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Candidates praise, criticise JAMB’s 160 cut-off mark

Jun 13, 2019 477

Some candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have praised and criticised the 160 cut-off mark for the 2019/2020 admissions process. The candidates spoke in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja,... Read More

63-yr-old Delta SSS II student pushes wheelbarrow to pay SSCE fees

Jun 11, 2019 604

SIXTY-THREE years old Mr. Seribo Adelabu, who enrolled as a Junior Secondary School, JSS, student in 2014 at Izon College, Bomadi-Overside, Bomadi Local Government Area, Delta State, has returned to his former job of wheelbarrow pushing to raise... Read More

2019 UTME: Why some candidates have multiple results – JAMB explains

Jun 10, 2019 422

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says no candidate of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) has more than one result.The board stated this in its weekly bulletin released from the office of the Registrar on... Read More

Funding of varsities has improved under Buhari’s administration – UNN VC

Jun 06, 2019 776

The outgoing vice chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Prof. Benjamin Chukwuma Ozumba, has said funding of universities in Nigeria has improved under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.   ... Read More

Unical suspends 3 students for robbery, cultism

May 28, 2019 517

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Zana Akpagu, has approved the suspension of three students of the institution for their alleged involvement in forgery, robbery and cultism.        A press... Read More

ASUU Threatens To Go On Strike Again, Says FG Is Reluctant To Implement The 2019 Agreement

May 23, 2019 820

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said that its members should not be held responsible if there is any disruption in the University system, as the Federal Government had not shown commitment to carrying out the 2019 Memorandum of... Read More

JAMB says over 1.3m candidates have accessed 2019 UTME result

May 15, 2019 813

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says over 1.3 million candidates have so far accessed their results using the result checker (code), 55019. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an... Read More

Education JAMB: Nigerian students threaten board over N50 charged UTME candidates for SMS

May 13, 2019 724

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Joint Admission Matriculation Board, JAMB, to refund N50 Short Message Service, SMS, charges back to UTME candidates. NANS made this demand while accusing... Read More

Six pupils score highest mark in common entrance – Minister

May 08, 2019 794

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has disclosed that six pupils who scored 191 each out of 200 marks, got the highest mark in the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE), organized by the National Examination Council (NECO),   ... Read More

Madonnna University: Reps urge school to release former students’ transcripts

May 03, 2019 890

Finally, the House of Representatives through its Committee on Public Petitions, Friday urged the National Universities Commission (NUC) and authorities of Madonna University to release the transcripts of its former students to Nnamdi Azikiwe... Read More

2019 UTME: Don't Expect Result Earlier Than Wednesday - JAMB Tells Candidates

Apr 30, 2019 1095

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Monday said that it is yet to release results of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination but would do so within the week. JAMB's Head of Media and Publicity, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in an... Read More

20 students commit suicide for failing exams

Apr 29, 2019 796

An Indian student named Sirisha has set herself on fire at her home in the Narayanpet district after the Board of Intermediate Education (BIE) announced that she failed her biology exam. Khaleejtimes reports that nineteen other students also... Read More

JAMB Uncovers New Scam, Urges Candidates To Keep Registration Number Secret

Apr 29, 2019 733

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has raised the alarm over the fresh plots being deployed by fraudsters to dupe unsuspecting candidates.The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has raised the alarm over the fresh... Read More

Out-of-School children’s figure drops – Minister

Apr 12, 2019 973

The Federal Government says the number of Out-of-School (OSC) Children in the country has reduced from 13.2 million to 10.2million, following various interventions of the government and development partners.    ... Read More

Parents reportedly pay school fees with waste plastic bottles in Ajegunle, Lagos

Apr 11, 2019 1086

Some parents in Ajegunle have subsidised the school fees they pay for their kids by giving well sorted plastic bottles to the school. This was made possible after some schools collaborated with a non-governmental organisation in Lagos, the... Read More

JAMB: NSCDC redeploys 39 personnel to UTME centers.

Apr 09, 2019 586

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Niger Command, has deployed 39 personnel to provide security for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in different parts of the State. Mr Phillip Ayuba, Corps Commandant in the... Read More

UTME/WASSCE 2019: Candidates cry out as WAEC, JAMB fix exams same day.

Apr 09, 2019 849

Candidates preparing to seat the coming West African Examination Council, WAEC, and the Joint Admissions Matriculations Board, JAMB have cried out over the clashes in the timetable of the two examination bodies. The candidates have complained... Read More

JAMB records 4.01 percent drop in applications received in 2018 – NBS.

Apr 08, 2019 950

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recorded a 4.01 per cent drop in the applications received in 2018. The NBS, in its JAMB Applications and Admitted Candidates by State and Gender within... Read More