UTME: JAMB Registrar vows to ensure fairness, inclusiveness in admission process

IN spite of the criticism that greeted the reduction of cut-off point for the 2017/2018 admissions into tertiary institutions, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has vowed to ensure fairness, equity and all-inclusiveness in the admission process.

JAMB Registrar and Chief Executive, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, gave the assurance when he paid a courtesy visit to the Ona of Abaji, His Royal Highness, Adamu Baba Yunusa, in Abuja on Monday.

He said the organization has created the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) to monitor 2017/2018 admissions.

Oloyede, said the JAMB has created an opportunity for candidates who feel cheated in admission process to protest to the board.

JAMB’s Head of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement said the monarch was assured that JAMB would continue “to promote fairness, equity and all-inclusiveness in the admission process”.

The JAMB registrar said: “JAMB will always contribute not only to national development but to the development of the immediate community. This has been the cardinal principle of the board.

“Part of our policy is to ensure equity in admission that is why we make sure that every segment of this great country is not shortchanged in the admission process.

“We have created opportunity for people who feel cheated to protest to JAMB and we are very prompt in responding to that. We will continue to promote fairness, equity and all-inclusiveness in the admission process.”

Oloyede assured the monarch that the board would continue to contribute to national development.

The monarch thanked the JAMB registrar for the visit.

The Ona of Abaji said the non-inclusion of youths in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the catchment areas remains a major problem.

He called for the creation of more CBT centres in the community.

“Most of the problems that we are having in FCT are that our youths are not in the catchment area of the JAMB. He is aware of th is. If you can solve this problem for us we will be very grateful.

“You should create additional CBT centres in Abaji to cater for the candidates in the southern axis of the FCT,” the monarch said.