No fewer than 84,000 candidates sat for the rescheduled mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in 387 Computer Based Test (CBT) across the country. The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, while monitoring the examination in…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has registered 1.6 million candidates for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board said the sale of UTME forms would end on Wednesday, 22nd February, 2023 following a…
As part of its effort to curb extortion of candidates, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced plans to sanction any CBT centres with bulk purchase of pins and bulk registration. JAMB Registrar Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who stated…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it has scheduled Saturday, 24th September, 2022, for 67 candidates, who had registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, but could neither sit the examination nor take the just-concluded Mop-Up…
The University of Ibadan has promised to admit students who scored less than 200 marks in the recently concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Director of the UI Distance Learning Centre, Prof. Emmanuel Omobowale, said this on Tuesday at a…
The Vice Chancellor, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun, Prof. Jeremiah Ojediran, says reducing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) cut-off marks will produce more unserious and unprepared students seeking admission. Ojediran made this known in an interview with the Newsmen…
Some parents have expressed worry over the backlog of admissions following incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the country. Reports state that in 2020, ASUU went on a nine-month strike, which was the longest since…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has reviewed the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards, BMAS, for universities, revising it to Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards, CCMAS. The reform will soon be unveiled to the public, the regulatory body revealed on Thursday. The…
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says there is no clash in its examination dates with this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The council’s Head of National Office (HNO) Mr…
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the board allowed Computer Based Test Centres (CBT) to increase the service charge to 1,000 for its April 9, mock examination. Newsmen reports that the JAMB organises mock…
