The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a strong warning to admission seekers after uncovering that certain universities (including an institution in the South-West and another in Abuja) are using their internal school portals to pressure high-ranking candidates on CAPS into switching from competitive courses to less-subscribed courses.
Why Some Schools Pressure High-Scoring Candidates to Switch
- Manipulating the Merit Ranking on CAPS: Under JAMB CAPS rules, an institution cannot bypass a higher-ranked candidate to admit a lower-ranked candidate in the same course. By tricking high-scoring candidates into voluntarily changing their course on CAPS, room is artificially created for favoured lower-scoring candidates to move up the ranking list.
- CAPS Is the Only Legitimate Platform: JAMB emphasized that any course transfer or change of programme conducted outside the official JAMB CAPS Transfer Approval page is unauthorized.
- Consequence of Voluntary Change: If you allow a school's internal portal message to persuade you into going to a CBT centre to change your course on CAPS, JAMB will treat that change as a voluntary decision on your part and cannot reverse it later.
What You Should Do Instead
Disregard any internal school portal prompt asking you to abandon a course where you rank highly on merit. Monitor all admission offers and Transfer Approvals strictly through your official JAMB CAPS dashboard.
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