The Owners of Private Schools Association of Nigeria, have actually contacted the Federal Government to stop the continuous admission process for the 2026/2027 scholastic session pending the release of all O’Level outcomes.
The call was consisted of in a statement signed by its National President, Prof. Uzochukwu Nwanonyuo, on Tuesday after a stakeholders’ conference.
The statement read in part, “It is unfair and unjustified that the Joint Admissions and Admission Board, has actually commenced admissions based just on WAEC results while numerous other results are still pending.
“An excellent percentage of the 2025/2026 WAEC outcomes are yet to be released in some public, objective and personal secondary schools.
“Worse still, the National Evaluation Council, and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board, are yet to release their results, yet universities have actually already begun and in many cases concluded their Post-UTME and admission processes.
“Therefore, as a body, we contact the Federal government to right away stop the continuous admission process for the 2026/2027 scholastic session pending the release of all O’Level outcomes.”
Nwanonyuo kept in mind that lots of students depend solely on NECO and WAEC for admission, while Technical Colleges, Federal Science and Technical Colleges, Vocational and Commercial schools depend on NECO and NABTEB to secure admission into greater institutions.
He stated continuing admissions without their outcomes automatically shuts these trainees out.
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“This is not correct and not warranted. Some Federal Universities have actually currently concluded admissions for expert courses while students waiting for NECO and NABTEB have not even had an opportunity.
“We, for that reason, interested the Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, to urgently intervene and direct JAMB to put all admission procedures on hold.
“We likewise got in touch with the National Universities Commission, to instruct universities across the nation to suspend Post-UTME admissions up until all O’Level results are launched,” the declaration added.
OPSAN even more advised WAEC to launch a detailed list of all candidates who sat for the 2025/2026 internal examinations, and contacted NECO and NABTEB to speed up action on the release of their outcomes to make sure no kid is left behind.
The Association described the current scenario as a national catastrophe and a misnomer that Nigeria’s own national examination bodies are being relegated while preference is provided to WAEC, a West African body.
According to OPSAN, approving admissions with just WAEC outcomes while side-lining NECO and NABTEB deteriorates nationwide organizations and sends out an incorrect signal that they are unimportant.
“JAMB granting admission without waiting on NECO and NABTEB is a slap on our national evaluation bodies. Nigeria at this stage of development should be enhancing NECO and NABTEB, not indirectly making WAEC the only yardstick for UTME admissions.
“All O’Level results should be launched before admissions commence to give every Nigerian child a level playing ground,” the statement concluded.