UTME 2024: JAMB Warns Against Enrollment Of Minors

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a strong warning to parents over against enrolling minors in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, gave this caution while reacting to a suit filed by one Mrs Ifeanyi Eke against them, over alleged inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during her registration.

JAMB reported to security agencies to take appropriate action but the woman did not care, suing for N100 million at the expense of the child.

He said, “The person is not our staff, he is not even a staff of the centre, he is a co-student. He is just like a candidate, an undergraduate in one of the universities.

“And talking about our data, nobody has access to our data. The person got the information from the phone of the underage girl.

“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.

“We will meet her in court, it is for the court to decide whether she deserves that money.”