15-Year-Olds Can No Longer Write Our Exams – JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has barred parents from the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination centres.

JAMB’s Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, recently revealed this via a statement, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, the decision was reached after JAMB inspected some of the registration centres in Kwara, and they were massively overcrowded.

He added that 15-year-olds will no longer be allowed to write the exam henceforth as well, and parents/guardians should stop pushing the education of their wards faster than necessary.

His words, “CBT Centres across the country will not allow parents/guardians into the registration hall again.”

“The registrar said it has been discovered that the parents/guardians are always a distraction to both candidates and the centres and at the same time, congesting the halls by not following the COVID – 19 protocols.”

“Oloyede also advised parents/guardians to stop pushing the education of their wards faster than necessary.”

“For example, a 14 or 15-year-old is not mature enough to undergo the process of registration and university pressure and are vulnerable to exploitation by scammers out there.”