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  • CAPS: JAMB sends important message to admission seekers

    CAPS: JAMB sends important message to admission seekers

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised admission seekers not to accept admissions outside its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports JAMB developed CAPS to automate admission processes into higher institutions of learning in the country.

    JAMBD advised admission seekers not to accept admission outside CAPS on Thursday following directives to tertiary institutions to make disclosures on candidates admitted outside the CAPS from 2017 to date.

    Following the directives, a large number of candidates had thronged JAMB offices to have the issue resolved. However, the examination body in a statement by its Public Communication Advisor (PCA), Fabian Benjamin, Ph.D, noted that the focus of the directive is on candidates’ actions but with the institutions.

    The statement reads: “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has observed a large number of candidates thronging its offices to resolve issues related to the disclosure of candidates admitted outside the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) from 2017 to date.

    “While we appreciate the enthusiasm, we must correct the misconception that the focus is on candidates’ actions. The true emphasis lies with the institutions, which must disclose all candidates admitted outside CAPS before the August 31st, 2024 deadline. This directive requires immediate attention and compliance.

    “We urge institutions to carefully review our initial letter and ensure full compliance, as failure to disclose will result in severe consequences. Candidates are also reminded not to accept admissions outside CAPS.

    “The Board reiterate that candidates not disclosed by institutions would not be entertained. The Board will not tolerate any condonement of undisclosed admissions moving forward”.

  • UTME: JAMB says no challenges with CAPS

    UTME: JAMB says no challenges with CAPS

    The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says there are no challenges with the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) as it concerns the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

    This is contained in a statement signed by the Head, Public Affairs and Protocol of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin, and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday.

    According to Benjamin, it has come to the knowledge of the board that some institutions are experiencing challenges accessing their CAPS.

    Benjamin said in reality, after updating the CAPS platform to improve security to serve the institutions and the public better, all users of the platform were mandated to change their existing passwords to which an advisory on the landing page of the CAPS platform had been provided.

    He said that institutions were, therefore, urged to carefully read the instructions contained in the advisory.

    He said that other contributing factors could be that some institutions had logins that do not conform to the new security standard, hence such  institutions would need to update their profiles with new email addresses to be able to access their CAPS.

    He said that the Registrar of JAMB, Prof  Ishaq Oloyede, had directed that these should be rewritten in clear and unambiguous language for all to understand.

    “Worthy of note is that some institutions had typographical errors on their email addresses, thus, preventing the successful delivery of the new passwords.

    “However, any institution, which after reading and following the instructions, still encounter challenges, should contact the Director, Admissions, JAMB, for assistance.

    “The board also noticed that at the inception of CAPS, some institutions used the personal email addresses of officers responsible for access to CAPS to create their CAPS profile.

    ”This has contributed to the inability of these institutions to promptly access their CAPS profile as the new passwords were sent only to the registered email addresses,” he said.

    He, however, said that institutions were advised to, henceforth, use only official email addresses to create such sensitive profiles to avoid any future challenges.

    Benjamin, therefore, said that institutions that failed to receive their new passwords were hereby encouraged to confirm the authenticity of their email addresses from their Desk Officers.

  • JAMB reiterates use of CAPS, cautions universities against illegal admissions

    JAMB reiterates use of CAPS, cautions universities against illegal admissions

    The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated that only admission through its Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) was valid and not otherwise.
    The board made this known in a statement by its Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, on Wednesday in Abuja.
    While warning universities against issuing illegal admission letters, JAMB also advised candidates not to accept admissions not processed through CAPS.
    “The attention of the Board has been drawn to illegitimate admissions purported being conducted by some universities, including the University of Abuja.
    “These universities have been reported to be issuing admission letters to candidates without recourse to the board.
    “It is therefore, pertinent to state that such admissions that have not been processed, approved and accepted on the CAPS are null and void.
    “As such, asking hapless candidates to pay acceptance fees for such admissions that have not been processed through CAPS amounts to illegality. Consequently, such admissions are illegal, therefore remain null and void.
    “They are unacceptable and offensive to extant rules and regulations guiding admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria as approved by the Federal Ministry of Education and provided on CAPS,” the board said.
    The board recalled that it instituted CAPS in 2017 as an automated platform, designed to ensure that admissions were transparently done to protect the interest of all Nigerians desirous of tertiary education.
    “JAMB, therefore, advised candidates to be alert and refuse to accept any admissions not processed, approved and accepted on CAPS.
    “By implication, any candidate who has not accepted and printed his or her admissions letter on CAPS should not pay any acceptance fee.
    “It should be noted that admission guidelines stipulate that institutions recommend qualified candidates through CAPS in accordance with laid-down criteria to the board for approval.
    “As such, any such admission not approved by the board is an exercise in futility.
    It stated any institution violating this well-intentioned guideline had much to hide and the board would not shy away from its responsibility of ensuring compliance to laid-down admission guidelines.
    “The Board will not relent in its efforts to ensure that no institution violates the extant admission guidelines,” it said.