“No Room for Regularization”, JAMB Issues Stern Warning to Tertiary Institutions Against Illegal Admissions 

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has warned newly established, upgraded, and adopted tertiary institutions against illegal admissions, stressing that there will be no room for regularization.

Speaking at an interactive session with principal officers of the affected institutions on Monday in Abuja, JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, emphasized that all admissions must be routed through the Central Admissions Processing System and strictly follow due process.“CAPS ensures transparency, fairness, and integrity in admissions. Any institution attempting to bypass this platform risks nullifying such admissions,” Oloyede said. He called for full compliance of the over 80 new institutions recently approved by the Federal Government with the admission procedures.

The registrar explained that CAPS, introduced in 2017, automates and standardizes the admission process, while the Integrated Brochure and Syllabus System, launched in 2018, facilitates clear communication and programme eligibility checks.

According to him, both platforms, now upgraded with institutional mail services, serve as JAMB’s sole official communication channels.

The JAMB boss lauded the Federal Government, under President Bola Tinubu, for its commitment to expanding access to tertiary education, citing the approval of 22 new universities, 33 new polytechnics and mono-technics, and 12 new colleges of education across the country between late 2024 and 2025.

He noted that while CAPS and IBASS accounts had been created for these institutions, only programmes cleared by the National Universities Commission, National Board for Technical Education and National Commission for Colleges of Education would be activated.

Oloyede also outlined the proper procedures for onboarding candidates, stressing that institutions must nominate designated officers to manage CAPS and IBASS access.