Candidates who are awaiting their O’Level results can seat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has said. JAMB spokesperson Dr. Fabian Benjamin made the clarification yesterday in a statement in Abuja. He said the board would not confirm any admission for candidates with awaiting result. Benjamin said this […]
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In his quest to perfect the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, the Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede during the week gathered more than 600 Computer Based Testing (CBT) accredited owners to University of Lagos, UNILAG. At the meeting, many CBT owners across the country who spoke with Vanguard confirmed their […]
Read More With effect from this year (2017), candidates awaiting results would no longer be eligible to apply for the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, said in Abuja on Tuesday. The organisation also said it had concluded all restructuring and reforms and is now set to commence the sale of its application […]
Read More The Nigeria Senate has suspended the amendment of the act establishing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), the Senate said yesterday. The red chamber also approved the extension of the validity of the results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) being conducted by JAMB to three years. The decision, the Senate said, was […]
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The Vice Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada in Edo State, Prof. Eghosa Osaghae, on Wednesday advocated the scrapping of uniform university admission cut-off marks to promote competitiveness among the country’s universities. Osaghae said that each university should be allowed to have its own admission cut-off marks because all universities were not equal. He said, “The […]
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The board Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has condemned the ongoing change of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Act, describing the process as erroneous and capable of hindering the development of the universities. In a report according to ChannelsTv, the union also described the application of the Treasury Single Account on the universities as inimical […]
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The Lagos State University (LASU) says its admissions merit list for the 2016/2017 academic session will be released in the next few days by the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB). Mr Adekoya Martins, Acting Head, LASU’s Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in […]
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The Senate on Thursday extended the validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination result conducted the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board from one year to three years. It also backed the scrapping of the conduct of post-UTME for tertiary institutions’ admission seekers. If President Muhammadu Buhari gives his assent to the bill and it becomes […]
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The Federal Ministry of Education and other stakeholders in the tertiary education sub-sector have agreed on N2,500 as the fee for post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening. This is contained in a statement issued by Prof. Michael Faborode, the Secretary-General, Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU) on Wednesday in Abuja. Faborode said the agreement […]
Read More The Federal Government Thursday scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into higher institution. The government explained that all tertiary institutions were at liberty to conduct screening for candidates seeking admission into any school. According to The Nation, Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said this on Thursday […]
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