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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has discontinued special concessions and registration procedures previously granted to candidates with albinism for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The Board also directed faith-based tertiary institutions to clearly declare their religious status during the admission process.
The decisions were taken on Saturday at a meeting between JAMB management, led by its Registrar, Isaq Oloyede, and Commissioners for Education from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The meeting was held in Lagos and focused on reviewing past admission exercises, according to Vanguard.
Oloyede said the special provisions for candidates with albinism were withdrawn following reports of abuse of the registration process.
He said some candidates had manipulated the system designed to support persons with albinism.
He disclosed that more than 7,000 candidates claimed to be albinos during the last examination exercise, prompting the Board to discontinue the special procedures.
“We have stopped some concessions we gave albino candidates,” Oloyede said.
“This is because some are using artificial intelligence to manipulate the registration process to look like they are albinos because of the consideration we gave them. Last year alone, over 7,000 claimed to be albinos. We have stopped special registration procedures for albinos.”
On faith-based institutions, Oloyede said schools with religious affiliations should clearly state their status at the point of admission to allow prospective students to make informed choices.
He noted that JAMB had received complaints from students admitted into some private institutions who were later required to participate in compulsory religious activities.
“Faith-based institutions should declare from the onset what they are, so that whoever applies there will know what he is going to meet there. But some don’t do that,” he said.
