JAMB Lowers Age Requirement for 2024/2025 Admissions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced a significant adjustment to the age requirement for tertiary institution admissions for the 2024/2025 academic session. […]
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15-year-old student sues Ministry of Education, JAMB, NUC over admission policy
Master Chinaemere Opara has sued the Federal Ministry of Education, the Joint admittance and Matriculation Board (JAMB), and the National Universities Commission (NUC) over the government’s […]
16-year-old student petitions Senate after accusing UTME invigilator of sexual harassment
A 16-year-old girl named Chizitere Obioha, seeking admission into a higher institution, has accused one of the invigilators of the recent UTME of sexually harassing […]
Newly completed JAMB CBT centre in Imo burgled, burned
An unidentified group has burgled and burned the freshly finished Computer-Based Test (CBT) centre in Mbano, Imo State, according to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation […]
Students under 18 barred from writing WAEC, NECO exams
The Federal Government announced yesterday that candidates under the age of eighteen will not be permitted to sit for exams conducted by the West African […]
Fake degrees: Uganda and Kenya demand verification for Nigerian students
Kenyan and Ugandan examination boards are currently writing to Nigeria to check the records given by Nigerian candidates seeking admission to their respective tertiary institutions. The […]
Fake degrees: FG directs universities to submit matriculation lists
The Federal Government requires all higher education institutions in the country to “regularly submit their matriculation lists to the Federal Ministry of Education not later […]
Why UNILAG and OAU can’t go below 200 admission cut-off mark — JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has prohibited four Nigerian universities from admitting candidates who scored less than 200 in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation […]
JAMB gives tertiary institutions a 30-day ultimatum to reveal admissions outside CAPS
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has demanded that universities and other tertiary institutions disclose all admissions conducted outside of its Central Admissions Processing System […]
Daily part-time programmes are illegal— JAMB
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, labelled some universities in Nigeria that operate daily part-time programmes as illegal on Monday. Oloyode, […]
JAMB is not responsible for setting the minimum tolerable admission score, says Oloyede
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has explained that the Board does not set the so-called ‘cut-off mark’, which […]
2024 UTME: VCs, others peg minimum admissible score of universities at 140
On Thursday, stakeholders in the education sector approved 140 as the National Minimum Tolerable UTME Score (NTMUS), popularly known as the cut-off mark for 2024 […]
JAMB conducts UTME in UK, Saudi Arabia, 6 other foreign countries
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the successful completion of the foreign component of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in eight nations. […]
86 universities, others conducted illegal admission — JAMB
An analysis of data on admissions for the 2022/2023 admission session in Nigerian universities, polytechnics, and other tertiary institutions of learning revealed that 88 institutions admitted […]
JAMB issues warning against illegal and underage admission
Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, has warned universities against illegal admission that may require ‘regularisation’ after admission has been offered. […]
JAMB uncovers 3,000 fake graduates with illegal certificates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has discovered 3,000 Nigerian fake graduates. Prof Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar, made the announcement during a meeting with a delegation […]
JAMB Releases 2024 UTME Supplementary Results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued the results of candidates who took the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held on Friday, […]
JAMB, VCs, others to decide admission cut-off marks on July 18
On July 18, 2024, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board will meet with vice-chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics, and provosts of colleges of education, […]
JAMB refuses DE candidates’ registration due to change of name
Direct Entry candidates have condemned the decision of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board’s Registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, to deny individuals with name changes admission […]
JAMB releases more results, reschedules UTME exam for 24,535 candidates
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has rescheduled the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, or UTME, for 24,535 students. JAMB rescheduled the UTME due to […]