The Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has disclosed that only 0.06 percent representing about 803 of the more than 1.3 million candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME), scored 300 and above. A total of 1,338,687 candidates registered for the 2021 UTME, which commenced nationwide from May 19, 2021 and ended on July 3. Oloyede, who appeared on a television programme at the weekend, admitted that candidates performed below expectation this year when compared to previous years for obvious reasons, especially…
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No fresh UTME for candidates – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), says it has not fixed another examination for any category of candidates on July 3 as being peddled in some quarters. The Board’s Head of Media and Protocol, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, told newsmen yesterday in Lagos that the report “is not correct”. Benjamin noted that almost all results of candidates, who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, have since been released. According to him, JAMB has at no point thereafter, announced any form of another examination for any category of candidates.…
Read MoreJAMB suspends use of USSD code to check UTME results
…Gives new instruction The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has announced the suspension of the use of USSD code to check the just-released results of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME). This is as a result of the current challenges being experienced with the use of the USSD code by the candidates. This was made known by JAMB in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, yesterday. Benjamin, in the statement, said that candidates are now expected to visit JAMB’s website to access…
Read MoreJAMB releases 2021 UTME results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) yesterday released results of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates who wrote the test between last Saturday and Tuesday. The JAMB Head of Media, Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this in an issued statement in Abuja, said the results for the subsequent tests would be released daily. He directed candidates to check their results by sending: “UTMERESULT” to 55019, through the GSM number used by each candidate to obtain profile code and UTME registration. Benjamin further said, “The Board notes with…
Read More2021 UTME: JAMB delists 24 centres for poor performance
Less than 24 hours after the annual matriculation examination into tertiary institutions kicked off across Nigeria, the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said it has delisted 24 Computer-Based Examination (CBE) centres across the country over their poor performance at the commencement of the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME). A statement issued yesterday by the spokesperson of the Board, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, said the centres failed during the conduct of the 2021 UTME held on June 19, 2021. He said: “Candidates posted to any of these centres are…
Read MoreJAMB releases 2021 mock UTME results
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB) has announced the release of the result for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock exam which was conducted on June 3. This disclosure was made by JAMB’s Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, through a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja yesterday. The mock examination, which was earlier scheduled for May 20, is part of the preparatory exercise that is used to get the candidates ready for the 2021 main UTME examination, which was shifted from June 19, to July…
Read MoreJAMB says candidates to pay N700 for mock UTME slated for June 3
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has announced that candidates should pay the sum of N700 to their assigned Computer-Based Test centres before taking their mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Thursday, June 3, 2021. The payment is different from the N3,500 fee paid by the candidates for the UTME forms and N500 for reading text. This disclosure is contained in a statement issued by JAMB through a tweet post on its official Twitter handle yesterday. The tweet post from JAMB reads: “All candidates sitting the 2021 Mock…
Read MoreJAMB extends 2021 UTME, Direct Entry registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), yesterday announced that the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME) and Direct Entry, (DE), earlier slated for June 3 will now commence from June 19 to July 3. The Board stated these in a communique issued at the end of a two–day meeting in Abuja. The Board also announced a two weeks extension for candidates to register, saying the registration exercise will end on May 29. It further said that the Mock UTME earlier scheduled for 20th May will now hold on June…
Read MoreJAMB announces new feature in UTME registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), has announced a new feature in the on-going registration for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME). The exam body, in a statement issued yesterday by its Head of Media and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said the feature: ‘Know Your Registration Officer,’ aims to fortify the registration process. According to Benjamin, the new feature will also guard candidates against abuse and manipulation. Benjamin further noted that candidates who are applying for the 2021 UTME, which is due to close on 15th May 2021 are…
Read MoreJAMB loses over N10m to fraudsters – Registrar
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said the Board lost over N10 million in 2020. Oloyede told newsmen at the JAMB’s headquarters yesterday, in Abuja, that the fraudsters penetrated the Board’s payment portal for ad-hoc staff. He said that the money, which was meant to pay JAMB Adhoc staff from the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, (UTME), was hijacked by the suspected fraudsters. Oloyede, however, said that the Board investigated the illegality, tracked and finally apprehended 10 of the suspects in Kaduna, Nasarawa and…
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