Parents Are Cautioned By JAMB Not To Enroll Minors In The UTME

Parents have been advised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) not to enrol their minor children in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

In response to a lawsuit filed by a woman named Mrs. Ifeanyi Eke against the Board for purportedly indecent text messages received to her 15-year-old daughter during her registration, JAMB Registrar Prof. Ishaq Oloyede issued the warning.

“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,” he said.

Mrs. Eke had filed a N100 million lawsuit in the Federal High Court of Lagos against JAMB and three other parties for allegedly sending her fifteen-year-old daughter improper and unsolicited text messages.