The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned newly established, upgraded, and adopted tertiary institutions against indulging in illegal admissions, stressing that there will be no room for regularization.
Addressing principal officers of the affected institutions in Abuja, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, emphasized that all admissions must be routed through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) and strictly follow due process.
He called for full compliance of the over 80 new institutions recently approved by the Federal Government to the admission procedures.
The registrar explained that CAPS, introduced in 2017, automates and standardizes the admission process, while the Integrated Brochure and Syllabus System (IBASS), launched in 2018, facilitates clear communication and programme eligibility checks.
According to him, both platforms, now upgraded with institutional mail services, serve as JAMB’s sole official communication channels.
He noted that while CAPS and IBASS accounts had been created for these institutions, only programmes cleared by the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), and National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) would be activated.
Oloyede also outlined the proper procedures for onboarding candidates, stressing that institutions must nominate designated officers to manage CAPS and IBASS access.
A live demonstration of the CAPS and IBASS systems followed the session to acquaint the institutions with their operational protocols.
Also speaking, the Vice -Chancellor of Federal University of Applied Sciences, Kachia, Prof William Qurix, said the meeting was to acquaint heads of institutions with the workings and operations of CAPS and IBAS through which the institutions can communicate and interact with JAMB.
Qurix disclosed that some candidates had already registered for JAMB before some new universities or polytechnics which are now just being approved or established.
According to him, such institutions would normally find it difficult to secure candidates to come to them.
Earlier, the Director of Colleges at the Ministry of Education, Dr Uche Uba, noted that there were some criteria set by the National Universities Commission, NUC, which must be followed by the new institutions.
Uba urged the colleges of education upgraded to dual mode to meet with officials of NUC to familiarize themselves with the criteria.
On his part, the Executive Secretary of the National Commission For Colleges Of Education (NCCE), Prof. Paulinus Okwelle, commended JAMB for its effort to establish a seamless admission process for tertiary institutions.
Okwelle encouraged the new colleges of education approved to run dual mode system ( Degrees and National Certificate on Education) to follow the laid down processes for admission to keep the colleges in competition.
