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October 16, 2017

Kaduna teachers fast over planned sack after examination failure

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, Zaria Local Government Area Branch will on Tuesday begin three days of fasting and prayers over the planned sack of 20,000 primary school teachers. Background: 68 per cent of the teachers had failed an examination conducted by the Kaduna State Government. The teachers failed to pass the primary four pupils’ exam at excellent level. What is happening:... Read More

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How I will save at least N5billion in 2017 UTME – JAMB registrar

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said arrangements have been made for those writing the mock examination of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Registrar of JAMB, Is-haq Oloyede, made this known on Wednesday in Abuja during a training session organized for 1600 staff. Oloyede said internal and external personnel... Read More

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JAMB cancels mock examination

by Azeez Adeniyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has postponed the mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to hold today. JAMB registrar, Prof Is’haq Oloyede disclosed this through a text message sent to the supervisors at the various centres in the FCT on Saturday in Abuja. He said a new date would... Read More

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February 28, 2017

UTME: JAMB bars awaiting results

by Dolapo Adelana The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said effective from 2017, candidates awaiting results would no longer be eligible to apply for the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The examination body made the disclosure on Tuesday in Abuja. The organisation said it had concluded restructuring and will begin sales of forms in March. A... Read More

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January 25, 2017

JAMB, WAEC, NECO, NABTEB harmonise examination timetable

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reached an agreement with other examination bodies on a harmonised timetable. The West African Examination Council, National Examination Council, National Business and Technical Examination Board and JAMB took the decision during a meeting held at the headquarters of JAMB in Abuja. The decision was necessary to avoid... Read More

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December 28, 2016

How blind students cheat during exam – WAEC

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), says blind candidates collude among themselves to cheat during examinations. The Head of Test Administration of WAEC in Nigeria, Mrs Frances Iweha-Onukwu, revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Wednesday. Iweha-Onukwu, who said the reason could be that the candidates were... Read More

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November 27, 2016

Prisca Akpos: I aced my exams without cheating

by Prisca Akpos Dennis, please pass me the salt, at least you’re the only one in this house that can pass something. This was my father’s way of punishing me for failing my JAMB examination. For the second time in two years JAMB (Joint administration and matriculation board) exam had jammed me again and my dad... Read More

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FG cancels common entrance interview test into unity schools

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Monday, announced the scrapping of interview test for National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) into Federal Government colleges. According to a statement by Bem Goong, deputy director of press in the ministry of education, the cancellation of the common entrance test will begin from the 2017/2018 academic year. The statement pointed... Read More

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This is how JAMB’s new point system works

There have been considerable changes in the admission processes for tertiary institutions in the country in the past year. Early in 2016, the government outrightly banned the Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination to the surprise of more than afew observers. Perhaps, the ban was only to make way for a new system of qualification for... Read More

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Old boy! 60-year-old sits for secondary school examination (PHOTOS)

A 60-year-old man was among some secondary school students sitting for the Somali national examinations conducted by the government. Photos of him in a similar uniform as the students, tweeted by a user, has since gone viral. Take a look below.

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Mother petitions JAMB over poor UTME result of ‘brilliant son’

A petition has been submitted to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board in Abuja by Victoria Oshibowale on behalf of her son, Isaac Oluwatobi Oshibowale, disputing the result credited to him upon the release of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination results. In the petition, Victoria revealed that Isaac has, through primary and secondary education, been... Read More

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Opinion: How we sacrificed the messenger for corruption to live

On February 20, 2016, at a press briefing, Nigeria’s Minister for Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, reportedly made an error in arithmetic. While giving a report on the findings of auditors on various boards in the country, she accused an examination bodies in Nigeria of fraudulent activities. In her presentation, while attempting to give her audience... Read More

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November 11, 2015

Policeman misses exam, wishes wife farewell, commits suicide

Corporal Agi Elias was found dead inside his car, at the Police Training School, Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, November 10. The policeman, apparently committed suicide at about 8p.m on Monday, after missing an assessment examination at the Police training school. Elias missed the final examination for the promotional course he was undergoing, as he was stuck in traffic on his way from... Read More

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Good grades: 70 per cent of WAEC candidates pass

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) yesterday released the full results of 1,543,683 candidates who sat for its May/June 2013 Secondary Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Dr Charles Eguridu, announced the results yesterday when he addressed a news conference in Lagos The number represents 91.38 per cent... Read More

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Just “10 candidates scored 300 marks and above”: JAMB releases 2013 UTME results

by Akan Ido The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) released the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results today which showed a general improvement on the performance of candidates compared to last year. While announcing the outcome of the examination in Abuja today, JAMB Registrar, Dibu Ojerinde said the board discovered some forms of malpractice... Read More

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Opinion: UTME – A festival of examination malpractice in Nigeria

by Adeosun Sheriff T. Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (U.T.M.E) has violated all the worth of examination known to man. In the year 2011, I was in one of the topmost room in Mariere Hall, University of Lagos. If you have ever stayed in hostels like Shodehinde Hall and Eni-Njoku Hall or Makama Bida Hall you... Read More

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September 8, 2012

Opinion: An inside look at Harvard’s cheating scandal

by Eric Kester We are a society obsessed with success. We don’t like to admit it, but success often trumps character today. Yes, Zuckerberg may be arrogant and his IPO flopped. But he was Man of the Year, and we want to be him, or something like him. I am a recent Harvard grad who... Read More

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