UTME
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the 2025 UTME-Mock Notification Slip is now available for printing for candidates who registered to participate in the optional UTME-Mock exercise. The Guardian reports that the UTME-Mock Examination is scheduled for Thursday, April 10, while the main examination commences on Friday, April 25, 2025. JAMB's Public…
4 days ago
A team of experts overseeing the implementation of the Science, Technology Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) initiative has urged the Federal Government to ensure integration of the scheme into pre-primary, primary and secondary schools to enhance growth in technological advancement.
30 Mar
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all 2024 Direct Entry (DE) candidates who registered with awaiting results from the Interim Joint Matriculation Board Examination (IJMB) or the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) to upload their results immediately upon release. In a statement on Sunday, signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Dr.…
10 Mar
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has closed registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), with over 2,030,627 candidates. The Guardian reports that this year's registration figures surpass the 1,989,668 candidates who applied for the examination in 2024. The 2025 registration process, which began on February 3, 2025, will see over 2million…
5 Mar
The lawmaker representing Badagry Constituency II in the Lagos House of Assembly, Mr Setonji David, on Wednesday distributed free Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) forms to 450 students in Badagry, Lagos State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmaker was represented at the occasion by the Director General of Setonji David Campaign…
25 Feb
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not extend registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) after March 8. This is contained in statement to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday by the Boards Spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin. Benjamin said the registration period which began on Feb. 3, would end on…
21 Feb
No fewer than 1,528 students of Edo University Iyamoh in Edo State yesterday took their matriculation oath with a charge to shun all forms
11 Feb
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to enforce the 16-year minimum entry age requirement into tertiary institutions, The Guardian can authoritatively report.
10 Feb
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is set to enforce the 16-year minimum entry age requirement into tertiary institutions, The Guardian can authoritatively report. This is even as the examination body has announced that 201,867 candidates successfully registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) within the first week of registration. In its…
10 Feb
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) registrar, Professor Emeritus Isiaq Oloyede, has disclosed that no fewer than 4,997 underage candidates have so far registered for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. This is as he disclosed that the board had, by Monday afternoon, registered 420,674 candidates for its May 2025/2026 exams, targeting…
9 Feb
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reaffirmed that obtaining a high score in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) may not automatically guarantee admission into Nigerian universities. JAMB’s spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, February 9, 2025, stressed that admission decisions are based on multiple factors, including…
4 Feb
Some intending candidates of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at Abule Egba part of Lagos State spent up to six hours on Monday attempting to be registered. UTME is conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the registration, earlier scheduled to start on…
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