Bill to make JAMB result valid for four years passes 2nd reading
A Bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many students sit for JAMB examination, come up […]
JAMB’s registrar vows to expose exam malpractice
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), has vowed to expose candidates caught in fraudulent acts during the board’s examination. Oloyede, who was speaking in Bwari on Friday, said that more than 10 candidates had written to the board to complain that their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results. He said […]
Oloyede, Adamu-Rasheed deserve re-appointment as JAMB, NUC heads, says Okebukola
By Joseph Erunke – Abuja FORMER Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Peter Okebukola has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to consider reappointment of both Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, and Prof Is-haq Oloyede as Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission and Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB,respectively. Recall that the first […]
Mass failure in 2021 UTME: Stakeholders, JAMB trade blames
By Elizabeth Osayande With 14 per cent pass and 86 per cent failure at the just-concluded 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, divergent views have been expressed by stakeholders as to what led to the poor performance by the candidates. While some said it was a […]
JAMB: 335 visually impaired write UTME, get stipend, tools
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, under its JAMB Equal Opportunity Group, JEOG, on Wednesday, conducted the 2021 unified tertiary matriculation examination, UTME, for 335 visually-impaired persons across 11 centres in Nigeria.
2021 UTME: JAMB directs candidates to check results through portal as USSD code malfunctions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), to check their results through its portal as the USSD code 55019 has some challenges. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Protocol and Public Affairs of the board, stated this in a statement made available to newsmen […]
