The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has mentioned the board has supplied a possibility for the ‘exceptionally good candidates’ under 16 years previous to take a seat for the annual Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
Oloyede, made this disclosure on the Sunday version of Inside Sources with Laolu Akande, a socio-political programme aired on Channels Tv.
“In Nigeria, there are numerous good college students, we’ve so many glorious folks. We’re imposing the 16-year minimal entry into tertiary establishments however some individuals are saying there are distinctive college students. Sure, there are distinctive college students however they’re only one in one million.
“We’re saying 16 years is the minimal but when you already know you’re distinctive, register for distinctive candidacy – that’s you’re lower than 16 years previous and distinctive.
“I’m shocked, simply from Monday to now, over 2,000 have registered in the entire nation. A few of them are 10, 11, and 12-year-olds whose mother and father have discovered crooked methods of leaping lessons,” he mentioned.
Based on him, regular kids can’t develop at a price increased than their organic age, including that what mother and father are actually doing is rising the age of their kids.
He additionally mentioned that oldsters are doing the whole lot, affidavit of age and the whole lot.
“The mother and father need to use the kids to brighten their CVs. They need to say “I’m the mom of a lawyer, my youngster graduated at age 13,” he added.
