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JAMB to decide cut-off marks for varsities, others July 18

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, alongside vice-chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics, and provosts of Colleges of Education, among other stakeholders in the education sector, will meet on July 18, 2024, to decide the cut-off or minimum benchmarks for…

JAMB releases 2024 UTME results

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the release of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, results. Over 1.94 million candidates registered and sat the examination in 118 towns and over 700 centres across the country. The…

Again, JAMB extends 2024 Direct Entry registration

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the registration for Direct Entry has been extended till a later date. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Public Communication Advisor of the board, stated this in an interview with the newsmen on…

Father arrested for writing UTME for son — JAMB

In a shocking incident, a father was recently arrested for writing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for his son, according to Professor Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Professor Oloyede made this revelation…

JAMB sanctions officials for asking candidate to remove hijab

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sanctioned some of its accredited officials for demanding that a hijab-wearing candidate at Saturday’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination must remove her headgear. The officials, at one of the examination centres in Lagos,…

2024 UTME: Stop patronising fraudsters, JAMB warns candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has advised candidates writing the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) to desist from giving their details to fraudsters. The Board Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, gave this counsel when fielding questions from newsmen…