JAMB not an examination body – Oloyede

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has insisted that they are not an examination body but an educational assessment and admission agency.

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According to him, JAMB’s core mandate is to facilitate entry into tertiary institutions.

Oloyede stated this while speaking at the maiden Rite Foods National Academic Excellence Awards, held at the Civic Centre, Lagos, where seven undergraduates shared N35m in prizes.

Speaking, Oloyede stressed that JAMB’s function is often misunderstood in Nigeria, where many tend to equate it with traditional examination bodies such as the West African Examination Council and the National Examinations Council.

He said, “We conduct exams, but we are not an examination company. You cannot say the University of Lagos is an examination body because it conducts examinations.

The same way, JAMB conducts exams, but JAMB is not an examination body,” he said.

He explained that while examination is one of JAMB’s operational tools, the board’s primary responsibility is admission into tertiary institutions.