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JAMB Lowers Age Requirement for 2024/2025 Admissions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 22, 2024

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. In a statement released on Thursday, October 17, 2024, JAMB spokesperson Fabian Benjamin confirmed that

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15-year-old student sues Ministry of Education, JAMB, NUC over admission policy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 16, 2024

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 policy, which tries to limit admittance to Nigerian universities to applicants at the age of 18. Opara, a 15-year-old Senior Secondary School (SSS) student, filed the complaint in

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16-year-old student petitions Senate after accusing UTME invigilator of sexual harassment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 14, 2024

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 her while she was taking the test. In a petition to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions, Chizitere said that during the exam, an invigilator named Mutiu […]

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Newly completed JAMB CBT centre in Imo burgled, burned

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 3, 2024

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 Board (JAMB) announcement. In a statement released yesterday, JAMB stated that the event had been reported to the appropriate security agencies. The statement reads: “Such an act is profoundly

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Students under 18 barred from writing WAEC, NECO exams

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 27, 2024

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 Examinations Council (WAEC) and the National Examinations Council (NECO) starting next year. Prof. Tahir Mamman, Minister of Education, stated on a television programme that the policy also applies to candidates taking

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Fake degrees: Uganda and Kenya demand verification for Nigerian students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 21, 2024

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 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board announced this in a document for the 2024 policy conference. JAMB stated in the document that it will not alter any students’ records,

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Fake degrees: FG directs universities to submit matriculation lists

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 19, 2024

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 than three months after matriculation ceremonies.” The list, the ministry stated, must be submitted “through the dedicated channel of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation

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Why UNILAG and OAU can’t go below 200 admission cut-off mark — JAMB

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 13, 2024

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 Examination. The UTME, which is conducted by JAMB, is the only acceptable examination for individuals seeking admission to Nigerian tertiary institutions. Though certain

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JAMB gives tertiary institutions a 30-day ultimatum to reveal admissions outside CAPS

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 5, 2024

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 (CAPS) before 2017 within the next month. Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, represented the board’s registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede,

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Daily part-time programmes are illegal— JAMB

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 30, 2024

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, who was on a fact-finding expedition to the Ibadan Zonal Office of JAMB in Oyo State, stated that most of the allegations levied against his officials are baseless. He claimed that […]

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JAMB is not responsible for setting the minimum tolerable admission score, says Oloyede

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 29, 2024

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 should, at the very least, be correctly referred to as the “minimum tolerable admission score,” as it is insinuated in some circles. According to Jamb bulletin, the Registrar stated

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2024 UTME: VCs, others peg minimum admissible score of universities at 140

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 19, 2024

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 admission into the nation’s universities, and 100 for polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively. According to JAMB Registrar Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, individual institutions were free to raise the minimum

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JAMB conducts UTME in UK, Saudi Arabia, 6 other foreign countries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

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. According to the Board, the examinations, which took place on Saturday, July 13, were intended for international candidates seeking admission to Nigerian tertiary institutions.

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86 universities, others conducted illegal admission — JAMB

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 13, 2024

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 students outside of the Central Admissions Processing System, also known as CAPS. JAMB considers admissions made outside of CAPS illegal, null and void. In 2017, JAMB introduced

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JAMB issues warning against illegal and underage admission

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 10, 2024

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. He stated that pursuing regularisation was prohibited. He also warned against admitting underaged students. JAMB regularisation is a process overseen by JAMB in

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JAMB uncovers 3,000 fake graduates with illegal certificates

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 4, 2024

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 from the Committee of Pro Chancellors of State Universities in Nigeria, COPSUN, in Abuja. In the meeting’s details, which was published in the board’s bulletin,

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JAMB Releases 2024 UTME Supplementary Results

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 28, 2024

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, June 21st and Saturday, June 22nd, 2024. The supplementary examination was held for 28,835 applicants who were unable to be biometrically authenticated during the main 2024 UTME and hence

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JAMB, VCs, others to decide admission cut-off marks on July 18

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 25, 2024

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, among other education stakeholders, to determine the cut-off or minimum admission criteria. On April 29, 2024, JAMB issued the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results, and of the 1,904,189

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JAMB refuses DE candidates’ registration due to change of name

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 5, 2024

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 to further their studies. Change of name is a formal process in which an individual changes their identity in newspapers while ensuring that all previous documents with the

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JAMB releases more results, reschedules UTME exam for 24,535 candidates

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 3, 2024

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 significant noncompliance with its requirements in the affected candidates’ centres. The board also instructed affected candidates to print their supplementary Examination