FG Dismiss Reports Of Scrapping JAMB Requirement For Admission Into Varsities

The Federal Government has dismissed reports circulating online that the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board is no longer required for admission into tertiary institutions in the country.

Some viral online posts had claimed that the Federal Government had abolished the use of JAMB for admissions into universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education, and that individual institutions would henceforth conduct their own entrance examinations.

In a statement issued on Thursday by the Ministry of Education’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Boriowo Folasade, the Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, described the claim as “false, baseless.

The minister also stated that the viral post did not originate from the ministry.

“At no point did the Ministry issue or authorise any statement suggesting that JAMB is no longer mandatory for admission into tertiary institutions,” Alausa stated.

He reaffirmed that JAMB remains the statutory and legally empowered body responsible for conducting entrance examinations and coordinating admissions into all tertiary institutions across the country.”

The established admission processes through JAMB remain fully operational, and any contrary information should be disregarded in its entirety,” the minister added.