Jamb News

Following detailed investigation and careful analysis of the highly-successful 2021 UTME, and with due consultation (resulting in gracious concession) with the National Examination Council (NECO) concerning the timetable of the council’s ongoing SSCE, JAMB has scheduled a Mop-up UTME for Friday, 6th August, 2021, in some selected locations across the nation. About 18,000 candidates ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has successfully conducted the 2021 Mop-Up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The examination was held nationwide on 6th July 2021. Prior to the conduct of the examination, the Board had specified the targeted categories of candidates as: those who could not be initially scheduled for examination owing to their inability to timely procure ... Read more

Chinedu Ifesinachi John, a 2021 candidate, who had planned to study Medicine at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has confessed that the fear he might not be offered the programme of his choice with the score he had, propelled him to alter his UTME result. On further interrogation, he stated that he used the telephone number of his sister, Chinecheremi John Ifemkpa, and saved her number as ... Read more

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that tertiary institutions were unable to use about 405,256 admission quota available to them during the 2020 admissions, despite the fact that many Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) candidates are still not admitted. JAMB registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, speaking during his presentation at the 2021 UTME ... Read more

Whistle-blower Anti-Corruption Reporting Network (WARN) has said that the network was not only out to expose or fight corruption but to also honour individuals or organizations with a proven record of integrity. The Executive Director, WARN, Mr. Gabriel Onwe, stated this when he led a delegation of the Association to the National Headquarters of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ... Read more

The need for the general public to be conversant with the process and procedure for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria is critical given the many erroneous impressions being circulated in public space. There are few commentators who understand and misconstrue certain admission criteria as evidence of lack of equity on the part of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board ... Read more