The Registrar of Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has accused some higher institutions of mobilizing and awarding IJMB/JUPEB certificates to individuals, who did not attend their institutions.
Oloyode alleged that some of the certificates issued by the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) and Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) centres for Direct Entry into universities were fakes.
He made the allegation in Abuja at the 2021 Batch ‘B’ pre-mobilisation workshop of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on the theme; “Sustainable Mobilisation Process: The Role Of Stakeholders”.
IJMB and JUPEB are national educational programmes approved by the Federal Government, for candidates seeking Direct Entry admissions into Nigerian and foreign universities, coordinated by some universities with centres across the country.
The registrar expressed worry over indiscriminate proliferation of IJMB and JUPEB training centres across the country, some of which he said were compromising the standards.
According to him, many institutions operating the centres still engage in mobilising or awarding IJMB/JUPEB certificates to people who did not attend their institutions but bought certificates with money.
The Registrar also commended the introduction of National Identification Number (NIN) which has helped to curb examination malpractice in its conduct of examination.
In his address, the NYSC Director General, Brig.-Gen. Shuaibu Ibrahim, said that the Pre-Mobilisation Workshop heralded the commencement of the Service Year with constructive engagement of NYSC State Schedule Officers and some of their collaborating partners.
He commended Nigerians, including high-ranking public officials, traditional rulers, the media as well as students youth groups, for voicing out support for the continued existence of the Scheme.
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