JAMB
15 Dec
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned that university degrees may no longer be guarantees for employment in this Information Age.
Speaking at the Kwara State University (KWASU) 2023 Convocation Lecture
14 Dec
Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Is-haq Olanrewaju Oloyede, has warned that university degrees may no longer be the sole guarantors of jobs now that the world has attained the Information Age. Speaking at the Kwara State University (KWASU) 2023 convocation lecture, Oloyede assured that only demonstrable skills will. Delivering the…
5 Dec
As Nigeria struggles to meet the goal four of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and tackle the increasing menace of out-of-school children, some states have continued to expend millions of naira on overseas training for some of their students.
30 Nov
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has fixed between January 15 and February 26, 2024, for the sale of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application document.
29 Nov
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has fixed 15th January to 26th February 2024, for the sale of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) application forms. The examination body also slated 7th March 2024 for the MOCK-UTME, while the main exam will be held from 19th to 29th April 2024. In a statement in…
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has accused the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) of admission racketeering.
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has welcomed the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities, saying the exam body would be vindicated.
21 Oct 2023
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it has waded into the reported denial of over 2,000 admission seekers by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) over the examination body's failure to upload candidates' WAEC results on its portal.
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The University of Lagos (UNILAG) will commence the online registration for Direct Entry (DE) admission into all courses/programmes for the 2023/2024 Academic Year on Monday, September 11, 2023.
28 Aug 2023
Nigeria’s specialised universities have been in the news for the wrong reasons. In this report, IYABO LAWAL examines controversies surrounding these institutions, whether they can deliver on their mandate or solve the nation’s dearth of manpower in some key sectors. Despite Federal Government’s directive to specialised institutions to focus on their core mandate and stop…
23 Aug 2023
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that all applications for admission to first-degree programmes, national diplomas, and others must be processed only through it. The examination body made this announcement in a short statement titled “Cessation Of Illegal/Irregular Admission” on its X account on Wednesday. According to JAMB, no institution should sell…
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Sir: The editorial on the newspaper July 18, 2023 makes an engaging piece. However, there are some things that l oppose which are the fact that money being generated by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is not being used...
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