The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned parents against enrolling minors in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) following a lawsuit filed against the board.
Mrs Ifeanyi Eke is suing JAMB and three others for N100 million over alleged unsolicited and inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during the registration process.
In response to the suit, JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede clarified that the perpetrator of the text messages is not a JAMB staff member but a co-student. Oloyede also emphasised that the incident occurred due to the child’s unauthorised sharing of her phone number.
“How did your girl of 15 years get ready for University now? If she is law-abiding as she claimed. The law today is that you must spend six years before primary school, six years in primary school and six years in secondary school. By that time, you are 18.
“But when you reduce three years, you must have cut corners to make a 15-year-old child ready for University education,” Oloyede stated. “We will meet her in court, it is for the court to decide whether she deserves that money,” he added.
In addition to the warning, JAMB announced strict measures to prevent similar incidents in the future. Stating, “We will delete any centre that allows parents access to the examination area and will take action against candidates whose parents breach the established rules.
