Tag: JAMB

FG scraps JAMB as statutory requirement for tertiary admission 

Aminu Imam
FG scraps JAMB

The Federal Government of Nigeria has introduced a new policy removing the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination as a mandatory requirement for admission into universities, polytechnics, and colleges, aiming to broaden access to higher education.  Announced under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and spearheaded by Education Minister Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, the reform addresses longstanding barriers to tertiary education. Each year, millions of students take the JAMB/UTME, but only a fraction secure admission due to stringent requirements.  The Government attributes this low admission rate to restrictive policies rather…

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NASS threatens to stop JAMB’s allocation, questions spending

Aminu Imam
NASS threatens JAMB

The 10th National Assembly Joint Committee on Finance yesterday threatened to stop the Federal Government’s grant to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), in the 2025 Budget proposal. The position of the committee was informed by the presentation made by JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, who appeared before the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives to defend the agency’s 2025 Budget proposal. Giving a breakdown of the performance of the JAMB’s 2024 budget, Oloyede said the agency remitted ₦4bn to the Consolidated Revenue Fund, while it…

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ICPC arraigns ex-JAMB Registrar, four youngsters

Aminu Imam

Former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, anf his four children have been charged with fraud by the Federal Government. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offenses Commission (ICPC) charged Ojerinde and his four children, Mary Funmilola, Olumide Abiodun, Adedayo, and Oluwaseun Adeniyi, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja. Ojerinde and his businesses are currently facing a N5 billion money laundering charge. He is accused of misusing public funds while serving as National Examinations Council and JAMB Registrar.…

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JAMB increases UTME service charge at CBT centres to N2,000

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has approved that its accredited Computer Based Tests (CBT) centres should increase service charge per candidate from N1,400 to  N2,000. JAMB made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday in Abuja. The board explained that initially, each candidate paid the sum of N1,400 made up of N700 for mock-UTME and another N700 for the UTME. The board said that the decision for approval by its management followed the high cost of diesel and other energy challenges…

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UTME: Parents express worry over backlog of admissions following ASUU strikes

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Some parents have expressed worry over the backlog of admissions following incessant strikes by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the country. In 2020, ASUU went on a nine-month strike, which was the longest since 1999 and about two years later on Feb. 14, it went on a four-week warning strike. It declared another eight weeks strike, saying it was giving the government more time to attend to its demands. Upon the expiration, it announced additional 12 weeks roll-over with effect from May 9, to end in August.…

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JAMB announces date for 2022 UTME, D/Entry registration

Aminu Imam

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has announced the date of registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (D/E) examination. The examination body revealed this in its weekly bulletin released by its Director of Public Relations, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Monday, in Abuja. JAMB, in its timeline of events attached to the weekly bulletin, disclosed that the registration will commence by February 12, 2022. It also disclosed that the mock examination would be held on the 20th April 2022, while UTME holds from 20th…

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Just In! JAMB announces date for 2022 UTME, D/E registration

Aminu Imam

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has announced the date of registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (D/E) examination. The examination body, revealed this in its weekly bulletin released by its Director of Public Relations, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Monday, in Abuja. JAMB, in its timeline of events attached to the weekly bulletin, disclosed that the registration will commence by February 12, 2022. It also disclosed that the mock examination would be held on the 20th April 2022, While UTME holds from 20th…

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19 yr-old candidate handed over to Police after suing JAMB for N1bn over UTME score

Aminu Imam

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) says the 19-year-old candidate, who sued the Board over his exam score has been handed over to the Police. The Board’s Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, while briefing newsmen in Abuja yesterday, said the candidate, Chinedu John tampered with the result the Board issued to him. Oloyede said John claimed he scored 380 in the examination conducted in June but was surprised to receive 265 from the board after the results were released. According to him, after ‘altering’ his UTME score, the candidate’s father,…

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Just In: JAMB cancels UTME cut-off marks

Aminu Imam

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has cancelled the traditional national cut-off marks for admissions into Universities, Polytechnics, and Colleges of Education in the country. This means that institutions are now at liberty to set their minimum benchmark for admissions into their various institutions as approved, on Tuesday, at the 2021 policy meeting on administrations to tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The policy meeting which was held virtually was presided over by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary Federal Ministry of Education Arc.…

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Just In: Buhari reappoints Oloyede as JAMB Registrar, others

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, reappointed Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for a second term of five years. The President also approved the reappointment of Prof Abubakar Rasheed as Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, (NUC), for another five years and Hamid Bobboyi as Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC), for a second term of four years. The Director, Press and Public Affairs, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, in an issued statement on Friday, said the…

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