Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan chapter, Prof. Segun Ajiboye, has alleged that investors in private universities are using the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board to promote their schools.
Ajiboye, who spoke in Ibadan on Tuesday on the re-allocation of candidates by JAMB to ‘needy’ institutions, said JAMB relevance had been undermined when universities in Nigeria began to decide the student they could admit through the post-UTME tests.
He added that JAMB lacked the constitutional right to decide which school a candidate would go, stressing that the body could not be relied on for credible admission process because of its present admission policy.
He said, “It is sad that JAMB has suddenly become promoters of private university by imposing an unpopular policy on the preferences and choices of Nigerian youths.
“JAMB lacks the power to change the rules of admission in the middle of the process after deceiving candidates to pick universities, polytechnics and colleges of education as options when it sold out forms to them.
“JAMB’s concept of ‘needy’ institutions needs deconstruction here. Needy universities are basically private universities in Nigeria that charge exorbitant fees with less than required manpower.
“In the 2015 UTME applications, 15,000 of the close to 1,436,837m candidates sought admission into 48 private universities. If not doing the bidding of private universities, JAMB ought to be open with his policy from the point of sale of the forms. JAMB must tell us how many public universities are under-subscribed.”
Perfectly correct. JAMB has lost her relevance. The policy is repressive and anti-average parents who depend on meagre income to train their children. Parents must rise against the policy and practice.
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