The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is planning to license cyber café operators in Nigeria to prevent candidates from being exploited during Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) registration exercise.

The JAMB Registrar, Prof Dibu Ojerinde spoke at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), during the second combined technical committee meeting on admissions into degree-awarding institutions, National Diploma (ND), National Certificate in Education (NCE) and National Innovation Diploma (NIDA)-awarding institutions.

Ojerinde said the board is already holding meeting with legitimate cyber café operators.

He said: “We want to safeguard the interest of our candidates. Some of the cyber café operators exploit these candidates. Some take as much as N7,500 in registering them.

What is more, they even give them fake registration. In Abuja last year about eight candidates came to examination hall with fake registration details, which unfortunately disqualified them from taking the examination. Thank God we had the biometric exercise where they thumb printed and the rightful people came out.

“If we can solve that problem by licensing cyber café operators it will be better for the candidates. What we are saying is that they should not go to cheat.”

The JAMB boss added that the board had about 500,000 spaces for candidates in all the tertiary institutions across the country, but said only 64,000 have so far been offered admission.

His words: “About 64,000 candidates have been offered admission. Their admission letters are ready on the internet. But the Nigerian

Universities Commission (NUC) is trying to increase the current capacity of some universities. By the time NUC finishes investigation and accreditation we are hopeful that more people will still go to university.

“About 98,000 candidates applied to the University of Lagos in this session, though only 59,000 scored 200 and above. The current capacity of UNILAG is just about 6,500, so 53,000 will not be able to go UNILAG. They can go somewhere else, after all, they have chosen other institutions in their second choice.

The advantage of UTME is for candidates to have six levels.”

On the post-UTME screening conducted by instiutions, Ojerinde said: “As far as I am concerned post-UTME is not necessary. But it is the society that will determine whether it is necessary of not.

In a society where nobody is faithful, a society where everybody is cheating, where everybody is looking for shortcut, in a society where parents are encouraging their children go and cheat. A society where parents pay the friends of their children to go and do examination, so how do we stop post-UTME? It is we who are calling for exploitation.”

Earlier, the Chairman, Governing Board of JAMB, Prof Sam Ukpabi represented by a member of the board, Chief Adeniyi Falade said all admissions must end November 25.

“All institutions are hereby requested to adhere strictly to this date. Late submissions as was the case last year will not be accepted by the board,” he said.

Interesting!

''After all, they've chosen other institutions'', as if most universities take in second choice candidate. Smfh

please someome should tell jamb that candidates are to be blame for this scandals because what majority is looking for is short cut.

to me post ume is nt neccessary,cuz universities are making money out of it,some institution will need 5000 student but dey will sell out 10,000 post ume form,secondly dere should be no more second choice,cuz some candidate will be admited into two institution whilel some peopl will not gain admission,hencefort even if university will sell post ume ,if dey wil need 5000 student dey shouldnt sell more dan 8,000 form at least 6000 wil wii pass da exam ,and some institution do slut? if u didnt pass ur post ume dey will slut in ur name and remove some of d admitted student name,which is very back,after dey do dat dey will collect up to 50,000,pls our goverment ve face alot of so many things on dis admissions,pls am still at home seeking 4 admission ,am writing anoder jamb next year,plss let dere be no post ume and second choice,cuz even institution are no more accepting second choice anymore so why d second choice,and any institution dat need 5000 student should not sell more dan 10 000 forms,so as not to waste deir money,and pls let da cutnoff mark be 200 cuz institution are just making money out d student dat scored 180 without admitting dem,bcuz what do dey wnna score in post ume,am adegbuyi deremi

and jamb should make it authomatically in such dat d highest amount of student dat will choose an institution durring registreation should not be more dan 10,000,atleast if candidate dat choose unilag are complete u will try and choose ander school where u wii be given admission,and again dere shouldnt be second choice,