JAMB, NUC Threaten Irregular Admission Universities

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and the three regulatory agencies for tertiary education in the country – the National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education, and the National Commission for Colleges of Education – have announced that they will penalize institutions that sell application forms for the 2022/2023 admissions.
According to our source, the action was designed to lower colleges’ high rate of irregular admissions.

The 2022/2023 admissions process commenced in August 2022, with the deadline set by JAMB for December 31, 2022.

Even though some colleges have not yet began the admissions process, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will penalize institutions that sell application forms to individuals.

The board required that all applications be processed through the Central Admissions Processing System.

In a paper titled “Serialisation of regulations for the 2022 admissions procedure,” the board noted its collaboration with the three regulating bodies for postsecondary institutions.

“Only JAMB is authorized to process applications for admission to First Degree, National Diploma, National Innovation Diploma, and Nigeria Certificate in Education programs, including Full-Time, Distance Learning, Part-Time, Outreach, Sandwich, etc.”