NYSC, JAMB Address issue on regularization of admissions

A bilateral committee have been set up to address the issue of regularization of admissions by corps producing institutions by the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, and the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB to tackle a complaint by the NYSC management to JAMB alleging irregularities in the process, thus making mobilization of prospective corps members difficult for it.

It was stated in a letter written by NYSC to JAMB, that JAMB should revise the window of post-graduation regularization by introducing measures that will make it impossible for institutions to abuse the process in observation of the manipulation the regularization of admissions has been exposed to.

Hence, it is now mandatory for all graduates to be cleared by JAMB to be suitable for mobilization by the NYSC.

Adding, the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede Citing the NYSC letter, he noted that the board had taken measures to address the issue. According to him, “A new template has been designed by the Board for all candidates who need to be regularised and is to be completed online.”

After completing the forms online, a candidate will print an indemnity form which must be endorsed by his / her Vice Chancellor/Rector/Provost and submitted to the state JAMB office. This is to guarantee that only genuinely admitted candidates are regularized.”

In same vein, the Registrar, revealed that from the last quarter of 2016, a total number of 953 applications for change of date of birth was received with 77 out of it approved. A total number of 518 applications for correction of name and 423 approved. While a total number 68 applications for change of state/local government area, 39 applications approved.