
Africa Today News, New York had earlier reported that UTME registration began on Saturday, Feb. 19 and will be concluded on March 26.
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‘We’re not expecting any extension. I want to say that we are very happy with the way the exercise has been going, two weeks after it started,‘ Oloyede said.
He mentioned that there has been no complaint concerning the code 55019, where candidates should send their NIN numbers to.
Meanwhile, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had recently ruled that the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board does not posses the right to conduct admissions for higher institutions.
It explained that JAMB had no power to decide qualification for admission and had no power to give admission or delist programmes of universities.
‘The autonomy of universities is under increasing threat by the meddlesome activities of JAMB in admission processes and regulation of academic activities in the Nigerian University System. JAMB was created by an Act of the National Assembly in 1978 and is responsible for the conduct of matriculation examinations for admission into a tertiary institution in Nigeria, appointment of examiners and collection/dissemination of information on all matters relating to entrance examinations. It is the prerogative and responsibility of each university senate to superintend over all academic matters in the university. These include setting the admission requirements and approval of university undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
‘Giving admission to candidates is the duty of senate, while regulation or accreditation of programmers is the prerogative of National Universities Commission. However, it is a matter of regret that JAMB is operating outside its jurisdiction of collecting and disseminating information on matters relating to admissions from respective institutions based on senate recommendations.
‘We call upon JAMB to desist from overstepping its original mandate and allow Universities to decide on admission policies and processes.’
ASUU said JAMB was an examination body and clearinghouse for admission into tertiary institutions.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK