By Anastasia Mbabie
AWKA — Many Nigerian tertiary students from Polytechnic and Colleges of Education have expressed concern over the stressful nature of regularization exercise by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The JAMB regularization procedure is designed to regulate National Diploma, Higher National Diploma, and National Certificate of Education type of admission to clear up the JAMB status of a prosperous student, as well as ensure that JAMB has current admission detail that tallies with the admission record in the school that offered students admission.
In Anambra State, with about 21 Local Government Areas, only one JAMB office located at Amawbia Byepass in Awka South Council Area is provided to meet the needs of prosperous tertiary students.
Out of about 20 desktop computers provided only three remained functional in the regularization and admission process as the employed, reluctant workers sluggishly attend to the students who came from very distant locations to get regularized.
Every day, not less than 200 students converged on the JAMB Office for the regulation process, but at the end of the day, only about 20-30 would be attended to, leaving others frustrated, even depressed, with wasted transportation costs involved in the daily back and forth Awka.
Against this backdrop, many students narrated their ordeal, calling for expedited action from JAMB authorities.
One of the students from Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Miss Chioma Nkemsinachi, stated that the process is dull with poor facilities. “I have been coming to jamb office since last week and have not been attended to. The workers would come to the office by 10:00 am and go by 3:00 pm without achieving anything. At times they would start their filthy gossip only to frustrate students.”
Another from Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Arinze Madu, stated that “they only attend to someone when you bribe them. The computer systems malfunction and many a time to complain of poor network provider. We are tired of what they are doing. I’m calling for urgent government attention to rest the situation.”
*Anastasia Mbabie, is a student reporter and Intern with WAP
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One comment
Bentley Paul
February 15, 2022 at 12:57 pm
Exactly, am a witness to the poor services rendered at Jamb office Awka, they kept students who left their school environment to do the regularization exercise under the scotching sun with no shades or seat out with unnessary excuse of NO LIGHT, students had to wait for hours before there will be power supply from power distributors (NEPA).
Secondly, They will give another excuse of low POS battery, and all these will lead to increase population.