The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a significant policy change regarding its interactions with underage candidates.
This new approach aims to address ongoing concerns and improve the efficiency of their services.
On Monday, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, announced that the move aims to prevent extortion and enhance service delivery.
Oloyede announced the development in a bulletin on the JAMB website, explaining that limiting physical contact would address issues of extortion and exploitation.
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The statement reads: “Many of the candidates who take the UTME are underage.
“However, the board is considering limiting physical contact with those with challenges.
“This is to avoid any alleged issues of extortion and other forms of exploitation”.
According to him, JAMB will, in due course, limit interactions to online communication and record calls for effective monitoring and quality control.
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“The board had received a series of reports bordering on some unwholesome practices, adding that a team had been deployed to investigate the claims, promising to make the findings known to all.
“He urged students who had accused some JAMB officials and other operatives such as CBT centres of extortion in the name of ‘regularisation’ or other services to provide credible evidence.
Furthermore, then examination body added that any staff found culpable would face the full wrath of the law.
