JAMB Admission Letters Mandatory for NYSC Mobilisation

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned universities and other tertiary institutions against issuing admission letters to candidates, insisting that the responsibility rests solely with the board. The Registrar, Professor Segun Aina, gave the warning while receiving a delegation from Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja, during a courtesy visit to his office. He explained that JAMB is the only body legally empowered to issue official admission letters to candidates seeking entry into universities, polytechnics and colleges of education across the country. According to him, candidates often believe admission documents issued by institutions are genuine simply because they bear the names of the schools offering them admission. He therefore urged institutions engaging in the practice to desist and ensure that candidates obtain the appropriate official documents from JAMB.

Professor Aina recalled that the Federal Ministry of Education had directed that all admissions into tertiary institutions must be processed through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS), warning that any admission conducted outside the platform is illegal and invalid. He stressed that institutions cannot replace the official admission letter issued by JAMB with their own documents after candidates have accepted their admission offers on CAPS. The registrar added that only admissions processed and recognised through the platform would be accepted for purposes such as mobilisation for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). He urged institutions to comply with the established admission procedures to protect candidates from problems that could arise from the use of unauthorised admission documents.

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