Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has warned tertiary establishments, particularly universities to cease admitting underage kids.
Oloyede who acknowledged this on the opening of the seventh biennial convention of
the Committee of Professional-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities in Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos, mentioned the ‘unlawful’ apply of admitting underage wanted to be aborted.
The Registrar pleaded that for the sake of accountability, knowledge safety, and integrity of the nation, the act wanted to cease as a result of something irregular was unlawful.
“About two months in the past, I obtained a letter from an European nation to substantiate if a scholar really graduated from a selected college as a result of she is 15 years outdated and utilized for postgraduate course.
“The query they requested me is “is that this potential in Nigeria? I needed to name the Vice Chancellor of the establishment and he confirmed the scholar graduated from the college however was not admitted by JAMB.
“He needed to embrace that he was not the VC on the time the scholar was admitted,” Oloyede mentioned.
Oloyede famous that state-owned universities should do loads on this state of affairs, stressing that they’re extra in quantity than federal universities.
“Additionally, unlawful admission of diploma college students must cease as a result of final yr, we admitted 9,000 diploma college students, I used to be alarmed that about 3,000 college students got here from a selected college.
“Everybody of us must be accountable as a result of all these acts can injury our schooling system,” Oloyede mentioned.
The previous Chief of Workers to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, urged the pro-chancellors to make plan of motion on how they might make their establishments as competent and enticing as federal and personal universities.
Gambari emphasised that doing so would be certain that they have been in a position to retain a few of the finest college and employees which attracted one of the best within the pool of eligible college students.
“State-owned universities should discover how finest to carve out particular niches which inevitably place them ready to use corresponding comparative benefits that improve their place.
“Efficiently executing this, a basis for model creation and recognition is ascertained,” he mentioned.
Chairman of COPSUN, Sen. Joshua Lidani, mentioned that the dialogue included many points that needed to do with governance within the college system.
Lidani who’s the Professional-Chancellor of the Gombe State College, mentioned there have been at the moment a number of challenges confronting the college system and tertiary schooling usually.
“A few of these challenges embrace corrupt practices, impersonation, ‘miracle’ examination centres, insufficient funding, and proliferation of universities.
“Others are discriminate and untimely dissolution of governing councils and boards of tertiary academic establishments and delay in reconstituting them,” he mentioned.
Lidani added that aside from the illegality of those acts, an enormous vacuum was normally left within the administration of the establishment resulting in all types of anomalies.
“Incessant strike motion by ASUU and different labour unions and the attendant penalties in stability, high quality and requirements.
“These are undoubtedly not exhaustive however are symptomatic of the deep malaise that affects the system and extent of the issue.
“In fact, this convention alone won’t be able to deal with the issue however it may possibly elevate public consciousness and alarm on the risk posed to good governance, requirements and high quality within the tertiary academic system,” he mentioned.
The COPSUN chairman expressed confidence that the convention can level the way in which ahead and recommendation on the way in which stakeholders can play higher and rightful function in uplifting the requirements of schooling within the nation.
