- By Halimah Olamide
Private universities whose students must be compelled to observe their religions must publicly declare their religious interests to guide admission seekers and their parents.
This was the advice on Thursday by the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Isiaq Oloyede at the 2024 education policy meeting held in Abuja.
Oloyede said universities established by religious organisations have no moral rights to force their students to practice their religions if they were not properly informed of the practices on their campuses.
NPO Reports that Oloyede’s call came amid reports of students being forced to attend services of faiths they do not belong to.
Vice chancellors, Rectors of polytechnics and Provosts of Colleges of Education had gathered in Abuja on Thursday for the policy meeting.
Oloyede said there is a pending court case where a student had dragged JAMB to court for granting admission into a university where the student is being forced to attend services of a religion.
Oloyede said henceforth private universities must come out in public to tell admission seekers their stands over worship to avert legal cases and other complicationsl.