DE recording: JAMB meets NIPEDS, warns officers against sabotage
By: Clement Idoko | Abuja
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, has warned Direct Entry (DE) enrollment officers not to compromise on new guidelines issued by the board or to become involved in any registration violation that may jeopardize the good intentions of the council as it develops strategies to combat abuse associated with A'Level certificates.
The warning was in an address read by the registrar during a virtual meeting held at the council's national headquarters, Abuja, with members of the Nigeria Post-Secondary Education Data System (NIPEDS) registration officers and other key stakeholders.
The warning became imperative following the resumption of the sale of the direct entry application document after the initial suspension.
JAMB Spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who confirmed the development to Nigerian Tribune, said Oloyede further instructed the council registration officers to obey and comply with all existing notices and guidelines on direct entry registration, emphasizing that any errors would not be excused. ; rather, it would be interpreted as a deliberate attempt to circumvent and sabotage the system.
The Registrar emphasized that the new measures are aimed at making the admissions process sane and defeating all machinations aimed at the level of A/L qualifications required of DE applicants.
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He revealed that recent joint operations by the Federal Ministry of Education and the Independent Commission on Corrupt Practices and Other Related Crimes (ICPC) on DE qualifications had brought to light the series of little commendable and harmful perpetrated by the candidates.< /p>
He praised authorities at Bayero University in Kano, who expelled 142 students who had been admitted with false A'Level results.
Oloyede informed registration officers that it was in an effort to curb such abuses that the board decided to subject the DE 2023 registration to close scrutiny.
According to the Registrar, part of the entry requirements for DE 2023 registration would include the registration/matriculation number of the previous school the applicant attended; where the qualification was obtained; subject(s) of qualification; awarding institutions; and institutions actually attended, among others.
The council also recognizes and accepts 13 categories of qualifications/certificates for the DE 2023, namely: first degree, university degree, higher national diploma (HND), NABTEB Advanced National Business Certificate (ANBC), NABTEB Advanced National Technical Certificate (ANTC) and Ordinary National Diploma/National Diploma (OND/ND).
The others are: NABTEB GCE-A Level (2015-2021), Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE); Provisional Joint Registration Board (IJMB) A'Level; Joint Universities Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB); Certificate of Higher Islamic Studies (HIS) by NBAIS; International Baccalaureate (BN) for foreign certificates only: and National Registered Nurse/National Registered Midwife (NRN/NRM) certificates, among others.
The Registrar added that a total of 127 candidates, who had previously registered for DE prior to the suspension of the exercise, had been asked to return to their registration centers and update their applications in accordance to new reviews.
By: Clement Idoko | Abuja
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, has warned Direct Entry (DE) enrollment officers not to compromise on new guidelines issued by the board or to become involved in any registration violation that may jeopardize the good intentions of the council as it develops strategies to combat abuse associated with A'Level certificates.
The warning was in an address read by the registrar during a virtual meeting held at the council's national headquarters, Abuja, with members of the Nigeria Post-Secondary Education Data System (NIPEDS) registration officers and other key stakeholders.
The warning became imperative following the resumption of the sale of the direct entry application document after the initial suspension.
JAMB Spokesperson, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, who confirmed the development to Nigerian Tribune, said Oloyede further instructed the council registration officers to obey and comply with all existing notices and guidelines on direct entry registration, emphasizing that any errors would not be excused. ; rather, it would be interpreted as a deliberate attempt to circumvent and sabotage the system.
The Registrar emphasized that the new measures are aimed at making the admissions process sane and defeating all machinations aimed at the level of A/L qualifications required of DE applicants.
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He revealed that recent joint operations by the Federal Ministry of Education and the Independent Commission on Corrupt Practices and Other Related Crimes (ICPC) on DE qualifications had brought to light the series of little commendable and harmful perpetrated by the candidates.< /p>
He praised authorities at Bayero University in Kano, who expelled 142 students who had been admitted with false A'Level results.
Oloyede informed registration officers that it was in an effort to curb such abuses that the board decided to subject the DE 2023 registration to close scrutiny.
According to the Registrar, part of the entry requirements for DE 2023 registration would include the registration/matriculation number of the previous school the applicant attended; where the qualification was obtained; subject(s) of qualification; awarding institutions; and institutions actually attended, among others.
The council also recognizes and accepts 13 categories of qualifications/certificates for the DE 2023, namely: first degree, university degree, higher national diploma (HND), NABTEB Advanced National Business Certificate (ANBC), NABTEB Advanced National Technical Certificate (ANTC) and Ordinary National Diploma/National Diploma (OND/ND).
The others are: NABTEB GCE-A Level (2015-2021), Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE); Provisional Joint Registration Board (IJMB) A'Level; Joint Universities Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB); Certificate of Higher Islamic Studies (HIS) by NBAIS; International Baccalaureate (BN) for foreign certificates only: and National Registered Nurse/National Registered Midwife (NRN/NRM) certificates, among others.
The Registrar added that a total of 127 candidates, who had previously registered for DE prior to the suspension of the exercise, had been asked to return to their registration centers and update their applications in accordance to new reviews.
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