The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a warning to parents enrolling minors in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede gave this warning while reacting to a suit, filed by one Mrs. Ifeanyi Eke, against the Board, over alleged inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during registration.
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 will be 18.
“When you reduce three years, you must have cut corners to make a 15-year-old child ready for university education,” Oloyede said.
Mrs Eke had filed a N100m suit against JAMB and three others before the Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged unsolicited and inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter.
Reacting to the incident, Oloyede said the Board is ready to meet with the woman, maintaining that the sender of the message was not its staff.
“We are now saying that any centre that allows a parent to get near where the candidates are being screened, that centre will be deleted.
“Secondly, we have instructed the centres to stop identifying the parents of the candidates and we will take appropriate action against the candidates.
“Parents cannot destroy the careers of their children because of their emotions and indiscipline,” he added.
