The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it would make sure that Nigerian students who had to leave war-torn Sudan would be integrated into the Nigeria’s educational system.
According to The PUNCH, this was disclosed by JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, on Tuesday in Abuja during a meeting with the head of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa.
Oloyede, in a statement released on Wednesday, expressed sympathy for the students and praised NIDCOM for their safe evacuation, promising that JAMB would provide the necessary aid.
“What we will do is that we will provide the necessary infrastructure, the necessary enablement to make you accommodate or return these candidates (students) to our educational system,” Oloyede said.
However, the JAMB chairman urged the students not to follow in the footsteps of those who returned to Nigerian universities over a year ago as a result of the war in Ukraine but refused to comply with the required procedures.
He said, “We must thank NIDCOM for making efforts that the students are brought into the Nigerian university system and we have given the Commission the process and procedure.
“There are procedures (for transfer of students); the transcript, the rules and regulations, and nobody should be any illusion believe that Nigerian university will award certificate with less than two years stay and residency in the university, and the procedure is done legitimately and properly with the cooperation of the National Universities Commission and the individual institution.
“The guideline from JAMB has already been handed over to the chairperson of the Commission.”
Oloyede elaborated on the topic of transfer students having to spend at least two academic years at any Nigerian university, saying, “If you are doing a five-year programme, you will go to year four, because you are going to spend year four and year five.”
“For instance, if you are studying Medicine and you are in your 600 level, and if the Medical and Dental Council assesses what you have done; practical is okay, they will just move you to year 5, 500 level. You will do 500 level and 600 level, and you will have the certificate of the institution in Nigeria.”
