– ASUU versus Jamb on admission guidelines saga
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan
chapter, has lashed out at the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board
(JAMB) for acting beyond its powers by releasing admission guidelines
for Nigerian universities.
The union said it is the mandate of the Senate of Nigerian universities
to regulate admission modalities and determine what best suits each
institution.
The ASUU Chairman at the institution, Dr. Deji Omole, stated this while
reacting to the 2016 admission guidelines recently released by JAMB.
He said both the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, and JAMB
Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, are confused and inconsistent by first
going against collection of administrative charges under Post-UTME by
universities, but now preaching payment of screening fees in “its illegal
guidelines which is designed to favour the children of the rich against
the poor.”
Omole said Adamu and Ojerinde are unaware of happenings in Nigeria
universities, adding that the newly released point – based scoring
system is not new as it was innovated and used at the University of
Ibadan for five years and abandoned.
He stressed that the institution has moved beyond such model of
admitting students.
He said, “JAMB is acting beyond its mandate which is to conduct and
release results. The Senate of universities has the right to determine
the model or guideline to adopt to admit their students from the pool of
candidates sent to it by JAMB.
“Each university has standards which are not subjected to the whims
and caprices of any government appointee. JAMB does not have the
powers to tell universities how to conduct their screening. It is a way
to cover up their inadequacies because JAMB’s credibility as an
examination body is yearly being queried.
“JAMB and its handlers are confused. Last year, they arbitrarily placed
students in private universities to satisfy the needs of their cronies.
These were mainly children of the poor who had not chosen those
institutions. In the just concluded JAMB examinations, they awarded
candidates with extra 40 marks without any justification.
“Now, those with two sittings results will be shortchanged and those
awaiting results will be disadvantaged. There will be rise in result
racketeering at WAEC again as people will be purchasing grade ‘A’ since
that is what will guarantee admission.
“More miracle examination centers will spring up and JAMB and the
minister would have succeeded in entrenching corruption and further kill
university education in Nigeria. ASUU stands by university autonomy.
JAMB cannot determine admission guidelines for universities, rather
JAMB must be overhauled to make their results believable and trusted.

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