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By Gabriel Dike
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accused some tertiary institutions of conducting admissions without going through the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS).
Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this at the 2026 policy meeting on admissions held in Abuja, which was attended by the Minister of Education, Dr. Olatunji, Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmed, heads of tertiary institutions and stakeholders.
He revealed that the Board has received reports of some institutions conducting admissions outside of the CAPS framework.
According to him, these actions of the institutions persist despite clear ministerial and JAMB directives.
His words: “Some institutions are issuing illegal admission letters to candidates not proposed or recommended on CAPS.
Oloyede also noted that high-scoring Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (PUTME) candidates are being encouraged to change programmes to create opportunities for under-performing candidates.
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“JAMB has issued queries to affected institutions. Appropriate sanctions applied.
“Findings indicate that under-the-table admissions are partly driven by low quotas for regulated programmes.
“Institutions are advised to engage professional regulatory bodies to seek quota increases for affected programmes,” Oloyede stated.
The JAMB registrar confirmed that currently there is a case in court against the Board/universities on illegal admissions made by universities.
The Board says CAPS is being used as vehicle for all admissions since its introduction during the 2017/2018 admissions exercise after series of engagements with stakeholders. The 2026/2027 admissions will also not be an exception.
He stressed that the institutions are to forward (upload) complete Post-UTME scores for all candidates through CAPS as part of requirement to be submitted before recommendation of candidates for admission.
