UTME 2017: JAMB reveals number of candidates that scored over 200

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Tuesday said 569,395 of the 1.7 million candidates that wrote UTME in 2017 scored over 200 marks. The Registrar, JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede disclosed this at the policy meeting of stakeholders in both public and private tertiary institutions. He said 23.8 per cent of the total number of the... Read More

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July 19, 2017

How to change course, institution – JAMB

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced the change of courses and institutions for 2017/2018 admission procedures. JAMB’s Head of Public Relations, Fabian Benjamin made this known in an interview in Bwari, FCT, on Wednesday, NAN reports. Benjamin said that the process of change of courses and institutions could be done with the... Read More

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July 14, 2017

JAMB reportedly releases results of supplementary exams

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has reportedly released the results of the 2017 university admission supplementary examination that held on July 1. At least 85,000 candidates were given the opportunity to rewrite the supplementary exam, due to problems of registration. More than 1.7 million candidates registered for the first 2017 UTME in 633... Read More

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July 2, 2017

2017 UTME Supplementary exam: “We’ll not reschedule the exam for latecomers” – Oloyede

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said on Saturday that there would be no rescheduling of examination for candidates who reported late for the supplementary examination. TheCable reports that the JAMB registrar, Is-haq Oloyede, said this while reacting to complaints by candidates sitting for the mop-up examination at the board’s computer-based centre (CBT) in Bwari,... Read More

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June 1, 2017

UTME 2017: JAMB releases 1,606,901 results, supplementary exam to take place

The JAMB Registrar, Is-haq Oloyede on Wednesday said that 1,606,901 results, out of the 1,718, 425 that registered has been released. Oloyede said the results were released within 24 hours of the examination, adding that the remaining 80,889 candidates’ results would be released soon. However, 76,925 results will be withheld. “Six weeks into the registration, we... Read More

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May 30, 2017

UTME 2017: JAMB yet to decide cut off mark

In a new statement, JAMB says it has yet to release cut-off marks for placements into tertiary institutions for 2017 academic year. The Head, Media and Information, JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, said the policy committee meeting responsible for the determination of cut-off marks had not met, NAN reports. ”We want to appeal to all candidates to jettison... Read More

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May 21, 2017

UTME 2017: 10,000 candidates caught cheating in Anambra – JAMB

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) says more than 10,000 candidates were involved in examination malpractices during this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Anambra and have been handed over to the appropriate authority. The coordinator of JAMB in Anambra, Lynda Nwachukwu, disclosed on Saturday. Nwachukwu said the examination, which took place in... Read More

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May 19, 2017

UTME 2017: JAMB debunks rumour of marks deduction

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says candidates who wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) should disregard any information of deduction of marks. In a statement released in Abuja on Friday by JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, the body said the rumour is ‘devilish’. “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has urged... Read More

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May 19, 2017

UTME 2017: We didn’t extend deadline for registration – JAMB

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has debunked reports of extension of the date of registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Head of JAMB Information and Media, Fabian Benjamin, dismissed the rumour in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. He said, “The Board has closed... Read More

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May 19, 2017

UTME 2017: JAMB extends registration

by Omoleye Omoruyi Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, has announced that registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2017 is still on. Oloyede made this statement in during his visit to a CBT centre in Lagos, said he got a mandate from the senate few weeks ago to increase... Read More

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May 18, 2017

UTME 2017: JAMB releases 1,048,914 results

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Oloyede, yesterday in Lagos, said that out of the 1,648,429 million candidates writing the ongoing UTME, the results of 1,048,914 have been released. He said that in addition to the 1,048,914 results that have been released, over 30,406 results are also ready for... Read More

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May 18, 2017

UTME 2017: Jamb registrar reveals plans to establish mega centres

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has decried the standard of some centres currently being used for its ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Oloyede announced at a news conference in Lagos on Thursday, that JAMB has started plans to establish mega centres for subsequent examinations. “Having... Read More

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May 15, 2017

440,000 candidates sat for UTME in 2 days – JAMB

by Omoleye Omoruyi The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, says more than 440,000 candidates have sat for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) within two days across the country. The Registrar told journalists in Abuja on Monday that the exams would end in Bauchi, Abia, Niger states and some... Read More

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