The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said that
it should not be blamed that the University of Lagos’ age stipulation may
disallow the highest scorer in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination, Ezeunala Franklin, from getting admitted.
The 15-year-old boy had scored 347 in the 2019 exercise and
picked UNILAG as his first choice, which has 16 years as its minimum age for
admission.
JAMB said on Sunday that university regulations on admission
were sacrosanct and could not be flouted by the board or by candidates.
The board noted in its weekly bulletin that while it was
commendable that Franklin emerged the best, his “emergence should not be an excuse
to flout the rules.”
The board said, “It is obvious that no nation has enough
spaces for every candidate aspiring for tertiary education, hence the need to
define parameters to ensure that equity and fairness are engendered in the
admission exercise.
“The case in point is the result of the just-concluded 2019
UTME which has thrown up Ezeunala Franklin, as the highest scorer. He had
picked the University of Lagos as his first choice. Coincidentally, the
University of Lagos admits only candidates who are 16 years and above. This is their rule and it is expected that
the candidates and the public abide by it.
“Universities all over the world define their rules on
admissions and other requirements that would enable them give their best to the
public. The board should not be blamed
for the age stipulation as it stated explicitly in its integrated Brochure and
Syllabus System.
“The responsibility of reading the instructions should not
be that of the board but of the candidates and the public.
“The board notes with dismay the pressure for it to shift
the goalpost in the middle of the game by some sections of the public. It is
quite commendable that Franklin emerged the best but his emergence should not
be an excuse to flout the rules as other institutions whose rules differ could
give him a place.”
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